Willcall
Elite Explorer
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- October 22, 2008
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- City, State
- Wolfforth, TX
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 98 XLT 4x2 | 20 XLT 4x4
How to: END ALL 98-01 WIPER PROBLEMS
This will show you how to install a 2002-03 Sport rear window glass with the integrated wiper into a 98-01 4 door. Recommend two people.
This was performed on a 1998 4 door using a 2003 Sport glass from the JY.
Get the glass, wiper assembly, as much interior wiring as possible, the gas shocks (or buy new ones), and if the interior panel matches yours, grab that too (if you can’t, that’s okay. You can reuse the old)
Total Cost: $125
Step 1-Remove old rear glass: Need torx bits and a screw driver.
1.) Disconnect the defrost
2.) Disconnect the lift shocks
3.)Unscrew the window from the hinges
Step 2- Wiring: For this, you will need four wires (I grabbed three that were 4 feet, and one that was 6 feet)
1.)Remove the rear lift gate panel.
2.)Find motor wiring and splice away
+For this install, you will need a constant 12v. The existing wiring does not have a 12v source, so I wired into the 25 amp source coming from the wiring of the old stock amp.Try to tap a fused line. Here’s how to wire I wired it in:
1.) Drop the roof liner down just enough so you can see the wire connection that goes into the lift gate.
2.) Splice the constant 12v into the Brown/White wire.
Now you have a constant 12v.
*On 98-01 Explorers, it takes two electrical pulses for the wiper to make one complete cycle. They both go thru the White/Orange wire. The Sport, though, only needs one electrical pulse to make one complete cycle. Therefore, the Sport wiper on the 2nd Gen will always make two complete cycles before pausing according to the speed setting. (trying to find a fix for it)
For the connection, I ran the wires along the right side of the lift gate panel, splice to the Sport’s native female plug, and had the Sport’s male plug to it where the defrost plug comes out.
Step 3: Place glass in position: It will mount just like the old one and the defrost plugs are the same.
Put the new panel on and you’ll be ready to go. Or you can cut your own to fit the motor’s panel. See pics
And...
So far it works ALOT better then the old one! Now waiting on some rain to do a driving test.
-Will
This will show you how to install a 2002-03 Sport rear window glass with the integrated wiper into a 98-01 4 door. Recommend two people.
This was performed on a 1998 4 door using a 2003 Sport glass from the JY.
Get the glass, wiper assembly, as much interior wiring as possible, the gas shocks (or buy new ones), and if the interior panel matches yours, grab that too (if you can’t, that’s okay. You can reuse the old)
Total Cost: $125
Step 1-Remove old rear glass: Need torx bits and a screw driver.
1.) Disconnect the defrost
2.) Disconnect the lift shocks
3.)Unscrew the window from the hinges
Step 2- Wiring: For this, you will need four wires (I grabbed three that were 4 feet, and one that was 6 feet)
1.)Remove the rear lift gate panel.
2.)Find motor wiring and splice away
+For this install, you will need a constant 12v. The existing wiring does not have a 12v source, so I wired into the 25 amp source coming from the wiring of the old stock amp.Try to tap a fused line. Here’s how to wire I wired it in:
1.) Drop the roof liner down just enough so you can see the wire connection that goes into the lift gate.
2.) Splice the constant 12v into the Brown/White wire.
Now you have a constant 12v.
*On 98-01 Explorers, it takes two electrical pulses for the wiper to make one complete cycle. They both go thru the White/Orange wire. The Sport, though, only needs one electrical pulse to make one complete cycle. Therefore, the Sport wiper on the 2nd Gen will always make two complete cycles before pausing according to the speed setting. (trying to find a fix for it)
For the connection, I ran the wires along the right side of the lift gate panel, splice to the Sport’s native female plug, and had the Sport’s male plug to it where the defrost plug comes out.
Step 3: Place glass in position: It will mount just like the old one and the defrost plugs are the same.
Put the new panel on and you’ll be ready to go. Or you can cut your own to fit the motor’s panel. See pics
And...
So far it works ALOT better then the old one! Now waiting on some rain to do a driving test.
-Will