The Wiper Washer Nightmare: A Tale of Pain, Karma, and Questionable Engineering (6 Viewers)

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Wiper washer woes, what started as a simple fix to my wobbly excuse for wiper washers turned into a full-blown nightmare.
(A long story of me, karma, the [censored] who “modified” the wiper motor, blood vengeance, and revenge. Read at your own risk.)

It began innocently. I found what looked like a perfect, cheap solution for my wiper washer bushings on AliExpress.
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Armed with optimism and a screwdriver, I went in. The plan: remove the motor, fit the new bushings, and call it a day. Easy, right?
Wrong.
The motor refused to budge. I got more lights, contorted my hands into a space so small a raccoon would have filed a complaint, and after an hour of creative swearing (in alphabetical order, sometimes repeating certain favorites), the motor finally came loose.
That’s when I discovered the handiwork of a true mechanical artist — a “genius” [censored] who had decided to:
  1. Remove the original socket and weld an unholy, misshapen, round metal abomination sharp enough to draw blood.
  2. Add a screw, three washers, and an overall design guaranteed to make the next person working on it question all life choices.
  3. Mount it in a position physically unreachable by any known human anatomy.
After wiping my tears and brewing some midnight tea, I noticed that this same artist had rewired the motor cables — leaving exactly 2 cm of wire slack.
So there I was, in the dark, balancing the engine’s weight, trying to pry open the world’s shortest connector without waking my wife (because that would’ve turned the night into an actual bloodbath).

Finally, after much pain and muttered poetry of curses, I freed the connector. I sat there, drenched, realizing karma was clearly using me as entertainment.

Still, I pressed on.
If life gives you an abomination, you make it rounder (and somehow uglier)
So I did.

Twenty minutes later, after some sanding, cutting, and an intimate session with lubricant, I proudly admired my creation — a slightly rounder, even uglier version of the original disaster. I then attempted to “mate” it with the bushing.

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There was one tiny issue.
I hadn’t measured anything.
The bushing, meant for the original motor, was now being forced into something twice its size. It puffed up like a constipated pufferfish.

Naturally, I tried to fix that by drilling a hole for a screw — unevenly, of course. Discovered that part at 1 AM.
By 1:30, I had lost about two kilometers worth of water through sweat and despair. My body temperature was approaching small reactor levels. I surrendered, packed up, showered, and cried myself to sleep.
At 3 AM, I woke up screaming “BUSSSHHHHIIINGGG!” and scared my wife half to death....

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I somehow managed to wake up and four coffees later, I accepted reality: this was no longer a mechanical problem. This was a spiritual battle.
Now, I’m down to three options:
  1. Find a donor motor (rare as unicorns).
  2. Fabricate something that fits.
  3. Return to the nightmare and pray I survive the sequel.
At this point, I’m not sure crying will save me tonight.
 
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I think Karma is trying to tell you to move to a place with no rain. :)
I''m in Egypt Karma !!! The land of the desert !! The country with the least rain on earth 🤣🤣🤣 give me a break !
 
Looks like you have a LHD vehicle. Is it really that hard to find a working used motor?
 
If you can buy parts from Pakistan (Karachi) ...

@TeamJB
 
At least you weren't calling out another womans name.;)
Unless her initials are BJ or FJ?
 
I'm trying to figure out how much water is in a kilometer. I'm guessing its equivalent to a kilogram of driving or a liter of sunlight.

But anyhow, LHD 60 motors are out there. Like all things 60 they are getting expensive. You might be able to buy a broken one to harvest for parts for cheap. Post an ad in the classifieds.
 
Ok so after some voodoo rituals and sacrifices, I was able to add an o ring and some bushings i had to reudce play.

Not optimal but it took a way a large slack from control arm.
I know how a kind of workable wiper washer until I get a replacement.

If any one is intestes here is aliexpress bushing link.
I just found this on AliExpress:
EGP15.56 | Smooth And Effective Wiper Movement With Windshield Wiper Linkage Bush For Toyota For Landcruiser 60 FJ60 FJ62 HJ60

Was not able to test it on original mounts due to the mess above.
 

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