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is not not possible to replace motor without removing the whole assembly?

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hey the motors sound like they're spinning but the wipers arent moving, are the teeth on either the wiper arms or the teeth on the whole assembly deal there that spins. does that sound like a proper diagnoses? and do i just pull the whole assembly out and take out that nold on the bottom side on each side?

Thanks man, great video! I’m in the same boat. Have a Jetta 207,000 miles and still running great have had so few problems with it so it’s hard to let go and now I’m living in dry Southern California where it almost never rains so I’m almost debating even doing it but if I want to try and sell it it might be good. Thanks for the video

I have a 2011 Jetta TDI. Wipers stopped working. I replaced the linkage and the motor and I can see the linkage moving without the wipers but as soon as I put the wipers on, the wipers don't move. I hear the motor working. What could be the problem?

Your not Derek from vice grip

Absolutely enjoy watching your videos.

You sure will age a nice truck we your done working on it.

Based on the subject matter, your videos are the best on TH-cam,

I would love to have that car. It would be fun for autocross

Excellent video. Thanks. I just completed the job on my 11 Jetta. Follow along, pause, do, repeat. Best part was oh no where do the wipers go back on where they were before on off position ??? My window not washed either and easy to align with the dirt mark on window. Saved !! Repairpal estimate to do the job was 888-1113$. Motor remanufactured was 160$ and little over an hour. Wipers came off using my official wiper tool but they’re a bit tough with minimal leverage on the turning bar so made an extension with deep socket and extension. Also good advice to cycle the motor before putting on the wipers. I was a little afraid of something being off from out of box motor and having wipers end up in the engine bay or in the yard. Thanks again. Also comments side comments were good like Milwaukee etc.

I just did the same repair on a 2006 2500HD with a regular cab 8ft bed. Otherwise, damage is identical. Used a dorman front bolt in tank support and an ebay repro rear tank support. Did a ton of rust cleanup on the whole frame. The bulging between the frame and the rear crossmember/spare tire bracket wouldn't be nearly as bad if they just put bolts in the holes for the 1-ton helper spring bracket that would otherwise be installed. I had to hand form an emissions canister bracket from some old stainless sheet because that thing was as thin as a piece of paper in the spots that still existed. Glad to see there are more people out there fighting the good fight.

Brilliant, using a flare tool to remove wiper arm. Well done!

Vgg want to be lost interest in the First two Minutes I'll keep watching vgg.

It's pretty trivial to swap in a 5 speed. I did it BITD on my 84' T-Bird with the god awful CFI 5.0. The only thing that wasn't plug and play was the shifter hole. Non 5 speed cars do not have the hole in the tunnel and it has to be cut in. Everything else bolted right up. I robbed all the 5 speed swap parts from a Turbo Coupe. That sounds like the timing is WAAAYYYY off. That's spark knock.

I'd like to see someone swap a modern 2.3 four cylinder ecoboost in one of these turbo t-birds. Ten speed automatic and 4.10 rear gear sounds interesting to drive.

Definitely keep it stock

I had one of those back in the day mine was white with red interior with a 5 speed trans it was super fun

Closest vehicle I drove that was just like that but was older was an 84 cougar I like the body style it was really nice just ours was junked because the body looked okay but the frame rails or a non-existent I don't know how the car was staying together

The Thunderbirds are very good car to save my youngest sister's boyfriend had one and he had it repaired couldn't pay the bills left it at the garage never picked it back up it was a shame hazardous Gray

I love your little guy working with you! Cherish them while they’re little, before you know it, they’ll be on their own.

Keep it stock, rebuild the motor and transmission. Like your idea of making it a 5 speed.

Looks good. My 2004 Silverado needs a bumper, this inspired me to give it a go and make my own.

❤ these cars .

Stop copying Derek from vice grip garage

That motor has a knock in it in the bottom end

100% keep it and fix it. It's a very cool car from it's time, I had a 88 in the mid 90's and it was still like driving a bond car with all of the gadgetry inside. a 5 speed swap would be ideal, it was a much more fun car in a 5 speed.

That's a very clean Thunderbird. I think you should keep it stock and keep it as a daily driver.

A video full of bing bing bing......

The 70's and 80's classic cars are making a MAJOR comeback because people no longer have the money to buy new cars and this cars are cheap and parts are still available. One of the older 20somethings that I work with that has been tinkering with a 84 T-bird redoing it slowly. When he gets done with it he's going to sell his newer car and put the money in the bank.

I'm not going to sit here and watch 48 minutes of this nonsense. It's simple..... Your fuel pump is shot, all of your vacuum lines are rotted, chances are that ABS unit is probably seized. Probably needs a new key cylinder. Brake lines, fuel line, struts, shocks, probably a new ride height sensor. The electrical problem he was probably trying to track down was either key cylinder related, or the ground wire on the fuel sending unit rotting out on the back side. Good luck with that intercooler. If you don't get that boot seated around the top of the turbo, you are going to regret it. And you probably won't be able to see it when the vehicle is running. But there's also a vacuum line underneath there, but as soon as you touch the gas, if it's rotted, it'll suck the vacuum line closed. And create a loss of power. Now as far as that turbo goes. You can put an adjustable waist gate on there. Make sure you pull the overboost buzzer out from underneath the dash out. And, watch out for that shift cable, they have a tendency to break. In which case.... I got the last one in the country, as far as I can tell. And once that goes, you won't be able to take and pull parts out of the b&m catalog to fix it. All the parts in that transmission are obsolete. So, good luck.

5:20 that is your eec4 control. That's where you plug in your code scanner.

Those are cool cars. I'd keep it stock. They drove real nice when they were new. It sounds like the lifters aren't pumping up. Part of that noise could be the turbo since you mentioned that was a problem. It's hard to tell, microphones do funny things to engine noises. Keep the kids involved and it will be a lifetime hobby for all of you.

BE YOURSELF NOT DEREK! BE ORIGINAL!

Nice. Where did you get fuel tank. The one I looked at didn't come with orings or grommets

I thing you need A cameraman

thats absolutely terrifying how much additives you used.

What the Hell do old people smell like. I will give the car a thumbs up

Hopefully while in the car, the little ones will pester daddy to do burnouts.

As soon as the brats got in the way I quit watching.

Another VGG wannabe 🤦

It sounds like its pinking timing needs checking way to far addvanced maybe

I’ve honestly never seen a five speed v-8 version of the that year t-bird I think it would be a great combo

did you check trans fluid lol

Dude… please drop the vice grip garage act. You could have a decent channel but the blatant vgg ripoff is so off putting. You seem like you could make some great content

A word of advice - shoot footage of your work under the car.

A lot better than plenty of trucks half it's age...

The temp under idle seem high.

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That doesn't go to anything, it's an obd1 reader.