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Hi, check the clearance at the top with the hood up, you may have to bend the wiper arm slightly to make sure it doesn't catch. I was embarrassed when I took mine to Ledgerwood because the wipers didn't work and it turned out they were just catching on the hood frame.

I fitted 8 inch sprung ones to my Roadster which is marginal for upper screen clearance, exacerbated by the fact that spindle mount holes are not in line! Custom bending of each arm gave clearance though for absolutely maximum sweep.

I was a bit lazy and didn't want to have differently bent wiper arms, so I cut the rubber 2-3mm diagonally at some ends. Very effective and you don't see it.

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Hi, check the clearance at the top with the hood up, you may have to bend the wiper arm slightly to make sure it doesn't catch. I was embarrassed when I took mine to Ledgerwood because the wipers didn't work and it turned out they were just catching on the hood frame. [/quote]

That's good advice, when I fitted mine I tested them with the hood down and they were great, first time I used them in anger with the hood up one of the wipers jammed on the hood frame and blew the fuse. Had to drive all the way back from Goodwood with no wipers

That's good advice, when I fitted mine I tested them with the hood down and they were great, first time I used them in anger with the hood up one of the wipers jammed on the hood frame and blew the fuse. Had to drive all the way back from Goodwood with no wipers
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Thank you for this top tip. I checked again. Works fine with the 7" (18cm) length. Part Nr. WDS126A
wiperslength by Werni Wehrli, auf Flickr

Good advice Steve especially as the first time you use them in anger will likely be with the hood up! Fortunately these black 8 inch ones were fine.

Replaced my bonnet badge today, and am pleased with the result. It wasn't straight forward though, as most things Morgan aren't. The curve of the badge was greater than the original/bonnet. That was cured by placing the retaining screws between the gap between my decking planks and pressing it as flat as I could get it. Leaving a slight spring, which went when the nuts were tightened. The bolts could have been a little longer, to make putting the nuts on a bit easier, but the result below looks much better.

Looks good Leroy, I sometimes wonder when you see badges with the enamel missing if they were overly bent in final fit dept at the factory, my bonnet catch internals look a bit nipped from bending

On the way down to Goodwood last week we were forced to run over a long strip of metal on a dual carriageway, it broke both intermediate mudflaps / stone deflectors



So both replaced today with some thicker more robust rubber (the wet stuff is a lick of waxoil)

What thickness rubber did you use? Looks almost like part of an old footwell mat.