Wipers stopped working
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Intermediate
Joined: Jun 2004
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From: Cape Coral Fl
Wipers stopped working
Wipers on my 76 are dead when turning on wipers. Put a test probe on one side of fuse in the fuse box, nothing happened. Put the probe on other end of fuse, probe lights up and wiper motor sounds like it's working but nothing moving at the wiper arms or gear arms attach to. Any ideas of what the problem is ?
Drifting
Joined: Nov 2002
Posts: 1,665
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From: Ontario
If you have voltage on one side of the fuse but not on the other then your fuse is bad.
Putting a probe on the fuse shouldn't have any effect on the circuitry that the fuse supplies power to.
If you have power at the motor but the motor doesn't do anything then the motor could be bad or the ground may be disconnected.
If you have no power at the motor when the switch is on then the switch could be bad, or you could have a power wire shorting to ground.
If you see any rusted, dirty or loose electrical connections clean them up (wire brush, file, whatever) and make the connections tight.
Usually when you figure it out its easier than you thought it would be, usually...
Putting a probe on the fuse shouldn't have any effect on the circuitry that the fuse supplies power to.
If you have power at the motor but the motor doesn't do anything then the motor could be bad or the ground may be disconnected.
If you have no power at the motor when the switch is on then the switch could be bad, or you could have a power wire shorting to ground.
If you see any rusted, dirty or loose electrical connections clean them up (wire brush, file, whatever) and make the connections tight.
Usually when you figure it out its easier than you thought it would be, usually...
Instructor
Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 124
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From: Williamsport PA
Wipers Stopped Working
I lost the ground on my '71- wipers or my blower my blower motor
didn't work . I had a ground wire that was broke . Don't know how
it had separated but , I did a lot of talking to myself . I hope no one
heard me .
didn't work . I had a ground wire that was broke . Don't know how
it had separated but , I did a lot of talking to myself . I hope no one
heard me .
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