1998 corvette windshield wipers
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1998 corvette windshield wipers
Had to take the wipers off because they were not stop working and now afther couple days they are not coming on at all ,I had clean all ground contacts after having the car under non operation, I assumed that created few problems on my corvette, now if any one have any suggestion I'll appreciate the help.
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Might be a problem with the windshield washer button on the stalk. I experienced a similar problem when leaving work one night. The wipers started moving and the washer was spraying and I couldn’t turn it off. Turned out the washer button had popped off, activating them both. Fortunately I found the button and the spring and was able to reinstall them. That was several years ago and hasn’t happened since. The wipers/washer is protected by mini-fuse #10 in the passenger foot well fuse box. Maybe your wipers quit because the fuse burned out. The wiper motor itself has an internal circuit breaker that may have popped if the motor overheated. If that’s the case, it automatically resets once the motor cools off.
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Thank you for that
Might be a problem with the windshield washer button on the stalk. I experienced a similar problem when leaving work one night. The wipers started moving and the washer was spraying and I couldn’t turn it off. Turned out the washer button had popped off, activating them both. Fortunately I found the button and the spring and was able to reinstall them. That was several years ago and hasn’t happened since. The wipers/washer is protected by mini-fuse #10 in the passenger foot well fuse box. Maybe your wipers quit because the fuse burned out. The wiper motor itself has an internal circuit breaker that may have popped if the motor overheated. If that’s the case, it automatically resets once the motor cools off.
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The wiper motor and controller sit in a well under the windshield cowl. There are THREE DRAIN UDDERS at the bottom of that well that alloy the water to drain out. If they clog, the well fills up and drowns the wiper controller.
Insure that the udders are clean and able to drain.
Insure that the udders are clean and able to drain.
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The wiper motor and controller sit in a well under the windshield cowl. There are THREE DRAIN UDDERS at the bottom of that well that alloy the water to drain out. If they clog, the well fills up and drowns the wiper controller.
Insure that the udders are clean and able to drain.
Insure that the udders are clean and able to drain.
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well I have an update and hoping that helps every one, i view a video in you tube from one of our forum members and did all testes and end up replacing the motor and also in that video shows how to install the wiper and syncronize them and set them up the right way.
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Can you post a link to the video? THX
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I just completed a similar repair on my heap. The wipers would run randomly when the switch was in the off position. And they would not "park" when off
Swapped out the motor/module after reading about the mounting well
issue here.
Cardone has a nice quick video about synchronizing the wipers to get them to "park" correctly. That was easiest part of the whole swap.
Swapped out the motor/module after reading about the mounting well
issue here.
Cardone has a nice quick video about synchronizing the wipers to get them to "park" correctly. That was easiest part of the whole swap.