If you need to change the park position. There is a "stop cam" on the bottom of the plastic drive gear.  Remove the drive gear from the wiper motor. Gently slide the plastic gear down the shaft. Rotate the gear 180deg and the slide the gear back into place on the shaft. Install the drive gear. and test.

Hunter, do you mean something like this  would work for Mini, MK1 specifically. I'm in need of a motor.

jia

mini from down under

FWIW i have seen several LHD converted cars with the RHD wiper set up still present, it is not a big deal really as they still work (marginally at best of course).

I have the RHD arms and  have actually bought 2 sets just to be sure. I think I will try to find a LHD set and try them to see if I have the same problem with the original set up. If it works with the LHD set, I might just leave it. The chances of driving this thing in the ran are very slim anyway. 

Sounds to me like you have the correct motor, cable and boxes and just need to get RHD arms.

Don't know the ins and outs of Mk I vs II ..however.....  On Mk Is the wiper arc is more or less symetrical about the wiper boss so it doesn't matter if you are driving on the left or right side.  So the right hand edge of the right arc is sort of 30-40 deg from horizontal.

Later on, in response to changes in road safety rules the wiper arcs were changed to clear more of the offside glass. On a RHD car this means that the right edge of the wiper arc is more or less vertical (as you look at it through the screen) and not too far from the A pillar.  I would suggest that on a LHD car its the same - but on the other side.  This meant they had to change the location of the wiper bosses and that they needed to be different RHD to LHD... Hence later cars have 4 holes in the scuttle (??) panel while early ones have 2.

Don't know what parts altered during the changeover but I bet your problem is the result of some mismatch of components ...

Cheers, Ian

What's different with the spacing?

The wiper motor stays in the same position in the engine compartment on LHD and RHD cars.

The spacing of the wiper boxes is different, and the angle of the wiper arms is different.

From what i know-

IF you converted car to RHD - FROM  LHD>>> then the Wiper motor also Swaps Sides in the car. 

The movement you are asking for with the Angle of the  RHD arms doesnt work in conjuction with a LHD wiper assembly.

Someone else MUST have done this before and can confirm the Motor swap position and the need for linkage changes.  I think this also is the reason some later mini's - ALOT of later mini's have 2 holes punched in the skuttle for this swap/

Goodluck

You bring up an interesting point. This car was a LHD car that I converted to a RHD. I have RHD wiper arms and since the park on my motor doesn't work, I figured it didn't make a difference since the wipers should still travel the same distance whether it is RHD or LHD.........Correct? Or am I missing something.

Are they on the correct side of the car? RHD / LHD?

Is the rack properly secured to the wiper motor?  If not the wipers will be sloppy.

I just confirmed that the motor has a 110 gear. Any other thoughts?

The MGB sweep of 105 deg. is perfect for the Mini.

Installed an MGB wiper motor more than 15 years ago after the Mini unit was toast and was delighted (still am) with the wiper function.

The install was the result of necessity - my son was using his Mini to/from work, it was our rainy winter and the Mini unit gave up the ghost during a rain storm...fortunately, I had taken the MGB unit out of a rotbox I stripped for parts (as I had/have an MGB) and on taking a look inside realized the dirty thing was brand new.  Presto, son got working wipers and I still enjoy them today.

The wheel boxes are original, I will have to take a look at the gear. Thanks

Probably has the wrong gear ie one with too much sweep. Take the cover off the transmission and have a look. The sweep is on the gear. You need one that is less ... I think you need a 110. Did you change the wheel boxes? There are differences between MkIII and MkI/II wheel boxes.

Hey Guys, I resently installed a Mk2 wiper motor in my MK1 and now the wipers have too much travel. When I set them to park at the lowest part of windshield glass, they travel all the way below the windshield seal on the other end of the motion. Do the MK 2's have a different cable that it set at a different ratio?  I cant imagine what else could be different since the glass is the same size.