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> From: Bobby Speake <[email protected]> > Reply-To: First Generation Firebird-L <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:54:35 -0500 > To: First Generation Firebird-L <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [FGF] Wiper woes > > First Generation Firebird-L Mailing List > ......................................................................... > Is this what I'm missing, Stu? > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/67-68-69-CAMARO-WIPER-MOTOR-GROUND-STRAP_W0QQ > cmdZViewItemQQhashZitem56363fef89QQitemZ370277347209QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruc > kQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories > > If so, how does it attach? > > Bobby > '68 400 4-speed > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stu Langer > Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 6:42 AM > To: First Generation Firebird-L > Subject: Re: [FGF] Wiper woes > > First Generation Firebird-L Mailing List > ......................................................................... > One of the three grommets should have a brass strap that completes the > ground (the grommets are to reduce noise and vibrations). The motor needs > to be grounded. You said that the first position of the switch is high and > the second is low. That's not right! The first is low and the second is > high. Try a small test lead with a couple of alligator clips to create a > good ground to the motor, and I'll bet it starts working right. You really > need to get the last grommet bolt repaired. The motor will move back and > forth and eventually break one of the two remaining bolts. > > Stu > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bobby Speake" <[email protected]> > To: "'First Generation Firebird-L'" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 6:57 PM > Subject: [FGF] Wiper woes > > >> First Generation Firebird-L Mailing List >> ......................................................................... >> Folks, >> >> I am still in the weeds with my wiper system, and need some advice: >> >> Facts: >> >> Motor is new (rebuilt). >> Washer pump is new. >> Switch is new. >> Wiring is new. >> Fuse is new. >> >> If I pull the motor off of the firewall, it works just fine. First >> position >> of the switch clockwise is high, and the second position is low. Works >> great. >> >> The motor is attached to the firewall by three screws. There are rubber >> grommets that the screws are threaded through. The grommets did not come >> with the rebuilt motor, so I recycled my old ones. They are in fair >> shape. >> I am guessing they are needed to avoid grounding the motor on the >> firewall. >> >> After I reattach the motor to the firewall (one of the screw holes in the >> firewall has the remnants of an old screw in there, so I am only using two >> screws for now), power up the harness, and turn the switch, the fuse >> immediately pops. >> >> Any idea what's going on? Like I said, when the motor is not attached to >> the firewall, it spins on high and low. >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> Bobby >> '68 400 4-speed >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> 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/> >> >> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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/> > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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/> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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/>
