Mountaineer/Explorer: Rear Wiper Motor Diagnose & Repair

In this video I diagnose and replace a rear wiper motor on a mercury Mountaineer. It would be the same process as a ford Explorer. The nut that holds them on the glass can be a real pain in the... well you'll see. -Enjoy!
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[@PuchMaxi]

Nice SMA license plate Eric!

[@Techhead777]

I second that, awesome idea!

[@SmittySmithsonite]

I need one of those for Massachusetts toll evasion ... 😁

[@Micko350]

Strategically placed camera! 😜

[@charlesmiller5078]

Love the South Main Auto Tag, must be a real Fan.

[@02LeSabre]

I think so.

[@RyanHull76]

Thanks for this! I just changed my motor assembly on my 08 Exploder. Had some difficulty with getting the arm off, and I didn't have a puller. However, some penetrating oil and whacking it with a wrench did the trick. I had no issue with the larger nut, and just removed that with an adjustable wrench. Thanks for saving me some money!!!

[@k0rndog93]

Ahh brings back memories. My 02 Explorer needed a wiper motor replacement (Did a full diag, checked with test light, multimeter, and checked relays/fuses first...) And that nut was SO corroded I was cranking on it and could feel the glass flex. 02-05 are known for glass shattering randomly so I said screw it. Took the motor apart still bolted to the glass, and took my replacement JY motor apart and swapped the guts out. Works great now :)

[@ralfkramden9291]

Like the "license plate"! I guess that's a "customer anonymity" plate. Truly enjoy all your videos and have learned alot from you!

[@jakeschisler7525]

I was on the edge of my seat while you were removing that nut! Great job !!

[@94jimmy5]

Ah, the joys of Northeast road salt! Never dull! I live in Michigan & I hate rust! Well done, Mr.O

[@philiprambow4657]

You are a very talented mechanic, keep up the good work

[@spelunkerd]

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[@tgoodm1]

I enjoy these Power Probe videos. Keep showing us all the ways it can be used. 👍🏽👏🏾👏🏾💡💡👍🏽

[@jamesu]

If he keeps it up, I will have to upgrade from the power probe III.

[@higgsjunk]

Gotta love comments from Mrs.O... I don’t have to watch SMA channel.. I LIVE IT😂😂

[@Joey_C4]

Love the channel!!! I have learned so much from you watching your videos!!! Just wanted to say that I really appreciate what you do, and sharing your adventures in auto repair!! Thank You!!

[@johnvining1489]

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[@jackwood8307]

Taking that nut off was intense! I was ready to jump if it had shattered the glass! Good job!

[@rockford2523]

You are really great at your job! We need more mechanics like you in the U.S.

[@jackshimano1994]

amazingly,I have never had to replace rear wiper motor assembly of 35/25/or 12 yr old Japanese or Korean hatches or wagons -wipers certainly-trust your DOUR MAN assembly works,one year later

[@monkeynuttzgarage9111]

My kids are 4 and 6 and they walked in my living room and said "daddy you're watching Eric again? You always watch him cuz you love his videos." My oldest said "yeah he's the one that says crap biscuit" 😅😅 Busted

[@SouthMainAuto]

Glad I can help enhance their vocabulary!

[@DaddyBeanDaddyBean]

"What the thunder" and "mother of pearl", too.

[@lawlsatron]

Watching work, before work.... I love work.

[@scottyakoubian9238]

“Life doesn’t give you seat belts.” I like it!

[@chrispeters6271]

Boy do I have a story for you. Not particularly on this subject put following the path of a solid diagnosis. Got a customer that got the "500$"quote for ' No front wipers'. Not wanting to fire the partscanon at it, I followed ur example of finding the actual problem. Finally found the problem to be a defective relay in the TPIM as u would call it. Got a unit from the salvage yard and sent the happy customer on his way. Very satisfying troubleshooting. Thanks Dr O.

[@chrispeters6271]

It was a soldered relay to a pcb by the way!

