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Old Dec 6, 2008 | 06:46 PM
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Wiper problem

Well driving home from coffee tonight my wipers decided to quit working on me. I changed the blown fuse on the side of the road but they still won't work. I pulled the motor apart when I got home and it was fine. Hooked it back up nothing... This is annoying. I think it's the switch now because the washer doesn't work either. Is that a dealer only item or is there something I should know about these switches that I can fix instead of replacing it. Dealership's not open on Sunday
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Old Dec 6, 2008 | 07:09 PM
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theres probably a relay in the kick panel fusebox.....
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Old Dec 6, 2008 | 09:44 PM
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Look in a manual, there is only 4 wires going to the motor.
1 is always hot (it allows the wipers to park)
1 is hot from the switch
the other two are weird and I really don't remember! but I had a bad wiper problem and ended up having to redo one of the hot wires to the motor and they've worked fine since.
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Old Dec 7, 2008 | 09:01 AM
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www.4crawler.com or wabfab might be able to get you on your way. shoot either of them a pm and see what they have to say.

lee
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Old Dec 7, 2008 | 11:16 AM
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Well i've narrowed it down to a hot wire issue. If I supply power to the switch everything works fine. I just don't know which wire to replace. If I take the fuse out and use power from there only the washers work, wtf?
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Old Dec 8, 2008 | 07:33 AM
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The washer motor recieves power before the wiper motor itself.. They are fed off the same wire.

I was deep into the guts of the wiper system last night, trying to fix my wiring issues, so its pretty fresh.
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Old Dec 8, 2008 | 11:16 AM
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I ended up getting one of those 'add a circuit' fuse holders that let you plug in a fuse and add another fuse and wire. I ran a new hot wire, got my wipers to work and haven't looked back as to why I had to ground the original wiper hot wire to get the speedometer to work!
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