Thanks for old posts, AKA Search Is Your Friend

[jfa.series1]

Old posts can indeed be enlightening. I recently checked my wipers and found them to be no-op. No movement, no apparent power. The big Q: is it the combo switch; the motor, the fuse, something else??? I did a quick search today and found this thread from 2006 with good basic guidance:

http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/thread24329.html

When I finished the resto last year, everything worked fine (as fine as an OE wiper motor can be concerned). I have a new MSA fuse box and all original wiring in excellent condition. The combo switch is original and not rebuilt. Following the thread, I checked the fuse and found it to be OK. Next step was the 2X3 connector on the firewall. Bingo! The male spades were slipping back because I had previously dis-assembled the connector to get a new firewall grommet installed. Pushing each spade firmly back in place fixed the problem.

Yeah, I know - time to do the motor upgrade and get some real speed on those wipers. Not a real big concern for my little garage queen since she does not like to play in the rain.

Thanks to those who have gone down this path before me.

Jim

[EScanlon]

Jim:

Sometimes just disassembling the Wiper PIVOTS, the ones that go through the cowl, is enough to go from "Slow and Slower" to "Not so slow and Almost fast".

There are a couple of good threads on that in the archives as well.

E

[KAL7467]

clean the pivots and swap a honda motor in and you will be good to go

[jfa.series1]

Good tips for winter projects, thanks.