Wiper motor on a box is about a million times easier. Even the last one that I did, which I modified the harness on the car to accept the single connector '95 part number motor.
It turns out the closeout '95 part number motor doesn't line up exactly right on my '98. I swapped the mounting plate from my '98 motor onto the '95 motor, and with it installed the wipers parked up further than normal and the driver side wiper wiped the A-pillar. It didn't matter which motor arm I used. So apparently (I didn't make any measurements to confirm) the motor output shaft must be located slightly different in relation to the mounting plate-to-motor bolts. Swapped the new motor arm and what I assume is the parking mechanism onto the '98 mounting plate and onto the '98 motor. Wipers park in the correct spot and don't wipe the A-pillar. Time will tell if I actually did anything useful. Before all of this the wipers would park in the full up position, but not all the time. So far they have parked properly each time.
It turns out the closeout '95 part number motor doesn't line up exactly right on my '98. I swapped the mounting plate from my '98 motor onto the '95 motor, and with it installed the wipers parked up further than normal and the driver side wiper wiped the A-pillar. It didn't matter which motor arm I used. So apparently (I didn't make any measurements to confirm) the motor output shaft must be located slightly different in relation to the mounting plate-to-motor bolts. Swapped the new motor arm and what I assume is the parking mechanism onto the '98 mounting plate and onto the '98 motor. Wipers park in the correct spot and don't wipe the A-pillar. Time will tell if I actually did anything useful. Before all of this the wipers would park in the full up position, but not all the time. So far they have parked properly each time.
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