TD5 Defender wiper motor access.

[Tanuki]

The wiper self-park function on my 2001 Defender has stopped working - meaning the intermittent wipe doesn't, and when using the wipers in normal-mode they stop instantly you switch them off.

How easy is it to get to the motor? I know it's *somewhere* on the left hand side of the dashboard, under the plastic moulding that has the scuttle air-vents and stuff in it.

Looks like taking this moulding off to access the motor is a truly horrible task - is it possible to get to the motor any other way (like through the hole the left side loudspeaker fits in?)

--Tanuki.

[matthew74]

It's pretty easy to get access. I think you have to remove the land rover badge on the grab handle and undo a few screws and the speaker housing should come off giving you access to the motor.

[Dave W]

Remember to buy the new park switch before you start taking it all apart !

You can get to it by removing the grab handle (as above, 1 screw under the Land Rover badge, 2 screws go down into the bottom dash). You can then remove the end section of the lower dash (where the speaker is) by unscrewing it from the bulkhead and taking out the remaining screws where the trim is attached to it.

The park switch is mounted on the outside of the motor and is part of the connector that the harness plugs into.

[Tanuki]

Thanks for the info guys - hadn't realised you could get end-on access. It doesn't sound like it will be such a horrible task after all.

New park-switch is here, just waiting for the weekend .

My initial looking made me think that it could turn out to be one of these horrible instances where the production-line started by taking a wiper-motor and then assembling a Land-Rover around it !

--Tanuki