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granorpio
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Would you believe it?
« on: May 23rd, 2008, 8:58pm » |
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Can't you tell the Bank Holidays here, the weathers turning rotten again and my wiper linkage decided to break on my way home, on a Friday night as well, typical. 
This is a new one for me though, expecting that one of the rods had come off I was surprised to see that in actual fact the fault lay with the spline shaft on the linkage. The spline has sheered at the nut. The arm (O/S) also has considerable wear with plenty of filings to prove the point. The only time to my knowledge as to when the arm has ever been removed was when I had the windscreen replaced some time back.
So no doubts it's going to take a week to order one in and cost a fortune. In the meantime I'll probably have to, reluctantly, borrow the one off the Granada.
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So nearly said "goodbye" but now Scorpio will see another day, alongside the replacement! eek!
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Simmo
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Re: Would you believe it?
« Reply #1 on: May 23rd, 2008, 9:26pm » |
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Mike, Things may not be as bad as you think. Have you read THIS page
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granorpio
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Re: Would you believe it?
« Reply #2 on: May 23rd, 2008, 9:40pm » |
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on May 23rd, 2008, 9:26pm, Simmo wrote:| Mike, Things may not be as bad as you think. Have you read THIS page |
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Looks bad enough to me, those are even 2005 prices. 
Short Arm - Finis 6 127 673 about £6
Long Arm - Finis 6 127 684 about £6
The entire mechanism is available as a unit - cost £85
The job itself doesn't bother me and as its the whole lot I need including wiper arm(s) at 2008 prices and availability now you know why I'm a little bit miffed. Oh! well the joys of motoring, now where's the nearest petrol station. 
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So nearly said "goodbye" but now Scorpio will see another day, alongside the replacement! eek!
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Matt
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Re: Would you believe it?
« Reply #3 on: May 24th, 2008, 6:00pm » |
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ive got a full wiper motor/linking sitting in my shed doing nought, give us a pm if interested 
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