Glanza / Starlet Wiper Motor Mod

This mod was originally an idea from another member on Ausmini but i could never source enough information from them due to inactivity. That was until another member decided to do the same and from there i took on the job of fitting the original Glanza wiper motor to my mini wipers aswell.

I started by studying how the mini wiper motor worked and took the parts needed to complete this job. The parts needed were the original motor wheel arm, the plastic guide and the wiper motor cable with nut. On the standard mini wiper motor there is a wheel that turns the wheel arm and slides the wiper motor cable back and forth along a channel (see image). I simply measured the distance from the middle of the wheel and the arms pivot point and made up a little bracket to bolt to the Glanza/Starlet wiper motor to replicate the distance travelled by the mini wiper motor cable.

From there i pretty much created a bracket that would bolt onto the Glanza wiper motor mounts and then house the channel which the wiper cable glides on and fix the mini wiper motor cable nut on the end. See below.

Last part was mounting and creating a bit of pipe to bolt into the wiper motor and join to the passenger wiper wheel. This was not the easiest part of the job but i somehow got it to work. I made a small template out of sheet metal and drew then drilled out the holes for the wiper motor mounting feet. I then transfer those holes onto the firewall. This was done because of the wiper motor rotating flange sitting lower than the mounting feet. A hole for the flange itself was also drilled. Once that was done i mounted the wiper motor to the firewall and then trimmed the made-up bracket to fit flush against the firewall, or close to. Next i bent up and flared a bit of pipe i had lying around and then drilled a hole, high up on the firewall for this pipe to fit through. The pipe was bent so that it would attach to the wiper wheel, the hard part of the job. I dont have any photos of this just yet, sorry. 

The final firewall mounting position is below. I opted to hide most of the setup behind the firewall for aesthetic reasons.