![]() ![]() And this position is NOT symmetric to the wiper pivot on the right. Point to note is that the washer nozzle is placed slightly left from the center (reference is the hatch's key-lock). After a few tries, I got the perfect clean drill with the nozzle sitting flush to the curvy hatch. Started drilling with a smaller drill bit so that I don't end up with a bigger than needed hole on the hatch. Next step was to make another hole for the washer nozzle. Placed the rubber pivot cap working as a grommet and a tool to prevent water from seeping inside the hatch in the hole. After a few tries, a few extra holes and with some modification (read bending the mounting plates of the motor), I bolted the wiper motor on the hatch with the correct amount of the otherwise long spindle peeping out of the newly made hole on the hatch. ![]() I had to repeatedly put the motor in place and mark points on the inner hatch to drill new holes to mount the motor. I checked the motor's sweep direction by hooking it up directly to the battery and ascertained the direction in which the motor would be mounted. With the driller in my shaking hands, I drilled the hole a little right from the key-lock point on the hatch as a reference:Īfter making the hole, the last thing I would have wanted would be fixing the motor with the sweep in the wrong direction. I decided to take the gamble head on and trust my instincts on this one. If the mounting points would have matched, then the placement of the hole would have been factory spec but that wasn't to be. (Even if I am little off-target, I am still okay with it) Things were made difficult when I found out that the brackets that I had on the inside of the hatch were not matching with the mounting points of the wiper motor. Hence, I could not get original measurements.Ī wrong placement of drill bit at work, a process which cannot be undone, could have well ended in a disaster with two cheese holes on my car's hatch serving absolutely nothing, but I think I had taken so many 'visual measurements' along these years of all the Zens with rear wipers on the road that I ended up almost perfectly I guess. This had to be at the perfect place and for accuracy, I would have loved to get measurements from a factory setting but sadly, there was no other Zen (with a wash-wipe system) in my society and even at the time we visited the MASS for picking up the parts. The first trick was to drill the hole for the wiper spindle. Parts arrived within 10 days of placing the order and I decided to give it a shot by myself. ![]() My car's hatch had mounting points as per the older design while the motor that arrived was of the newer design. This is because Maruti changed the wiper motor design in the later years. Inner side of the Hatch with mounting points for wiper motor.īut when the motor arrived, I was in for a shock. When we started planning for the project, I checked the inside of the hatch and it looked like brackets for mounting the wiper motor were in place. Washer Tank (with support for 2 pumps) - Rs. So, order was placed with MASS for the following components:Ģ. Ladies & gentlemen, for your information, BHPian Leoshashi has now become a reason for a spike in my spends on cars and my diminished savings. Hence, with help of Maruti encyclopedia Leoshashi who had the entire parts catalog, we identified all the parts required for the purpose. Although, the car sold exceedingly well in its hay days but time has now taken its toll and parts are not readily available, and here we are talking about parts associated with the rear wiper which aren't fast moving items. Zen is now definitely not a car for which you just go to the ASC and buy the parts off the shelf. So, lets get the hands dirty!įirst, the parts for the purpose. The Zen will be turning 14 next month, and it is a perfect gift for the occasion. Well, I know it is late but better late than never. The rear wiper (wash/wipe) always made look Zen a smarter hatchback (not that Zen is not a smart car without it ) & I always had an inner itch to somehow add the rear wash wipe system on my '02 Zen Lx so that I can satisfy my thirst.
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