86 E30 Windscreen Wipers

[Huttey 0]

My E30 1986 320i windscreen wipers do not work on the first settings they stop half way up the windsheild but they do work on the fast setting except when you stop them they come to a rest position where they were when you stopped them. Any ideas, stuffed wiper motor or something else ?

[bravo 35]

Dirty contacts inside the wiper motor. There's a how-to on the e30 network somewhere. I'll find you a link tomorrow when I'm at my work computer - its a damn fiddly job to do and takes patience, but it should fix it.

[Huttey 0]

Thanks I look forward to the link

[bravo 35]

Here

Not as useful as I remember. What you do is pull the motor out and take the plastic cover off the electrical contacts, give them a clean,remove excess grease (there is way too much and that's what causes the probs) and ensure the contacts make good contact and then replace. Use the bentley manual for instructions on how to correctly remove the motor.