Sent from my iPad > On Mar 25, 2022, at 8:10 AM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: > > Trivial little thing. But it’s Friday and not much list traffic . > > Past few years, on occasion, my rear wiper would work slowly. As if it it had mechanical resistance. Then sometimes it would work normally. I checked the linkage, the electrical connections at the motor, all good. > > Then this last winter it would stop working. If I reseated the relay on the fuse panel it worked again. > > Aha, bad connection there. > > Cleaned that up, contact cleaner etc. > > It continued to act up. I could reach down and reseat the relay while driving…. > > Took the relay off and popped off the cover. Maybe , maybe I could see a bad solder trace. Good friend Greg, electronics guy thought he saw the same and took it home to reflow. > > Back in van and it worked. For a week… > > I thought I hadn’t any spare rear wiper relays, I looked again and found two. Popped one in and the wiper works perfectly, and continues to work perfectly for the last month. > > Exciting story eh? > > :-) > > Alistair |
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