Dear List, Thanks to all who chimed in with solutions to my perpetual wiper syndrome question.
After much fiddling around, I found that the problem lay in a faulty relay, the second one from the right on the relay board above the fuses. This is the second time in two years I have had bizarre electrical issues solved by the simple replacement of a plug-and-play part. I strongly recommend that you try this simple solution first, before you start taking the dash board apart, dismantling the steering column or chasing wires all over the place. Symptoms that may respond to this simple cure include: 1) wipers won't turn on ... or off 2) blower switch seems erratic, turns on the motor only when it feels like it Clearly, a broken ground wire could do the same. When I started checking grounds going into the "crowns" above the fuses I pulled one off by mistake. Result: no dash lights until I went to Radio Shack and got a new terminal. Question about those to ground "crowns" or "stars": Is there any order to the dozen or so terminals on the two circular pieces attached to the body? If not, it should be pretty easy to unplug them all, clean and/or repair, replace .. avoid problems down the road.If there is an order, then the project gets a little trickier,since it is not easy to see what you're doing up under the dash. Woody 83.5 64 Bug for sale |
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