Rear wiper install fail.

[Chobobulous]

Try the pictures again. Do you remember if the hole was an ellipse? If so, it was a factory install.

I dont remember and the car has been scrapped

[Chobobulous]

And here the wiper motor has 4 mounting points and it worked in the hole.

http://www.fordfestiva.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9935&highlight=install+rear+wiper&page=2

[bravekozak]

That picture I had must be for a Ford Escort wiper then. Ignore it. I am going into the garage and take a picture of my motor. Give me twenty minutes.

[Chobobulous]

i am just an idiot, i drilled the hole an inch to the left of where it should be. That is why the hole is about an inch off I started my measurement on the 2" mark and went to 9.75 instead of 10.75
After looking at my pictures i realized what i did Tomorrow i will drill new holes 1 inch to the right of where they are and it should match up perfectly

Thanks for all your help though

[bravekozak]

Here is a pic of my rear wiper motor installed.

The hole is 8-3/4" from the left as measured from 0" as in freshtiva's picture.
Personally, I would just go to the junkyard and get a new rear hatch. I got lucky. I found a rust free hatch with the rear wiper and spoiler on it at the junk yard. It only cost me $50 all together.
Otherwise the holes are going to overlap.
I am sure glad we got this sorted out.

[Chobobulous]

The only festiva i have found around here got scrapped 2 days ago. The junkyard in town says there is an 88 on their lot but after 3 days of searching i gave up....

So the result I used the hole saw again to drill out a place for the motor to go.
My metal fabrication skills are pretty sorry...... But the result



Ill pick up bolts tomorrow, its covered anyways right

[bravekozak]

That's funny. My hatch was originally red before I painted it green! Keep looking. Will it wipe properly one inch off? I guess it should.

[Chobobulous]

My guess is it will wipe 1 inch off i am going back to that jy tomorrow as long as its open, mlk day.... i need a few more pieces for the washer bottle ill see if i can get them off the escort wagon and ill probably grab the gears to make it stop in the down position.