[fyrffytr1]

Boy,time is flying by! I just made my Sunday post yesterday and here it is Sunday again!
I had a time with the wiper motor installation. I got my screws from Bob so I was ready to install the motor. I put it in the hole and started the top screw, then I started the bottom screw towards the passenger side. Next, I started the bottom screw on the driver's side but it just slid all the way in. Well, I removed the other two screws and took the motor back out. Then I tried the bottom screw again and it slid all the way through the nut! The dadgum nut that is welded to the backside of the firewall was stripped out! Now what do I do? I had a brain fart and decided to put the motor in using just the two screws but when I picked the motor up I noticed that the ground strap was under the mounting grommet with the stripped nut!!
I put the motor back in with the two screws loosely threaded in. Then I took a nut that fit the third screw and tried to get it down into the cowl where I could run the third screw into it. It took some doing and I chewed my wrist up but I finally got the nut and screw started. I got all three tightened down, hooked up the wiring then hooked up the wiper switch to the harness hanging under the dash. Then I turned the key to the start position and turned the wiper switch on. NOTHING!! I sat there for a minute and it came to me that the switch might need to be grounded so I got a jumper wire and hooked it to the switch body and the frame. I had wipers!! almost. They made a half turn and quit. Now what!? I looked at the motor and noticed the arm was lodged against the cowl. Then, I remembered that when I bought this motor it had a tag on it saying it was fom a Chevy truck. I went to my old parts bin, dug out the bad motor and took the arm off of it, swapped it with the arm on the new motor and everything worked!
Now, I have to remove the motor to install a seal but first I am going to pick up a 1/4" drive swivel to make it easier to get that bottom nut back on.
So that is the story of why I put in 4 hours insatlling a wiper motor. I will update hours and other totals next week.
If I have a day or two I need to replace the passenger side rear quarter glass. Now what could possibly go wrong there!