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Front - Wiper Motor

From Odd - It’s a movie of the wiper arm working - click here

It can be interesting for others to see the movement of the wipers

Fletch

These the way CRP recomended that the wiper motor be installed, using the Fiero wiper motor parts.

Endre (Andy) Bujtas

This picture shows my windshield wiper mechanism. The wiper arm rotor is from my old Fiero. I cut the lever arm and repositioned (welded) it at a different angle. The secondary arm of the 2-piece wiper is shown as well as the washer fluid tube adjacent to it. The insert is from a previous build picture to provide a better look at the connecting rod. I found out later (after testing the wiper) that the adjusting slider on the rotor arm was not needed. I placed the ball stud of the quick-release end directly to the rotor lever.

I made my own windshield wiper linkage from the motor to the pivot arm. It is made of a 3/8" tube with 3/8" and 5/16" nuts welded to either end. On one side a 3/8" rod end is attached. This is the link with the motor arm. The other side attaches a 5/16 solid rod, which I bent to allow movement around the power brake unit. At the end is a 5/16 ball joint. I modified the stock Fiero wiper arm rotor. I cut-off the pivot arm (yellow) and welded it back on in a new orientation. I fabricated a slider to allow fine adjustment of the wiper arm stroke.

In order to have a functional windshield wiper system, a portion of the IFG body steel reinforcement must be removed. However, to properly support the body I made a support plate which functions as both a body support and to hold the stock Fiero wiper arm rotor. The plate has 3 10-32 bolts welded to hold the rotor. On the other side (not shown) is a 10-24 stud used to hold the replica wiper secondary arm in position. The secondary arm is used to pivot a section of the arm to clear the driver side of the window. The replica wiper arm came from Corey Rudl. To those building an IFG kit, it is important that such a plate be installed since the body will sag at the point the square tubing has been removed.

There is a lot of great information on Jason Jones's web site - (click on his logo to visit his web site)

There is a detailed "manual" that Dale has created for you to view (in regards to this section). This instruction manual is on how he built his IFG Phantom Roadster. (click on his logo to visit his web site)

Click here to visit Dale's section on: Chapter 16 - Wiper

Dale Van Blokland The bracket will go almost directly over the brake fluid reservoir. This would have been much easier to do if I would have done it when I had the body off. Because you need to cut the tubing out, it is necessary to brace either side. I chose to tie it into a bar that I had between my two door hinge brackets. After I had welded the two braces, I cut out the center section. The bottom glass is about 2" from the lip of the trunk. The actual location to drill the hole is 4 1/2" from the edge of the trunk and 1 3/8" from the lip. I'll have more detail as I progress.


Started on the wiper motor connections so I could get the post in place before I painted. These are the components that comes from IFG.	This is a picture of the Fiero wiper assembly for two wipers.

This picture is just the section of the wiper that I will be using.	You grind off the top of the post so you can remove the shaft by punching it out. You also have to cut off the vanes around the post.

Craig Nadeau

This is my very simple design for the wiper motor bracket.

Here is some information that I found regarding the wipers.

The Haynes manual is horrible. I did come across some additional valuable information and an other good reason not to consider a 84 Fiero for donor parts. In 84 GM used a separate circuit board mounted on the steering column supports to control the pulse. The wiper motor is not the same as the 85+ and will not work.

The three wires that come from the column are white - power, grey - pulse+low+spray, purple - high. The grey wire controls everything by varying the resistance coming from white and then interpreted in the control unit within the wiper motor itself. Purple is simple power to the motor for hi only. Save some time if you have a 84 wiper motor and launch it into the garbage.

If you would like to download this schematic - click on it

Tim Watson

I just finished the windshield wiper install. I used a piece of scrap fiberglass with a 90 degree flange on it and epoxyed it to the body. All the parts came from my old Fiero. Now I need a wiper!

Although my information comes from various builders and sources, if you want any information contact me. The photographs used on this site are used with permission, if you want to use any, contact them through the various links on this site. I did and you can see the results!