71 wiper motor wires ?

[timsz]

On the 71 wiper motor, I've seen where their should be a blue wire with a white stripe. A blue wire. A blue wire with a red stripe. A blue wire with a yellow stripe. A black wire. 5 wires total. I also have a yellow wire on mine. 6 wires, any info, thank you

[timsz]

I just looked at a site that showed early and later motors. The 72-73 (later style) had 6 wires. 1 was for a wiper delay. Except my car is a 12/71 that has 6 wires. I forget, but isn't the 12/71 more or less considered a 72? Thanks

[grannyknot]

12/71 is considered 72 but changes on the production line were ongoing as the came from the engineers.

I just looked at the wiper harness from my 03/72 and it is 5 wire the same as my 03/70.

Perhaps someone swapped in a later motor or wiring harness after a melt down.

[SteveJ]

I just looked at a site that showed early and later motors. The 72-73 (later style) had 6 wires. 1 was for a wiper delay. Except my car is a 12/71 that has 6 wires. I forget, but isn't the 12/71 more or less considered a 72? Thanks

A good way to determine what model year your car is considered is to look at the parts in the parts catalog. A lot of the part number changes happen starting in September when the new models usually came out.

 

You don't have a parts catalog? Well, you can buy a copy from this site. Click on the store link. Is $30 too rich for your blood to support this site? Then go to http://www.carpartsmanual.com. Do you do better with hard copies? Search eBay. They come up from time to time.

While I visit carpartsmanual.com, I also have the hard copy because slow internet.