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280Z Wiper Motor Upgrade


TomoHawk

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Has anyone gotten a decent upgrade for the 280Z wiper motor?  I mean something you can get from a post-1985 vehicle, which is when they used the waterproof motors.  I have a wiper motor from a 1997 Escort ZX2, and the bolts align almost perfectly with the holes on the bracket, and the shaft fits the linkage just right.

The Escort motor is a DC motor with a ground, and  switched 12V connections for low- and high-speed.  It also has auto-park without the extra swipe the Datsun motor makes.

Yes, I cleaned and lubricated the linkage and pivots, but the speed is still just too slow.   I used DeOxit for the pivots, and it worked very well.

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Good to know Tom, thanks for the tip. 

My 260 race car needs a reliable wiper motor.  I cleaned the linkage, rewired the motor with heavy gauge wire and added a simple toggle switch.  It worked very well until we had an extremely rainy race where the original 40 year old motor got hot and blew the fuse mid-race.  Rather than risk another failure, I'd rather upgrade it to something newer and more reliable.  I'll check out the ZX2 motor.

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