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Old May 21, 2007 | 09:21 PM
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The windshield wipers on my '75 stuck at about the 30 degree position. When I turn the switch to ON now, they don't move but you can hear the "click" from the electrical switch through the speakers. I'd suspect it's a vacuum problem, however, I believe the wipers quit working when a wire to my starter got burned on the heads.

Does anyone have experience with this or an idea on where to begin troubleshooting?

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Stephen
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Old May 21, 2007 | 10:05 PM
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Sounds like they lost their ground.Try grounding the case of the wiper with a jumper wire.
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Sounds like they lost their ground.Try grounding the case of the wiper with a jumper wire.
That could be it. Where should the original ground come off the wipers?
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Old May 22, 2007 | 09:49 AM
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The ground at the wiper is a black wire that plugs on a spade connected to the one of the wiper motor screws then goes down to the starter and goes on one of the 2 starter mounting bolts.Some people get this by accident on the pos. term. of the solenoid.
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Originally Posted by DWncchs
The ground at the wiper is a black wire that plugs on a spade connected to the one of the wiper motor screws then goes down to the starter and goes on one of the 2 starter mounting bolts.Some people get this by accident on the pos. term. of the solenoid.
Uh oh. I bet that was one of the wires that fried on the header. I'll have to check that out.

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