First Generation Firebird-L Mailing List ......................................................................... Thank you Gerrit. I will be working on that this weekend.
Bobby '68 400 4-speed -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gerrit Dijkstra | RGP Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 3:24 PM To: First Generation Firebird-L Subject: Re: FW: [FGF] '68 wiper question First Generation Firebird-L Mailing List ......................................................................... I don't know if you solved the wiper shortage yet, but to rule out a faulty wiper-motor you can test it like this: Looking at the firewall and the motor you see three connectors on the motor, One seperate, one pair. The right one of the pair is 12V, ground the other one and you have a high-speed rotation. Connect 12V on the right pin of the pair and prepare a ground wire to be manually connected to the left one of the pair. When connecting the left pin to ground be careful; a spark is ok, but if you don't hear the motor go, don't keep it connected, maximum of half a second. I suggest a seperate 12V source, spare battery or so, don't use the wiring from the car, connect it directly. I have the feeling a wire might be swapped at this connector... I can get you a picture of the pins if you want to be sure. Good luck, Gerrit http://www.rgp.nl/bird ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "First Generation Firebird-L" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 7:26 PM Subject: Re: FW: [FGF] '68 wiper question > First Generation Firebird-L Mailing List > ......................................................................... > The motor case should be grounded. The grommets reduce the vibrations > passed to the firewall. > > If there were a short to ground between the switch and the motor, I would > expect the wipers to always be on, since the switch just grounds the > circuit. > > Andy > > Steve Powell wrote: > >>First Generation Firebird-L Mailing List >>......................................................................... >>As I recall there are rubber grommets for the wiper motor mount. If it is >>a >>ground switch circuit as Stu indicates these would isolate the wiper motor >>ground from the chassis ground. Make sure the motor case isn't contacting >>the firewall by accident. >> >>Steve >>____________________ >>Wipers work backwards from most circuits. There is always positive 12 >>volts >> >>to the wiper motor as soon as the ignition is turned on. The switch then >>creates the ground when turned on. It sounds as though there is a short >>to ground somewhere before it gets to the wiper motor. Try unplugging all >>the wiring at the wiper motor and see if it still blows the fuse. If so, >>there is a short before the wiper motor, most likely where it passes >>through the firewall. >> >>Stu >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Submissions to Firebird-L: <[email protected]> > Unsubscribe from Firebird-L: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Help: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/firebird/Firebird-L.html> > > Classifieds: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/ubb/> > Owner Pictures: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/show/> > > Donations: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/store/cart.mv?999999> > FGF Merchandise: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/store> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Submissions to Firebird-L: <[email protected]> Unsubscribe from Firebird-L: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Help: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/firebird/Firebird-L.html> Classifieds: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/ubb/> Owner Pictures: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/show/> Donations: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/store/cart.mv?999999> FGF Merchandise: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/store> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Submissions to Firebird-L: <[email protected]> Unsubscribe from Firebird-L: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Help: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/firebird/Firebird-L.html> Classifieds: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/ubb/> Owner Pictures: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/show/> Donations: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/store/cart.mv?999999> FGF Merchandise: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/store>
