Well, not quite.
However.... here's the story.
Got a phone call from the wife at 9am yesterday morning - the wiper
motor on her 156 had packed up when she was half way to work, and it was
raining.
Quickly getting dressed and grabbing the keys for the 75, I dashed out
to meet her and swap cars.
After going through the usual checks I deduced that it was definitely
the motor, and phoned a load of breakers to source one.
However, this morning, I was getting bored of waiting for it to arrive,
so I decided to strip and clean the old motor the best I could (they
can't be fully taken apart by the looks of things).
One hour later, I now have working wipers.
Yay!
(It may seem a trivial fix to some, but I'm sitting here feeling quite
smug now)

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Catman - 21 Sep 2005 14:53 GMT
> Well, not quite.
>
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> (It may seem a trivial fix to some, but I'm sitting here feeling quite
> smug now)
Hope they carry one working......

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Tony Rickard - 23 Sep 2005 19:42 GMT
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> One hour later, I now have working wipers.
>
> Yay!
>
> (It may seem a trivial fix to some, but I'm sitting here feeling quite
> smug now)
Well done, I guess you have had ample opportunity to test your god like
workmanship today?
I felt similarly smug when I replaced my daughter's Punto's brake pads
in just 30 mins and for only £9.99. She was well impressed and thinks I
am a mechanic now and won't have to pay garages :)
She will quickly learn but I might as well take the glory whilst it lasts.
Most simple car jobs I touch are measured in days rather than minutes :)
Cheers
Tony
Dr Entropy - 28 Sep 2005 14:59 GMT
> Well, not quite.
>
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> (It may seem a trivial fix to some, but I'm sitting here feeling quite
> smug now)
"self-defense wrenching"... It's a lifestyle. Good lad.
"If it was designed and built by humans, you can likely disassemble it and
even improve it!"
...though I might shy away from a particle accelerator ;)

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