Originally Posted by Arwyn Williams
Rebuilt the windscreen wiper motor for my 1955 Plus 4 DHC. Gearbox was fine until I lost some of the needle rollers (for some reason Lucas used an uncaged needle roller bearing in the gearbox with 30 off 2mm x 7.8mm needle rollers - unfortunately I lost a couple. My local bearing factor provided replacements for less than a fiver.

Rebuilt the motor after cleaning in solvent, gave the armature a quick skim and polish in the lathe. Brushes were unworn so put them back. Bead blasted and painted the top plate, horseshoe and the bakelite end cover.

Then sat down at my drawing board to do some drawings of a lug I need to fabricate for my 1938 4-4. Sadly the local foundry I used for getting parts cast closed last year and fabrication is the only option

Arwyn

Yes, sadly I've noticed quite a few small niche manufacturers closing in the last couple of years, post Covid the younger generation don't want to take over the old trades and the current legislation, health n safety, etc doesn't help

Jon M