klaus23
New member
Two things...
One, the drivers side wiper arm keeps falling off the hinge to the wiper blade.
It looks like the plastic inside the hinge in the arm itself is worn. After I bend it slightly, it works again no problem but as soon as the thing gets wet in bad weather (or I travel at more than 70 mph) the wiper flies free of the joint.
I have read that you can't just replace the arm, you've got to do the whole motor and all, as FIAT didn't make it - is this the case, and if so - what's my best bet i.e. getting an arm out of a scrapped/crashed Punto? Or can the plastic seal be replaced?
Two, the spring in the (outside) doorhandles is no longer 'pulling' the handle back in after it opens the door. I presume the spring inside is either off a small hook or has snapped. I have tried to remove the door lining (via "help" from Haynes) but on the inside doorhandle, where Haynes says "there be screws" -there isn't. Instead, there's some kind of rivet, with no kind of head for a screwdriver - and I've no idea how to open the things. Can anyone help?
One, the drivers side wiper arm keeps falling off the hinge to the wiper blade.
It looks like the plastic inside the hinge in the arm itself is worn. After I bend it slightly, it works again no problem but as soon as the thing gets wet in bad weather (or I travel at more than 70 mph) the wiper flies free of the joint.
I have read that you can't just replace the arm, you've got to do the whole motor and all, as FIAT didn't make it - is this the case, and if so - what's my best bet i.e. getting an arm out of a scrapped/crashed Punto? Or can the plastic seal be replaced?
Two, the spring in the (outside) doorhandles is no longer 'pulling' the handle back in after it opens the door. I presume the spring inside is either off a small hook or has snapped. I have tried to remove the door lining (via "help" from Haynes) but on the inside doorhandle, where Haynes says "there be screws" -there isn't. Instead, there's some kind of rivet, with no kind of head for a screwdriver - and I've no idea how to open the things. Can anyone help?