Recent content by Against the Wind

Well I got there in the end but what a pulaver (if that’s how you spell it). My problem turned out not to be the switch but rather the raised ramp on the back of the drive cog not activating the switch because it was all misaligned too far one way. God knows how because it always used to work...

Thanks to Jamesmartin I’ve finally resolved the wiper issues. It was the motor to focus on but I managed not to have to replace it. I dismantled it completely and on doing so noted the wheel was badly lined with the worm drive so simply reshimmed it and now all’s well and smiling again.…until...

Right, I’ll go down this road and see where I end up. Who knows with a Defender

Not so much a parking problem, rather they now just don’t switch off unless I apply very slight upward pressure to the stick switch on the steering column … although I have replaced that and still does the same!!

Can anyone point me in the right direction? The wipers on my 2002 Td5 110 have thrown a wobbler. Fast and normal speed , fine. Intermittent and off position just continue and randomly squeal whilst going into 1 slow motion seeep before parking. Thought it must be the switch on the column so...

Hi everyone, not very good at this forum stuff. Don’t really know what to do but taken the plunge as I seem to be having odd windscreen wiper problems on my 2002 TD5 110 Defender and I’m struggling to know what to do next. …not even sure if I’m doing this right or where it takes me. Anyway, I’m...