Go down to your local U-pull it yard. Pull the back interior off a 2nd generation of Caravan Hatch and pull the rear wiper motor, wiring, wiper arm, and mounting bracket. With these parts you should be able to easily fab a mount for the YJ hatch. That just leaves some wiring. You could also scab the Caravan wiper module, and switches, but that may be overkill.

I'd pull the module out of a wrecked YJ, ZJ or XJ to run the wiper assembly. Now that I think about it... try looking at ZJ's and XJ's for those parts! Then you've got all Jeep parts!

But bear in mind this is from a guy who doesn't know anything about Jeeps.

 

But bear in mind this is from a guy who doesn't know anything about Jeeps.

Jeez you've only got 12000+ post, nah you wouldn't know anything about Jeeps :grin:

 

Whats 12K, just a number. Anyway don't forget all the rear door safeties.

BOOGER

"Sometimes Insanity and Genius walk the same side of the street"

 

Whats 12K, just a number. ...

Ah.... true, but just remember, even a broken watch is right twice a day! :grin:

 

After the Mustang convertable with a rear glass window, having the defroster on the glass on the hardtop was a charm in the winter. A wiper by itself won't do any good when there is ice on the window. I did not put the hard top on this winter but compared to the minivan, the defroster is more beneficial than the wiper. The wiper is only helpful when there is so much salt on the rear window that you have to wash the window. I believe you can find do-it-yourself stick on kits for the heating coils.

 

Ah yes... but being right for only 2 minutes out of 1440 minutes is crummy odds.

BOOGER

"Sometimes Insanity and Genius walk the same side of the street"

 

What's a hard top?

Oh yea.....I think I have heard about those....some guys put them on thdir jeep when the outside temp gets too low....I don't have that problem here....

 

What's a hard top?

Oh yea.....I think I have heard about those....some guys put them on thdir jeep when the outside temp gets too low....I don't have that problem here....

Yeah just keep enjoying your endless sunshine and celebrity politicians. But up here, Canadian winters would be hell with a soft top or no top at all :grin:.

As for the defrost, that's not the issue, window stays clear of fogging (and my defrost doesn't work anyway). So that's why I thought a wiper would be more beneficial. Also thought of rigging up a sprayer with it as well.

 

As for the defrost, that's not the issue, window stays clear of fogging (and my defrost doesn't work anyway). So that's why I thought a wiper would be more beneficial. Also thought of rigging up a sprayer with it as well.

The XJ rear wiper has the sprayer built in to the wiper arm; the rear blade is 13". You could find a junked XJ and take all the tubing that runs from front to back as well.

Oh, and John, that grey vehicle that is parked in your back yard (there right behind "Mater")...the one that says "Jeep" on the nose...that has a hard top...... :laugh:

 

Cold...ae.....

Yea...know about those cold 'spells'....we are doing a job up in Winnipeg.....only good thing about it is that the hotel has underground parking and the beer is good.....

 

were it me I'd look into a rear glass and stock wiper motor from a newer one