Wipers, one last try:
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St. Jude Donor '13-'15, '17 thru '22
OK, you guys are right. I have the wiper switch hanging out of the dash since I have the center console apart (from checking the switch and relay), so the switch was not grounded. So, I ran a ground wire from the switch housing directly to the negative battery terminal, and ran some electrical tests again.
The ground at the wiper motor still tests ground. The yellow and red wires still test as full battery voltage. So that is good.
However, I found myself right back where I started. If you look at post #21 where Willcox has added letters to my picture, look at connection A. The side with the red splice shows full continuity to ground, but the other side shows full battery voltage. This is the dead short I have been dealing with the entire time. Any ideas here?
The ground at the wiper motor still tests ground. The yellow and red wires still test as full battery voltage. So that is good.
However, I found myself right back where I started. If you look at post #21 where Willcox has added letters to my picture, look at connection A. The side with the red splice shows full continuity to ground, but the other side shows full battery voltage. This is the dead short I have been dealing with the entire time. Any ideas here?
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St. Jude Donor '13-'15, '17 thru '22
OK, after extensive screwing around, the wiper motor ran in slow and fast speed, and parked, with the key in the position turning it backwards from off. I'm not even sure what that is called. It would not run at all in the on position. Any ideas there?
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St. Jude Donor '13-'15, '17 thru '22
I now want to replace the ammeter before I put everything back together. Willcox had a great instructional on that one I saw a few years back, but I can't seem to find it on their site at the moment. If anyone has a link to that, I would really appreciate it.
Never mind on this one. I got a little smarter with the search function, and found it in seconds.
Thanks for all the help!
Last edited by Derrick Reynolds; Jul 13, 2017 at 11:49 AM.
I'm still out of town and I'm glad D help pick up my slack.. 
