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Well, if I ask for 8,500 that wouldn't be too much, then. I'm not greedy; it's the people on this island who are tight! :) Here's a couple of pix...

Have to confess to being somewhat surprised you view 'never off-roaded' as a drawback!! :) And mileage doesn't matter? Hmmm. Anyway, the thing about off-roading is that a lot of owners who go off-road don't realise that it massively reduces the service interval WRT fluid changes and who wants to...

Hi all, After four fabulous years, I've decided it's time to part with my faithful Landy. Trouble is, I haven't a clue what it's worth. I've looked on Ebay (as you do) but the spread of values is so vast it's impossible to get any idea of an accurate value for mine. So that's where you come in...

OK, got it sorted out now through a local non-specialist insurance broker. Only cost a few quid more and there's now no annual mileage limit to worry about. So much nicer to just get straight through to a human being without being kept on hold indefinitely. So my advice is, don't overlook your...

I'm sorry Jamie but that's not really good enough, is it? What a funny way to run a business! What are people who don't even know of this forum supposed to do? Looking through previous reams of postings I see a clear pattern emerging which shows that other people have had the same problems I've...

Hi all, I've been with Adrian Flux for about 4 years and they've basically just helped themselves to the renewal fee via direct debit every year. But this time I had a query concerning the renewal so I rang them (always engaged) and emailed them (no reply) to try to get some clarification on...

I tried to buy my usual Motoquip engine oil for my next upcoming oil change, but my local retailer is no longer stocking it. I was offered some German stuff for an astronomical price which I declined. On the way back I stopped at a petrol station to top up on diesel and noticed they had Castrol...

A pretty accurate assessment! Turned out to be the passenger side wiper drive shaft had seized solid in the sleeve that locates it in the bulkhead. No amount of penetrating oil would free it off and using HD stilsons risked damaging the bulkhead so in the end I had to cut it out. I didn't fancy...

Sounds like a washer motor, anyway. I've just replaced the entire front wiper system ('orrible job access wise) and upon stuffing all the wiring back behind the dash I thought I'd best carry out a few checks before finally tightening the screws. Since I'd had the instrument cluster out I...

No, no, and no (within reason).

It seems there are only supposed to be 3 wires on this model! Once the motor is removed you can see that though there are 5 contacts to the socket on it, only 3 of them are used. So I'm left guessing this is something that was done at the factory?? Seems **** poor for a factory mod, though; just...

Hi all, Well, after my wipers packed up I determined by various means that the problem was the wiper motor. And indeed there is a serious fault with that motor, so buying a new one was not a waste of money. But it's clearly not the whole story, since the wipers are still frozen in position and...

Hi all, I need a new front wiper motor for my TD5 and was wondering if anyone can recommend a decent by-post parts supplier they have had a good experience with? Or failing that a decent parts supplier in central London as I have to go there next week anyway. I did check out the forum...

Well there may damage of some sort in the motor, but it's not manifesting during this test. I jumped a thick wire from the motor casing direct to the battery ground terminal and *nothing* happened (this is with the ignition on and the wiper stalk in the normal 'on' position) and the fuse didn't...

No, it's all still connected to its linkages at present. And with that, I'm off to bed! I'll report back tomorrow....

The wipers have always been immovable by hand so that doesn't tell us anything. Certainly if I ground the motor casing tomorrow and the thing still won't work, I'll have to remove the main dash and replace the motor (and solenoid just to be on the safe side).

If I understand your question correctly, yes, there is power present at those wires with the wiper stalk in the correct position (enough to blow a 15A fuse when deliberately shorted to ground - just to be totally sure!).

Does seem a bit odd on reflection. Getting a bit late here now so I'll try it tomorrow...

Not quite sure what you mean by that. The motor casing is not grounded to the vehicle. There is 80 ohms between the motor case and the battery neg terminal (and the rest of the chassis of course). The motor has it's own ground feed which comes in via the plug in the picture (the black wire) so...

Thanks for that! Well, I made good again with the plug but the damn wiper motor still won't work. There's power to it now from the relay but it still seems as dead as a dodo. I wonder what the typical failure mode of one of these motors is - and whether the wiper motor from the rear door is...