At 02:36 PM 7/13/03 -0400, Glenn Monrad wrote:
>"My MGA windshield wipers seem to function correctly, except the park position is wrong."

Just a matter of setup adjustment.

Left hand drive car, sit in the driver seat, reach left hand around the side of the windscreen, and you should be able to touch the wiper blade when it is parked. They park to the left when you are sitting and looking forward. This means the drive mechanism has to park with the oscillating cable fully extended.

The gearbox on the wiper motor has a round cover with a single wire attached, and that round cover is held in place by a flat plate with some screws. Inside the cover is the parking commutator. Loosen the screws in the flat plate and rotate the round cover to adjust the point of rotation where output crankshaft will park. Set it to where the cable stops at point of fullest extension, and/or the wiper arms stop in the farthest left (as in left turn signal) full down position. If necessary, remove the arms from the spindles and reinstall them in the appropriate parked position with the rubbers touching the bottom chrome frame rail.