Rear wiper / MOT fail?

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Rear wiper / MOT fail?

Post by Wishbone » Sat Apr 12, 2014 12:35 pm

Hi. Just bought my first Bongo and just joined Bongo Fury (so please be gentle with me). Rear wiper doesn't work. I'm going to check the loom between tailgate and main body of van but just need to know ... is it an MOT failure if rear wiper doesn't work? Cheers.
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Re: Rear wiper / MOT fail?

Post by francophile1947 » Sat Apr 12, 2014 12:54 pm

Rear wiper is not included in the MOT 8)
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Re: Rear wiper / MOT fail?

Post by Bob » Sat Apr 12, 2014 1:10 pm

Agree with Franco, and a warm welcome. :D
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Re: Rear wiper / MOT fail?

Post by Wishbone » Sat Apr 12, 2014 5:13 pm

Cheers guys. Do you know the best way to check to see if it's the wiper motor that's failed?
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Re: Rear wiper / MOT fail?

Post by haydn callow » Sat Apr 12, 2014 5:37 pm

Put 12 volts directly into it
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Re: Rear wiper / MOT fail?

Post by Wishbone » Sat Apr 12, 2014 8:58 pm

What a bloody good idea. Hadn't thought of that. So glad I joined now. Cheers. :)
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Re: Rear wiper / MOT fail?

Post by Bob » Sat Apr 12, 2014 9:01 pm

Often the obvious hides, always worth an ask on here, always a friendly reply. :D
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Re: Rear wiper / MOT fail?

Post by nicstrike » Sun Apr 13, 2014 6:11 pm

I always thought if it was there it had to work? but if it wasn't present it made no odds. ours went u/s a short while into ownership but has been good for the last 3-4 years after a good soldering session at the loom bend. I had in mind if it let go again to splice a section of 8 core trailer cable into the loom at that point.
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Re: Rear wiper / MOT fail?

Post by rita » Sun Apr 13, 2014 6:22 pm

Wishbone wrote:Hi. Just bought my first Bongo and just joined Bongo Fury (so please be gentle with me). Rear wiper doesn't work. I'm going to check the loom between tailgate and main body of van but just need to know ... is it an MOT failure if rear wiper doesn't work? Cheers.

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