Uprated Wipers

[wayne walsh]

Has anyone seen or built a better, more modern, wiper system for the TR7/8?

5.0 litre TVR Powered

[DNK]

Explain more modern?

Don
Stick a Wedge In It
80 TR7 V8 Kick in the pants

[sydney.wedgehead]

Intermittent wiper circuit would be nice, as would better wipe coverage of the glass area.

[FI Spyder]

Intermittent was available on the last cars. It can be added but takes some wiring skills. Do a search in upper left for what you run into. As far as coverage it does have the parallax mechanism for the driver.

Besides, don't you know you're not supposed to drive your British car in the rain?[:p]



- - -TR7 Spider - - - 1978 Spitfire- - - - 1976 Spitfire - - 1988 Tercel 4X4 - Kali on Integra - 1991 Integra - Yellow TCT

[saabfast]

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by FI Spyder</i>

Besides, don't you know you're not supposed to drive your British car in the rain?[:p]
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Thats why I only manage 500 miles pa!



Alan
Saab 9000 Stg 1
Saab 9000 2.3 FPT Auto
Saab 9000 2.3 LPT Auto
'81 TR7 DHC

[Chris Turner]

The best way to improve most TR7 wipers is to use the proper original type wiper blades rather than the aftermarket ones. The original wipers bend in the middle and leave the screen much clearer.

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[Workshop Help]

My 1976 TR7 came with an intermittent wiper switch at no additional charge. What you do is, with your right fore finger, flick the wiper stalk down once and release. Count to three and flick it again. As the rain intensifies, flick the stalk down after a two count, then a one count, then flick the stalk up for slow speed and up again as the monsoon descends for the high speed wipers.

There is a lot to be said in favor of this premium manual switch system. Had you comprehended your Official Owners Manual, this knowledge would have been ingrained in your cranial synapses.

Mildred Hargis

[sydney.wedgehead]

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Mildred</i>

... Had you comprehended your Official Owners Manual, this knowledge would have been ingrained in your cranial synapses.
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Actually, there was no need to read the manual to learn about this "feature", and it does work fine when traveling modestly round the burbs or on the highway, but it does not meet requirements when driving vigorously round the twisty stuff in light rain!

I've tried all sorts of blades and most don't bend enough to effectively wipe the whole swipe at the 2 to 3 inches from the blade end.

Blade bending issue aside, what I like least is that to get a clean screen close to the A pillar in a RH drive is that I have to set the park stop position so that the blades are angled up a couple of inches from the screen base.

YMMV

[Ianftr8]

I'm with Mildred on this one - but have you tried treating the windscreen with "RainX" as well.

Works for me


Cheers
Ian

Ian Freeman
1979 TR8 DHC
Triumph Courier
Triumph owner for 31 years

[REPLIC8]

I'm with Chris & Ian. I use an original set of blades which sit much flatter on the screen than newer sets, and I also treat the scenn with "rainX". Works pretty well. [:)]

Andy
1981 UK SPEC TR8
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[supercass]

In my experience original type blades are hard to find and are often NOS which means they have deteriorated. supercass

[Hasbeen]

Like so many things on most of the 7s I've had, the wipers were lousy, & appeared about to die, until given a thorough overhaul. Since then I have no complaints with them.

As with many other gismos on moderns, for drivers like my lady, intermittent wipers are something of an overkill. She had been driving a Toyota Cressida for a few years, when she worried the wipers were failing, when I used the intermittent system with her in the car.

5 or 10 years later she complained to me that her wipers were failing after I had adjusted the intermittent wipe to a slower rate in very light rain. After 15 years of ownership she did not know you could do that.

Hasbeen

[Chris Turner]

The blades are usually NOS so I always fit new rubbers, the results are amazing.

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[HowardB]

I am with Chris on this. The replacement blades were no good so dug out the original wipers and a pack of blades from Halfords and its much better.

[Dave Dyer]

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by wayne walsh</i>

Has anyone seen or built a better, more modern, wiper system for the TR7/8?
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I did ask this question a while back, but got a similar response, everyone seems reasonably happy with their wiper system.

But I feel it seems weak, even after I had overhauled it, there was a small improvement, but I'm still not happy with it and did wonder if anyone had experimented with fitting a more modern system. Other areas of the car get improvements, but the wipers seem to be forgotten about. When I get more time I'll persue it and try and sort something out.

Cheers, Dave