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Chapter 3 – Disassembly

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Windscreen Wiper Motor and Wiper Box  

Removed the three mounting bolts in the bottom of the wiper motor. Disconnected the three wires from the junction. Removed the lateral brace from the steering wheel column to the left body wall (two bolts). The three wires are green, green and black, and black and connect through the grommet hole below the choke hole in the firewall to the primary wiring harness. The two large chrome nuts are removed from the wiper box shafts and the shafts can be withdrawn under the dash. The motor and wiper boxes can be removed along with the connecting cable by sliding it above the steering wheel toward the passenger seat.

Wiper Motor Mounting Bracket, posts and grommets

Wiper Motor and Rack

Wiper Motor Wiring Snap Connectors

Wiper Motor Wiring in Engine Bay

Wiper Motor Wiring to Fuse Box

Wiper Rack Wheel Box

Wiper Rack

Wiper Wheel Box

Water Temperature and Oil Pressure Gauge 

Used a 5/8” box wrench with a slit in it to go around the capillary tube to loosen the nut around the sending unit on the engine head. Then withdrew the capillary hose through the grommet hole in the firewall below the I.D. plate. Loosened the oil pressure line from the back of the gauge and remove the gauge from the interior.

Water Temp Capillary Pipe

Oil Pressure Pipe

Heater Control Panel Refurbishment

We had several examples of these panels from donor cars and assembled the best parts to make the panel below. Ordered a new face plate and knobs.

Heater Control Panel

Heater Controls 1

Heater Controls 2

Heater Control Electrical Connection for fan 

A Little Wiper Work

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Planning on attending The British Car Fest in Buckeystown, MD on Sunday the 27th, so we needed to get a few maintenance items taken car of on the Bugeye. We had never reinstalled the wiper motor when we finished restoring the car so that was the first job. We pulled the dash off the car which may not have been required but it did make access much easier. After much trial and error with fitting it was figured out and the motor and wipers were installed and made functional. The sweep doesn’t seem to be sufficiently wide so a little more research is needed to determine how to adjust.

Dash Wiring!

Dash Wiring!

Wiper Box Left

Wiper Box Left

Wiper Box Right

Wiper Box Right

Refurbished Wiper Motor

Refurbished Wiper Motor

The brake lights were not working. I connected the two brake switch terminals with a wire and the rear lights functioned, so I determined that the switch was faulty. I put a little brake fluid in the new switch, quickly removed the old one and reinserted the new one. Voila! Brake lights returned.