On Thu, 24 Oct 2002, at 23:17 [-0400], Jeff Strickrott (jstric01@CS.FIU.EDU...: > Hi All: > > I have a question about the wiper motor on the 82 Vanagon. Mine does not > auto park when you turn it off. It just stops wherever. I gather that > the circuit that controls this feature is located in the gear box of the > wiper motor. > > When I had the motor out to replace my windshield spray nozzles and > tubes, I conducted some test to see if the internal switch on > connections 53a and 53e ( I don't remember their being a connection > labeled 53e) ever connected to ground as I manually moved the motor. 53a > never connected to ground. > > Has anyone ever opened up the unit to fix the internal auto park > connections in the wiper motor? What/how do they commonly fail? Would it > just be easier to replace the wiper motor? Mine only has 50k miles on it > and other than this problem seems fine. Any ideas? > > Regards, > --Jeff Strickrott > 82 Westy, South Florida On my '82 I seem to recall that there's two power supply leads to the wiper motor, one that is on whenever the key is on, the other one that is run by the wiper relay. I can't tell from your description above if you already tested for the presence of always-on power, if not... Gary |
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