Wiper problems

[Mk2George]

Yeah Ive sent him a mail, worth a go I guess 

[rubjonny]

the linkage from early/late MK2s is different due to the wipers being on the opposite side, but the actual motor is the same.  Same with RHD/LHD too, same part number for the actual motor, just the linkages that differ

[Mk2George]

So on that note could I pull the motor off any Mk2 linkage and stick it on eg does the motor come off relatively easy as ive pulled the plastic rain guard off and the whole job looks a bit of a nightmare tbh, eg square peg round hole   

[rubjonny]

yep should do!  The actual motor will come off the linkage on a RHD car without taking the whole lot out, I did exactly this when I nicked the motor out of a jetta for my mk1 cab
Not looked at early/LHD models though?  It certainly went on the MK1 without taking the linkage off, cant be that much different!

[Mk2George]

Thats great, thanks very much for the help

[Mk2George]

Ok managed to sort this today.  Been stripping out an 8v at the scrappies all day and took the motor from that. Did the swap which thankfully was easy but I still had the same problems. The only other thing it could be was the stalk so I tried that (managed to rob that from the donor 8v too) and Bingo it works!!

I still can get my head around whats in the stalk that can control the timing of the motor though as it just seemed to be a load of copper contacts?

Anyway, job sorted, hope this can be of use to someone in the future