Windshield wipers don't work
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Windshield wipers don't work
The wipers on my '85 won't work. All fuses are good. There is no power to the 25 amp wiper fuse in the fuse block. I have searched the forum but have had no luck. Can someone tell me what to check?
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Do you have the FSM for your car? I'd think the wiper fuse is powered from the RUN circuit of the Ignition switch. Have you done repairs recently to anything electrical at all. A new problem or something that's been hanging around for a while?
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I have a shop manual. Yes, I have made several electrical repairs. New stereo, rewired cooling fan, made a repair to the ignition switch. They were working when I got it. I have had it for about a year but I've worked on it more than I have driven it.
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You mention 'ignition switch' so I'd start there.
These are what I believe to be correct connectors for the ignition switch. Cavity A in C2 (blue connector) should be 'brown' and the wiper fuse feed. In the FSM distribution is Y-103 in wiring.
Is your FSM paper or a .pdf?
Ironically in the '85 FSM I have it seems the C2 connector is incorrectly ID'd as C1 in the connector face images. The other ignition switch connector isn't even in the connector face section(it ain't in mine). Maybe someone with an '85 might like to confirm.
Last edited by WVZR-1; Feb 27, 2018 at 09:47 AM.
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Thank you WVZR-1. I finally got to work on my 'Vette yesterday. The blue plug you referred to had slipped almost completely out of its socket. It was a bear to get to but I got it back in finally. It's all good now.