[@SouthMainAuto]

A bad TTPM in a Dodge!? Imagine that haha

[@chrispeters6271]

@@SouthMainAuto Hi Dr O. I do enjoy ur videos over in Europe. So this problem was on a Renault Kangoo. Yeah, a french car. Go figure. Keep up the good work.

[@wyattoneable]

Good tip on the gate ajar circuit (if installed). Good idea using the yellow SMA cover too.

[@rsage_]

Don't know why, but whenever I see pros using Craftsman tools I think: "He may a pro, but he's still a man of the people."

[@AP9311]

Love love the license plate!! That's great job protecting client's identity!! Great video. I still need to fix my rear wiper! It broke :/ needs Eric O's touch, lol!!

[@sneakysnake109]

Another good one Eric, thanks. Had to do the same but all they had was a Dorman replacement. When i finished the wiper never moved, the whole car turned over. Damn Dorman!

[@jamesfarnham1976]

You really epitomize the need to constantly be thinking and paying attention to what's happening all through the job. The chance that you are often redoing or chasing someone elses job before you get to it requires a wider scope in the thought process. Those metal grommets were a prime example...one was one way and one the other. Good logic with the blend of intelligence and mechanical thinking applied. Excellent work Eric, love these videos!! Thanks for all you do!. Jim.

[@BigDaddy_MRI]

Could you please do a short explanation or short tutorial on the Power Probe. That doohickey is a pretty nice tool. I love Mrs. O’s comment... “I live it.” Tell her she’s got a lot of videos to catch up on. 😂 Love the channel, Eric. Some really great info. And when I get frustrated, and feel like blurting out “son of a b****!!”, just substitute “SAN ANTONIO TEXAS!!” instead. Hey, it really works. And, it’s a great city to visit. Have a good one!!

[@SouthMainAuto]

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[@macgyver2417]

Life doesn't give you seatbelts. A profound concept.

[@SmittySmithsonite]

This reminded me of my teen years. Remember the old metal 2-hole washer fluid squirters on GM's? When we took road trips to the beach with all our buddies in several cars, we'd bend those things forward, so they'd shoot 4 huge streams of washer fluid straight over the roof and onto your buddies in the convertible. 🤣 Then expletives would be exchanged back and forth to the entertainment of the Hampton Beach strip, with a few more squirts for good measure.. 😁 Good times!! Man, if that ain't a piss-poor design, I don't know what is! There are alloys of aluminum that will not corrode that quickly ... and of course, FoMoCo (or any of them) chooses not to use them. Crap metal, and then they jam it through a hole in the glass, knowing it's going to weld itself in there, and possibly shatter the glass upon removal! Absolutely brilliant ... 😡 Automakers are becoming as expert as government at screwing you out of your hard-earned money ...

[@anthonyjcarolan3161]

I love your licence plate SMA on that truck that is so cool 😎

[@kiddbrother3]

nice license plate!!SMA!!! wow, 5am!

[@RdNk2509]

I’m officially addicted to your videos! Great job

[@paulb5284]

The first SMA video I watched was with you showing how to use an inductively coupled heater

[@samrugtiv3839]

Well done Eric.

[@mrkzj]

Sweet license plate!!

[@davidgoldberg]

Only a skilled surgeon could free that nut without breaking the glass. Good work!

[@mr.h4714]

Man...I could feel the tension and swear I heard a crackle when you were tweaking that glass.......nerve racking watching.... Your heart must've been a racin

[@JPilot2]

G'day, Mr. O! Wow! Thumbs up! Great video! That's pretty neat! I noticed you've started using your own specialized... 'SouthMainAuto', (empire state) license plate!! Thank you for doing another fabulous diagnosis and replacing a rear wiper motor on a Mercury Mountaineer. Nice job! Cheers! 😊✌🏼💕

[@TheTheomax]

Another fine video from SMA. I don't know what else to say. I must be all commented out tonight. Thank you

[@dennisgibson2338]

Ms. O TAUGHT YOU WELL

[@baxrok2.]

