Reversing the windshield wiper to passenger side

[Sailkane]

Went to change over the wipers so they park on the passenger side of my 911 SC 1979.
Got out the 101 things to improve the Porsche Book and read the forums.

After trying to remove the blower motor assembly to access the wiper motor I was unable to find what was holding blower still in place. Had remover all air hoses and the screws behind the grill trunk vent still no luck. Reassembled everything and had lunch while reading the forum.

One write up said to simply pull the speedo and clock and the nut is right there. 10 minutes later only one nut to remove and it was all done.
Thanks Pelican Forums!

[76FJ55]

I was going to suggest the same solution, but I see you already found it.

When I did mine I bought a spare straight wiper arm as they are the same length as the bent arms, then I bent it in the reverse direction of the original bent arm. this way I didn't damage my original arm in the unlikely case that I decided to convert back to original configuration.

[86 911 Targa]

^^^^^
Here.

Best,

Gerry

[juanbenae]

https://www.pelicanparts.com/techarticles/101_Projects_Porsche_911/69-Wiper_Reversal/69-Wiper_Reversal.htm

[wgirardot]

advice: embrace the removal / reinstallation of your frunk vent system. Get to know it well; will make your life a whole lot easier

[darrin]

personally prefer having them on driver's side. in rain (especially on intermittent setting), initial motion pushes water on windshield away from me (driver) and second stroke back further cleans glass -- I'm not too tall (5'8" ) and blades don't really get in my way when not in use either.

fwiw

[spuggy]

Originally Posted by darrin

personally prefer having them on driver's side. in rain (especially on intermittent setting), initial motion pushes water on windshield away from me (driver) and second stroke back further cleans glass -- I'm not too tall (5'8" ) and blades don't really get in my way when not in use either.

fwiw

+1 ^^^

Added to which, wiper parking on the driver's side stops water getting pushed up the hood and onto the glass at speed.

[darrin]

good to know spuggy -- bottom line, the 911 was built from the ground up for the driver's seat to be on the left - not like it's an MG or anything -- good functional reasons for wipers to park on driver's side. Of course, only really matters if it's foreseeable that you'd get out in the rain . . . . (which I do and will continue to do)

[Drymartiniwi]

Consider taking the wipers off and keeping in frunk only put on when u need them. I don’t drive much in the rain.


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[76FJ55]

Originally Posted by darrin

personally prefer having them on driver's side. in rain (especially on intermittent setting), initial motion pushes water on windshield away from me (driver) and second stroke back further cleans glass -- I'm not too tall (5'8" ) and blades don't really get in my way when not in use either.

fwiw

Originally Posted by spuggy

+1 ^^^

Added to which, wiper parking on the driver's side stops water getting pushed up the hood and onto the glass at speed.

I agree on these points, however my wife is slightly more vertically challenged than I am and didn't like them on the drivers side. She's not a fan of the eccentric steering wheel sitting so far above the dash either, but that requires a slightly more costly solution than swapping the wipers.

[Arne2]

Early 911 wipers parked on the passenger side, changed to driver around '68, probably due to some obscure DOT requirement.

I prefer mine to park on the right, as the return sweep when parking on left flings water right in my line of vision. I swapped them on my '84, and now that I've tested the '72 in the rain, will need to do it as well.

Wipers are necessary in Oregon, unless you are limiting yourself to only driving from July through mid-October.

[175K911]

Originally Posted by 86 911 Targa

^^^^^
Here.

Best,

Gerry

One of the best free mods I ever did.

These days I don't even have the passenger wiper arm on the car, just the driver's side arm, parked on the passenger side.

[DNickel]

Originally Posted by darrin

personally prefer having them on driver's side. in rain (especially on intermittent setting), initial motion pushes water on windshield away from me (driver) and second stroke back further cleans glass -- I'm not too tall (5'8" ) and blades don't really get in my way when not in use either.

fwiw

I can tell you, coming from a 968 with wipers parking on the passenger side, that the wiper drove me crazy on the 911 I just bought. Sure, the wipers cleared the rain from the drivers side quickly but on the return sweep it flung all the passenger water from the tip of the passenger blade into my face, mid-windshield.

[Arne2]

Originally Posted by DNickel

I can tell you, coming from a 968 with wipers parking on the passenger side, that the wiper drove me crazy on the 911 I just bought. Sure, the wipers cleared the rain from the drivers side quickly but on the return sweep it flung all the passenger water from the tip of the passenger blade into my face, mid-windshield.

Exactly! Both my '84 and my '72 do that. I reversed the '84 years back, will reverse the '72 at some point as well. (Lots of more important stuff to deal with on it now.)

[Uwon]

My primary motivation to change the wipers parking position to the right was to have a less obstructed view of those two beautiful fenders and cleavage in between..
Just gorgeous!
Cheers,
Johan

[DNickel]

+1 !

[Koizumi]

I like mine reversed. Did this years ago, and forgot until I drove another 3.2

Hardly rains here but when it does, it does, and reversed wipers are fine. No need to obstruct that view!

[MichaelSJackson]

Seattle, like most of the Pacific Northwest exercises its wipers.

Parked in front of the driver, the return leaves all this water directly ahead! So with intermittent settings, it's obstructing for the duration of the pause.

Arms parked in front of the driver, obstruct part of the view. No matter how insignificant the obstruction is to you, it's an obstruction you can eliminate with very little effort.

But I'm also an X-Rain zealot. A windshield wax that causes the rain to run off. At speed the rain is pushed up the windshield! Also, the wax fills little pits and reduces glare. Not affiliated, but a zealot.

Michael S. Jackson
'78 SC

[175K911]

Who needs a passenger side wiper anyway?

[75 911s]

I did the mod. Tried to access via the speedo and clock. Wiper arm was too hard to pop off from that approach. I couldn't get leverage to pop it off - 43 years of grime glued it on. I ended up taking out the blower to get access.