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Wiper Motor & Drive Gear needed

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TimK

TimK

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Does anyone know where I could get a used Lucas DR2 wiper motor and 120 degree drive gear wheel? There was one on ebay, but I got outbid. Moss indicates these are not available. I have a 1960 BN7, but I think other British cars also used this motor with different drive gear wheels. I have taken my motor apart and cleaned it, but cannot get it to turn under power more than one or two revolutions. The brushes seem to be making good contact, but one is a lot more worn than the other.
 
Surprisingly, I got no response to this post last summer so I had to come up with my own solution. I found another DR2 wiper motor (but without the drive gear wheel) on ebay for $20 plus about $40 shipping. I waited until nice weather (May 2009) and installed the new (used) motor. One problem I had was the axle for the gear wheel in the wiper drive has a slotted end that takes a split ring that holds the little copper piece that provides a ground for the self parking mechanism. One of the "ears" of this axle had broken off at some point and the split ring would no longer stay on and would not hold the copper piece in place. Consequently when I plugged in the wiper motor and turned the key on, the motor ran constantly and could not be turned off with the wiper switch. I switched the (black) wire from the constant ground with the (black w/green) ground wire from the switch and everything works fine, except that I have to push in the switch to park the wipers at the right place. I have not yet experienced anything as hard as reinstalling the drive cable brackets with their little screws in such an awkward place as under the dash. It took me all day. Talk about how these cars were built with such small screws in such hard to reach places!!! But we love our Healey's anyway, right??? I haven't even driven the car in the rain since 1982.
 
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