Oh, that was toyt indeed. Super sweet toyt nut removal Dr. O. Thanks for showin' us how it's done!

[@repro7780]

Working on auto glass can be exciting! I once tried to get an old school cell antenna off the back window on my 79 Caprice, stuck on good. So, I turned the screw driver a touch sideways to pry it off and.....BOOM!....there goes my back window in a million pieces. Scared the hell out of me!

[@allanandrowey5219]

Thank you. Brilliant early morning before work watch with a coffee.

[@Longtrailside]

My diagnostic process when a SMA video comes on is to hit the like button, cause i know it's gonna be good!

[@Paul1958R]

Eric, Great job as always. I was surprised when the nut would not come off even after you heated it. But you got it off without exploding the Explorer! Thank you again for these videos - I always learn something. BTW the SMA licence plate was great! SMA#1 God bless Paul

[@kamdaddypurp3341]

Thank goodness I haven’t been to bed yet and checked KZbin to see that the best mechanic on KZbin uploaded a video

[@Charles_Mulberry_7977]

Dr. Obrachta cures another ailing vehicle. Good work. Thanks for the information.

[@1013redoak]

I loved Mrs. O saying she lives South Main Auto daily so she doesn't need to watch the videos! LOL

[@alanmorrison3598]

Had the same issue with my 2008 Explorer..You can take these motors apart and what I found was the output shaft was bound up..Tap it out..Clean it up with abrasive paper..Re-lube it and your good for maybe a year..After doing this for about 5 years got tired of fooling with it and got a replacement from Auto Zone with a lifetime warranty..That was about 4 years ago..So far so good..If you break tabs off the cover, use some black zip ties in series to hold it in place..My cover now has 3 loops of zip ties and you don't notice them. You can tell if you have this condition by gently wiggling the stuck wiper arm. If the shaft won't turn at all that's your problem.

[@mikechiodetti6737]

Another great (and gingerly done) video. So now there's Big Nasty and Ginger. Can't wait to see what's next!

[@mikesworld60]

No need to worry about twisting the studs off the glass when tightening. If they twists off, just back off 1/4 turn and your good. Also I can't understand why you worry about breaking the glass. If it breaks you can just rewind the video and it goes back together. My wife has a friend who needed a wiper motor changed on her caravan and i decided not to do it because with my luck the glass would have broken. She went to the university of KZbin and became youTube certified and did it herself and all went well for her. This was a great video, lots of suspense just waiting for the window to break. Glad it didn't for your sake.

[@AntonioClaudioMichael]

That nut is on there real good @South Main Auto

[@Micko350]

The other thing I've observed is a shiny new SOUTHMAINAUTO plate!!! You've got bigger Kahoonies than me Eric, I don't swing on those things with a dirty big long ratchet or go near them with a hammer & we don't even get the rust issues you have! My number one on those is go straight to the rattle gun, do not pass go, do not collect $200!!!

[@GunfighterWyo]

Great lessen in how to deal with a stuck fastener. Great job Mr. O!

[@TheDisgruntledMechanic]

Hey Eric did you steal that license plate before she left??? HAHA! I love that! And the suspense ! will the glass shatter? Should've taken big nasty to that nut!

[@normangallant9879]

Good job.And wow lots of rust.Same thing in the eastern part of Canada

[@ApresAndy]

It’s always the motor I’m on my second one in 3 years... I love my exploder sooooo much

[@klwthe3rd]

I sort of remember a past video when the A1 Cardone rear wiper motor was junk straight out of the box. Lol, Surprisingly this woman is on her second aftermarket unit when a factory unit would have solved the problem right from the start. Sadly, I'm guessing that the woman didn't want to pay the high price for the OEM unit. Either way, this was an excellent step by step process on how to remove and replace a rear wiper and motor on a Mercury/Ford SUV. If I was working on that stubborn nut, I would have freaked out because I don't have an impact gun and I would have used my breaking bar till either the nut came loose or a broke the glass. Either way, SMA did a quality job with little fuss.

