CJ-5 - EP125 - Can we salvage this windshield washer motor or not?

Our attention this time around is mostly on the windshield wipers for our 1977 Jeep CJ-5 restoration project, and while it's not going overly fast, things are going pretty smoothly. We should be putting the windshield glass back in soon.

[@robr4662]

The ring and contact is part of the "park" circuit. If you notice the small break in one of the traces on the back of the disc, that is how the motor knows where to stop when you turn the windshield wipers off. The "park" circuit isn't neseccary for the motor to run but if you shut the motor off( just cut power) the wipers will just stop wherever they are on the glass. With the "park" circuit, the motor continues to spin until it reaches the break in the citcuit on the disc, which should be set to coincide with the wipers being down and as out of the way as possible. Keep up the great work. I know you can do it.

[@LandlockedNoMore]

I did wind up buying a new motor...

[@JEEPLIFE121]

Drill new holes and you can get Chrome button screws through and you could secure it with nuts

[@LandlockedNoMore]

Yeah, that's most likely the route I'll take here.

[@ernestpritchard8615]

you can get studs to weld on the back of the dash.

[@LandlockedNoMore]

Mmm, don't really want to paint the dash again. Too late to weld on the thing...

[@ernestpritchard8615]

i drilled new holes and tapped them and used the old nuts to get new screws. it does show on the front of the dash but i used a gauge cover and it covers the holes. it comes in black or chrome.

[@LandlockedNoMore]

I'll most likely go with drilling holes for screws.

[@ernestpritchard8615]

where is your vin. number mine was on the backing plate

[@LandlockedNoMore]

It was on the firewall. The CJ-7 out in the resting place on the side of the house has it up on that wiper backing plate, but it wasn't there on the CJ-5.