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    escort mk1 wiper motor and assembly alternatives????

    anyone used anything from any other vehicle please that fits with little modification?not want fiat uno single wiper converstion etc want it to look stockish but more modern.cheers

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    escort mk1 wiper motor and assembly alternatives????

    Good question given the state of most of them 👍


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    Re: escort mk1 wiper motor and assembly alternatives????

    I don't have any details but I understand that Mk2 golf wiper motors are a fairly easy conversion.

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    Re: escort mk1 wiper motor and assembly alternatives????

    Didnt Neil use a Citroen one on one of his customers cars once??

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    Re: escort mk1 wiper motor and assembly alternatives????

    Didnt Neil use a Citroen one on one of his customers cars??

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    Re: escort mk1 wiper motor and assembly alternatives????

    I revamped the mechanism on my Mk1 Cortina. It might be the same (or similar enough) to the Mk1 Escort to give you some ideas.


    This is a Mk4 Golf wiper. Brand new on eBay - mine was about £25. The motor mounts to the wiper mechanism using the same mounting plate, but I needed to drill all 3 holes again. Here's the tricky bit - you need the holes drilled in exactly the right place so that the wiper parks in the right place. This took quite a bit of fiddling, measuring etc.


    With the motor taken care of I also need to pay attention to the linkage. This is the linkage mecahanism from the Cortina. its 50+ years old and the joints are all loose and wobbly.



    I used JB weld to get the mountings bosses to stay firm in place.


    this is the rotor arm from the original Ford motor. with a bit of tiling its mounted on the Golf motor.


    Here you can see the 3 new holes drilled for mounting the Golf motor. (smaller holes are the new ones).


    using new shiny bits from the owners club its mounted back on the car.


    This is a work in progress. At this stage I can wire it up temporarily to a battery and (depending on the terminals of the motor used) I can get all 3 speeds and intermittent. The wipers swing perfectly now. Before, the wiper used to stop at the top, pause for a moment, then swing back down. This was due to the slop in the linkage - I guess all old Fords suffer from this, but my Cortina now wipes like a modern car!

    What's left to do is wire it up properly to a switch, but that should not be too hard. Hope this helps you out.

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    Re: escort mk1 wiper motor and assembly alternatives????

    Hi I'm needing the spivit/SPINDLE washers and nuts that you posted a picture of with the words from the owner's club, could you please give me the contact details of where you sought them from? Thank you

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    Re: escort mk1 wiper motor and assembly alternatives????

    Quote Originally Posted by Bees1957 View Post
    Hi I'm needing the spivit/SPINDLE washers and nuts that you posted a picture of with the words from the owner's club, could you please give me the contact details of where you sought them from? Thank you
    They're form the Cortina Mk1 Owners club.

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