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Wiper motor swap (with tips)

From 1986 Ford Bronco “Eddie Bauer” — documented by Sixlitre.

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1986 Ford Bronco - Remove the upper 5 phillips screws from in between the slots on the cowl/valance. May as well get you magnetic pick up tool out now because… 1986 Ford Bronco - Then remove the almost dozen screws along the front of the cowl under the hood. 1986 Ford Bronco - Pull off the windshield washer hose off the squirter and let it hang out of the way. Dang ! I forgot to rehook that ! Back in a minute. 1986 Ford Bronco - Now you can lift and tip the cowl far enough forward out of the way to get access to the 3/8" bolt at the back of the motor. 1986 Ford Bronco - Here's me undoing the bolt from here. I was happy Miesk5 tipped me off to the fact I could get away with sliding the cowl out of the way an… 1986 Ford Bronco - This inner cowl needs the front screws removed to allow you to lift the inner cowl high enough to get access to the third motor mounting bo… 1986 Ford Bronco - Then it's just a matter of twisting off the 3 mounting bolts and out comes the motor. As the last photo suggested, it's very likely the gro… 1986 Ford Bronco - Nasty surprise ! The cheap swine don't supply all the rubber isolation mounts, just one ! 1986 Ford Bronco - I broke out the hack saw and liberated my old isolation mounts. There's gonna be violence if there's any trouble returning the old "modifie… 1986 Ford Bronco - Freed from the old motor. 1986 Ford Bronco - There ! Back where I should have been 5 minutes ago ! 1986 Ford Bronco - This is the trick Steve83 imparted to me. Look how much room and play there is in the rack to pull it outward. Using his tip I was able to… 1986 Ford Bronco - Here I am sqeezing dielectric grease into the wiper harness plug to prevent corrosion and encourage conductivity. 1986 Ford Bronco - Plugged in the harness, snapped on the wiper switch and I'm back in the game, ready to face a Canadian Winter. I guess 20 years and 250,000…