[@jeremyanthony9300]

I remember that video too, and I couldn't stop laughing when I saw it. I still watch it sometimes. Oh yeah ' she's working good.

[@taylorjohnson6244]

Puter quickest way to change rear wiper no freeways.. 😂 Sweet Lego Batman reference at the end.

[@Charles61284]

The best Mec around SMA nobody can touch you.

[@dirtyfingernailsauto8946]

I'm liking the south main auto plates. Great idea I was going to ask about that actually and the vin numbers in scan tools that can identify .........

[@michaelrousselle6080]

Nice plate

[@davidbrown1037]

Good demonstration of the Power Probe and why it is so quick and handy. You only need to focus on the wire you are testing because you already have a good reference Power & Ground at the tool, as supplied by the battery. How many times did your "Scope on a Rope" Gator Clip come off or get a poor connection prior to "Scope on a Rope 2.0?" Good you mention using a test light though, still one of my favourite "Go-To" Tools. Steel Nut, Aluminum Threads, (low grade alloy casting at that), Water, Salt, all mounted in glass with "Moisture Traps", what a scary combination. Love the Chainsaw.... reminds me of Possum Lake on the Red Green Show. Duct Tape, the handyman's secret weapon. "If the women don't find you handsome..... at least they should find you handy."

[@frdmstnggt99]

One like for using Kroil again. Another job well done Mr. O.

[@johnrobinson357]

Ahh, the joys of living in the Salt Belt. It is the one constant you can always depend upon to never let you down. And it will pay off the house and put the kids thru school too. It's a win win win......

[@Diagnosedan]

They must fail a lot, looks like this is at least the third on that car.

[@SouthMainAuto]

Or 4th... the salt destroys these things!

[@throttlebottle5906]

I can fix that very easily, but the whole "salt/road&car ruining industry will go under and nobody will be able to travel around without chains and skill ;)

[@berkeleydojah]

i thought "A1" cardone destroys those things

[@wildbill23c]

Its a very common failure apparently. The rear wiper on my 08 Explorer wasn't working when I bought it last month. Dealer just made an appointment for me to bring it back the following week to have it fixed at no charge. Other than that the Explorer is doing great hoping to get some snow this winter to see how the 4WD system performs in it. I had a 98 Jeep Grand Cherokee with the selec-trac 4WD system which did awesome in snow/ice hoping the Explorer does just as good.

[@stevesautorepair]

You are more brave than I am Eric, I don't think I would have attempted that hammer part lol

[@Yawwee]

Eric ... you must be one lucky SOB because clips don't break, nuts come off, studs don't snap, sparks don't fly, things don't get jammed, and you always get it to work !!!!! Good work is expected, but never encountering a problem is luck - luck - luck !!! I once changed a Hyundai A/C compressor, got it loose no problem, getting it out was the horror .... had to take off alternator, then jack up engine, drain coolant, and remove radiator hose to twist and turn it out !!!! Don't see much of that on your show .... or replace a power steering pump on rear of engine using only a hand mirror to see what to do and had to turn it up side down to get it out ...... you sure get easy jobs !!!!

[@davidhill588]

Every job is easy if you have the proper tools and some patience

[@billfischer6464]

I was thinking nano would come out but ginger got it. Isn't that part a rebranded Dorman? Lol love your skill set and it wasn't bought with anything but a smart mind and years of hard work. Thanks man you're appreciated

[@SouthMainAuto]

A1 Cardone

[@thathvacguy]

love watchin ya work E!!!

[@TehMasteh]

The power probe beeping makes my schnauzer bark!

[@bundylovess]

Love the skills mr “o” big thumbs up 👍

[@tiredoldmechanic1791]

That's a fancy chisel. Harbor Freight to the rescue. I liked your comment about the Never Seize, not if it fails again but WHEN it fails again. Ivan would have fixed it so it doesn't fail again! LOL

[@davescruton2829]

Battery powded impact is my first go to in this situation.

