Metro wiper switch

Post by **FrankM83** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 10:54 am

HI all does anyone know if this item will fit in my metro? it's from a Mini and my Metro broke it's wiper switch! unfortunetly though, the owner is not willing to post to Malta! So might look around here for Minis as I can't find the right type of metro!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0216188973

Post by **Orkney** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 10:55 am

Dont know.... but as always if you need anything posting you can get the seller to send it to me and i can send it on to you

Post by **FrankM83** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 10:57 am

thanks orkney! looks very similiar but picture not that clear!

Post by **Packedup** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 11:08 am

So the Metro lives then?

No, the Mini stalks won't fit (though anything can with enough effort and a large enough hammer), but various other 80s/ 90s BL/ Rover ones do. I'm pretty sure Land Rovers and Montegos/ Maestros had similar controls, although the Metro ones have Metro stamped in the back so there might be some minor differences.

I seem to remember mk1 Metros having slightly different stalks to mk2 cars, and the mk3 ones were also different. Not sure how interchangeable they all are either.

Post by **Orkney** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 11:13 am

There are 4 scrap Montegos at the next door neighbours here - if they will fit can soon get you one of those.

Post by **mrbenn** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 11:19 am

So thats where all the remaining Montegos are

Post by **Orkney** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 11:24 am

Well there are 4 or 5 whole ones i can see and probably a few more in various bits or rolled over in the undergrowth - would imagine you could make a road legal runner from all the spares there!

Post by **FrankM83** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 11:29 am

haha what's he doin with them!! lol anyway I don't know how the montego ones are cause I havent senn 1 in over 2 years now!! it seems mk1 metros like packedup said differ from the mk2s!

Post by **Orkney** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 11:36 am

I'll pop over there later with a screwdriver and the camera and see if i can get a picture of one to see if it looks similar.

Post by **FrankM83** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 11:37 am

Thanks orkney! just to give you and idea the wiper switch is on the right hand side and it's straight cause later metro seem that the end part of it is twisted forward

Post by **Orkney** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 11:53 am

something like this ?
its one on ebay

which is upside down in the pic

austin rover ital maestro montego indicator stalk
not sure what model, been in shed years, was working fine when it got removed, please check this is the right part you want though before you bid

Post by **FrankM83** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 11:58 am

That's exactly like it!!! Thanks orkney I didn't see it cause I did a searh for wiper switches!! Thanks a lot hope he posts to Malta!

Post by **Orkney** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 12:06 pm

Dont go buying it yet - let me see if thats the same as the ones down the road - if they are i'll get one and post it - paying for stuff that you can get for free is madness

Least now i know what i'm looking for, theres a very old vauxhall axle over there going to take later to see if i can make a small trailer from scrap and get some welding practice in.
Will go as soon as the gales have dropped a bit.

Post by **Orkney** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:05 am

Ok Frank been for a look,
was actually 6 montego's !

Trouble is only 3 have the stalks left and only 2 look usable (ie in cars where the doors haven't fallen off)

heres one in an upside down car - and maybe the bad news bit - they all have the angle - other thing i noticed is that they have the variable switches on as well

Just say the word if you think they will do teh job and i'll go back and get you one.

Oh and just to make everyone say wow - this is in the back of another car (been there a lot of years) - i have first dibs on it, it's in my mind to rebuild and possibly put into a mog

Post by **FrankM83** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:33 am

don't see anything like mine thanks anyway orkney!

Post by **Knitty** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:53 am

Oh and just to make everyone say wow - this is in the back of another car (been there a lot of years) - i have first dibs on it, it's in my mind to rebuild and possibly put into a mog

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ummm...OK ...I'm saying wow!! LOL have no idea what that is

Post by **FrankM83** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 11:05 am

it's a very rare lotus tiwn cam engine, so orkney of all montegos none have the indicator stalk just like mine? how unlucky!!

Post by **Orkney** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 11:22 am

it's a very rare lotus tiwn cam engine

Full running gear is there - gearbox, diff, carbs ....
it's been like that ever since it was removed from the cortina it was in - the remains of which can still be just seen in the grass (a rebuild maybe beyond even Richard in Sweden its that bad).
And it would be a most fantastic mog running gear - probably a little overpowered but can imagine the fun it would be.

Pains me to say it Frank but the stalks on those monte's think they are even more modern than yours. If you think they will fit i will get you one. Need to take one off really and see what the plug arrangement is - fact that they have the variable switches might mean a different plug?

Post by **Kevin** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 12:19 pm

Full running gear is there - gearbox, diff, carbs ....

I would have thought that someone from the Cortina owners club would be very interested in that lot.

Post by **Orkney** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 12:26 pm

I would have thought that someone from the Cortina owners club would be very interested in that lot.

They can get stuffed

its sad really that whats left of the car couldn't wouldn't see a fraction of the money spent back if it were a commercial to sell on ground up restoration - literally you'd be building it from the vin plate.

I can just envisage a mog convertible in white with the lotus stripe and that running gear though.