How To: Remove and Reinstall the Windshield Wiper Cowl Trim / Pan / Motor (Scion tC2 / tC2.5)

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► 04:02 - Behind the Engine
► 04:38 - Reinstalling
How to remove and reinstall the windshield wiper cowl pan. This is necessary when accessing the back of the engine or working on the front suspension.
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[@soldado23]

7:25 If you see the Wiper where the bolt goes through, it has a letter, D = Driver and P = Passenger. I just did mine, thanks to your video.

[@VampyreX13]

Lol, how did not notice that the last 10 times I removed my wipers. Lol. I usually just place them down in order so I know which one goes where.

[@garbagetrash2938]

You are consistently the only helpful channel and you don't have 20+ minutes of vlogging. Thank you!!!

[@fernandoavila1410]

Thanks for showing how to take this thing off. 👍 My 2015’s is so faded it almost looks white. I want to paint this plastic back to black again.

[@enriqueacosta5006]

Idky I never thought of painting it, great idea!

[@VampyreX13]

If you look at the beginning of the video, you can see my cowl trim is faded, but at the end it looks brand-new. I had actually taken the opportunity to use following black trim restore product while I had the cowl off: amzn.to/3gHDFmK

[@askedkedeldeif]

Just started doing auto glass as a new job and this is a priority apparently when removing a windshield lol.

[@GlassPieceGames]

Makes sense. I learned the hard way that prying those wipers off risks cracking the windshield. All that for a strut bar, hopefully it's worth it.

[@AdamJD503]

Man you really helped me out here brother, I broke an 8 Bolt and need to extract it, This dern cowl was in my way, THANK YOU THANK YOU for your step by step video, You taught me something new and useful and fixed My problem!!!!!!

[@VampyreX13]

Glad I could help!

[@Jacob0824]

Thank you for sharing this video. Helps a lot.

[@thomasdash]

Thanks for this video. I have a 2007, I believe that's considered first generation, but I was able to apply what I learned from your video to my car. I had to unbolt the wiper motor completely to get the tray/pan out that it sits on. Also, only the driver's side portion of it is able to be removed. Fortunately, that's all I needed to access the firewall penetration on the driver's side to route a cable. Unfortunately, I broke one of the wiper motor bolts off while re-installing it.

[@VampyreX13]

Glad the video helped with your 1st gen. I hope the broken bolt was easy enough to remove and replace.

[@thomasdash]

@@VampyreX13 I still need to go back in and replace it. It seemed to be secure enough without it, but it's on my list of things to do.

[@vincenttardalo4566]

Awesome info. Just needed to tighten a bolt to fix non working wiper. Thank you

[@BrunerTuner]

Fantastic video my friend, always quality stuff! Working on the TC today and this came in handy.

[@pmacc169]

Perfect timing! soon getting my TRD strut bar, It is almost similar to the 2011 corolla i have done before! love the content

[@dennisbay3035]

The nuts holding on the wiper arms were 12 MM (2006 Scion)

[@soldado23]

Bro, your videos are awesome!!!! Thanks!!

[@ScottishScot]

Great work on all these videos! Thank you 🙏

[@hugoarzate8622]

Thank you 👍

[@peng8151]

very helpful

[@cabezon8705]

Hey bro, just got my first car and it's a black 2014 tC 76k miles, automatic... Just recently found this channel and I'm liking everything you do! Thank you for all these videos! I'm installing a mirror dashcam/back up camera as my first "mod" as I'm so used to driving around with a backup camera. Also at the same time I'll be installing the camera I'll be installing Noico sound proofing. What do you recommend I do next? I don't want to lower the car because I live in NYC lots of pot holes around here

[@VampyreX13]

Get the TB performance mid-chassis brace then.

[@cabezon8705]

@@VampyreX13 alright, I had a good idea you were gonna say to do that one. Thank you! I feel like I'm going to end up wanting to do more from looking at everything you have done! Thank you so much for the videos

[@cabezon8705]

@@VampyreX13 oh by the way, I notice in my car that when I'm in drive with my AC on at a red light, my rpms go up and down. So when I get to the red light my idle would be around 800-850rpms, but after like 10 seconds it will go down to 550-600rpms and you could feel the car shaking when this happens. It will stay at that low rpm for like 3 seconds and go back up to the 800-850 range and after 10 seconds the same thing will happen again and this will continue for as long as I'm not moving the car in drive. Is this normal? This doesn't happen when the AC is off, when it's off and I'm sitting still in drive the rpms are somewhere on between 600-650

[@VampyreX13]

@@cabezon8705 it is normal for the car to idle a little higher with the AC on since engaging the AC pulley adds more load to the engine, so the ECU tries to compensate. It should't drop to the point of shaking though. Maybe clean your MAF (use only MAF specific cleaner and do not touch the wires) and clean the throttlebody plate.

[@cabezon8705]

@@VampyreX13 thanks, will try to do so on Saturday

[@camj3557]

I have a 2016 TC and I just want to get to throttle body and clean it. But getting to the clamp to loosen the air hose on the TB is difficult to reach. Is this all necessary to do that? You have any tips on an easier way to get to the Throttle body?

[@VampyreX13]

You will definitely want to take out the cowl to get to the throttle body. That clamp / connector is tight and there isn't enough space to work around the wiper cowl. Also, if you plan on taking out the throttle body for any reason, it'll reduce the chance of accidentally dropping one of the bolts holding it in place if you have more room to work with.

[@Charkatak]

I like your video, good explanation! I have noticed that rubber molding that is touching the bottom of the windshield on your vehicle seems to sit flush without gaps. On my car, there is a section of about 15 cm long that has a slight opening where that molding doesn't touch the glass. Once in a while some evergreen tree needles or other debris want to get through and if I see it, I clean it. I don't really want to disassemble the whole cowl... Is there a way for me to pry it from the molding side safely and see what is causing the rubber not to sit flush with the windshield?

[@VampyreX13]

Not without removing the plastic cowl. You don't need to disassemble the entire thing. All you need to do is remove the windshield wipers and then the two push clips on the side of the plastic cowl so you can pop it out out to check.

[@Charkatak]

@@VampyreX13 Today I was able to pry the opening using plastic tool. I saw that while clip is there but I can't press it into the hole so it would lock. The reason is that the clip only goes in half way and the hole is a bit far and doesn't reach the groove. I think I would have to somehow pull up a small "island" style metal sheet that houses the hole. I could possibly try and reach the metal sheet with my fingers but of course wipers are in the way :(

[@VampyreX13]

@@Charkatak You really need to just take the wipers off. It's really easy with a 14mm socket and a short extension. Honestly, the hardest part is getting the plastic cap off to get to the nuts. Once you do that, you'll be able to properly assess the issue.

[@Charkatak]

@@VampyreX13 I guess that is the only way. Thanks!

[@Charkatak]

@@VampyreX13 Came back to say thanks! Although I have an Acura but your video made it possible to have the clip attach to the mating surface!

[@pableezie6890]

right at 7:26 do you know where or how to fix the cowl trim water deflector piece of rubber? mine doesnt stay in place

[@VampyreX13]

The rubber trim at the edge of the cowl is actually attached to the fender using double-sided mounting tape. If you watch my fender removal video (kzbin.info/www/bejne/eqnZhmubmbd1kNU), you'll see what it looks like when you take that part off. It should be at the part of the video before we start installing the new fender.