[@arthurfricchione6614]

Good video Eric Like my wife always says "how hard can it be" if she only knew.

[@rangerpru]

I was lookin' forward to a lil' love tap from the Big Nasty.

[@davedrew9328]

Oh I really enjoyed this video.

[@sterlingstephens7093]

nice license plate

[@zx8401ztv]

Can't beat a bit of impact :-D A frends car had a wiper that had become one with the taper shaft. My 34 year old two claw bearing puller just showed the arm who was boss. Good tools are so helpful :-)

[@mitchquick5979]

Great video. I like the fact you show it right from the beginning especially with the encountered problems. You had more trouble than I did with the nut, made me feel better. lol Now I have to see if you have a video for my '07 Explorer Temp blend actuator. Fingers crossed, it's getting colder.

[@danseering1]

I don't want to breack the glass let me get a hammer lol love your videos

[@TheJmich2001]

"when it fails again" Very nice video. Thanks.

[@jamespn]

We had a similar issue on a Tahoe trans drain bolt where the surface depth of the bolt was quite shallow and the safest way to remove it was with an impact gun otherwise the bolt would round off.

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Nice SMA license plate cover woo hoo...

[@FortyTwoAnswerToEverything]

Dejavoo? I could swear I've already seen another rear wiper motor video! 😁😎

[@siduramaxde]

Is it just me or do Erics neighbors always seem to be doing yard work? I always hear a lawnmower and in this video I hear the chainsaw. Despite the noise, this was an excellent video.

[@02LeSabre]

I think they wait until they know he is doing a video and then everyone in town gets together JUST to do things right outside his shop. LOL

[@ME-kv8ew]

Love the tips. Do you sell the license plate for South Main Auto? Love to get one if you do, if not that's ok. Take care Mr Eric.

[@johnc4352]

Sounds like Josh is outside on that chain saw. : )

[@greatnortherntroll6841]

Wait just a Dang minute there, Eric. Rear wipers are *clearly* the domain of Mrs. O, now... Tread Very lightly here! 😄

[@DiaEule]

I cut the nut off with a Dremel since my replacement motor came with a nut. Hope that helps others.

[@richardjones3112]

Another great video,thanks.

[@Sevy77]

Top vid as normal, thanks Eric

[@springy-2112]

Hey Eric , I am gradually going through all your videos, came here via Andy Mechanic, I love what you do and even as an ex mechanic I am learning new hints and tips from you ..so thank you...I am currently decorating my main working bass guitar with my favourite you tube channel stickers. (I know it's weird) How do I get hold of an SMA sticker...had a look in both Amazon and teespring shop and couldn't find one.. Any way thanks for sharing your exploits its great entertainment..And peace and Love to you and your beautiful family..👍☮❤

[@AntonioClaudioMichael]

Great video Eric O

[@VWWRENCHIE]

Cardone 40-2062 Wiper Motor reman 2010-2006 Ford Trucks Explorer Rear 2010-2006 Mercury Trucks Mountaineer Rear

[@davidb.fishburn9338]

Worked on one of those Trashscapes today, That's one of three very common problems on them. The other two being the hvac blower motor resistor pack having only one or two speeds still working, and the liftgate glass hinges corroding. Are the rear shock towers still there on this one? Seen quite a few where the towers rot away to the point of no metal being left.

[@kevinedward1234]

Eric,nice video!!

[@chickmagpunk]

Double vid Tuesday Mr.O, thank you!!

[@MrRodnick1955]

Those guy should be comedians 👇🏻 there.

[@keithhastings4092]

I really thought a dorman product was heading our way....nice license plate cover!

[@mikecont9742]

Great video.

[@frdmstnggt99]

My go-to method for seized fasteners in the Steam powered industry: Kroil-Heat-Tap, Kroil-Heat-Tap. Hasn’t failed me yet.