When my mother passed away, her low-mile 2011 Crown Vic was taken over by my father, after we sold his 2010 Grand Marquis in 2023.
He recently told me his wipers weren't moving very fast. I checked, and sure enough, they were moving slooow. When I switched them to high, they moved at normal speed. So I knew what was coming: a new wiper motor. It wasn't making any struggle-noises, but I knew things weren't good.
Sure enough, in between snowfalls, the motor quit altogether. Panic set in, as we had just got snow, but were due to have a warmer, rainy day.
Panic set in, as I no longer had access to indoor work space. So I decided I was going to brave the cold and swap in a spare rack/motor unit we had in storage for just such an emergency.
I started the project at roughly 1PM, and finished at about 3PM. Even though it was well under freezing outside, my fingers worked just fine. Probably because they never got wet with snow. One thing's for sure, having done the job a couple of times before AND finally having power tools made the job easier and quicker!
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| The snow has stopped, the job begins... |
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| Top cover removed |
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| New (used) unit installed... this is where tons of organic "ick" collects |
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| Job DONE. Wiper arms had to be reinstalled a couple of times, since the locator pins are always missing |
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