I dont have a question, I just wanted to post something about how I fixed my rear wiper on my w123 wagon. I tried a seach and couldnt find much. Hopefully this will help someone.

My wiper started out being a little floppy. I would say this is the sign to take action. It then stopped working alltogether. I took it apart and what had happened is the two screws that held the mechanism together had came loose. One was missing completely. I found a replacement in my screw pile and screwed it together and everything worked fine. The screw was a small, maybe 3 quarter inch screw by #10, but metric of course. I had to take the cover off the hatch but it was pretty easy.

Good job.

Pizzachef told me about this fix too. He used loctite on the screws so it shouldn't happen again.

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Chad
2006 Nissan Pathfinder LE
1998 Acura 3.0 CL
OBK#44
"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work." - Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)

SOLD
1985 300TD - Red Dragon
1986 300SDL - Coda
1991 - 300TE
1995 - E320
1985 300CD - Gladys

AHHH locite!!, why didnt I think of that!

I can't claim credit. Here's the thread that pointed me in the right direction as to why my wiper didn't work.

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showthread.php?t=176258

There used to be helpful pictures in that thread. I guess they're not hosted anymore, wherever they were.

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1985 300TD-euro 352,000 mi
1974 240D (1?)52,000 mi - has a new home now

GTK. Now does any one know how to clear a clogged washer fluid line???

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1982 240 D, 308,000 - 321,127 miles (sold)
1982 300 TD,166,500 - 226,000 miles
1998 E 320, 120,000 - 144,000 miles
2005 C 230 K, 26,000 - 77,000 miles (sold)

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showpost.php?p=1996796&postcount=210

I don't think I loctited mine either...... Doh!

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

The relay for the rear wiper of the S123 is installed upside down so there's also a likely chance it can loosen over time and fall off.

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I circumvented mine. The existing one is clogged somewhere between the pump/reservoir and where the tube exits the ceiling by the speaker. I ran another tube from the pump out a hole to the cavity where the tail light goes, then up that rear pillar and out the pillar to the speaker area. Actually, I probably RAN the line in the reverse order, but that's the way the water travels now.

Of course, after I did all that, I found out the washer tube inside the top of the hatch door (leading right to the squirter) leaks a lot. So I'm still stuck.

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1985 300TD-euro 352,000 mi
1974 240D (1?)52,000 mi - has a new home now

Yes, compressed air.