Re: [MBZ] 124 wiper troubleshooting---switch, motor, relay?

2008-05-06 Thread Alex Chamberlain
On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 5:40 PM, Hendrik Fay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When you say that the washer works, do you mean it squirts water out or it squirts and wipes like it should. Sorry, I meant it squirts, but no wipe. No wipe at all regardless of what you do with the combo switch, in other

Re: [MBZ] 124 wiper troubleshooting---switch, motor, relay?

2008-05-06 Thread Loren Faeth
If the transmission linkage breaks, you can hear the motor run, but no wipie At 01:29 AM 5/6/2008, you wrote: On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 5:40 PM, Hendrik Fay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When you say that the washer works, do you mean it squirts water out or it squirts and wipes like it should.

Re: [MBZ] 124 wiper troubleshooting---switch, motor, relay?

2008-05-06 Thread Alex Chamberlain
On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 5:41 AM, Loren Faeth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If the transmission linkage breaks, you can hear the motor run, but no wipie Good point but not the case here. I'm not hearing the motor going (or trying to go) at all. Alex ___

Re: [MBZ] 124 wiper troubleshooting---switch, motor, relay?

2008-05-06 Thread Peter Frederick
Remove the cover over the blower motor and unplug the motor connector. I believe there are three wires (power, park, and ground) but I'm not sure. I'll dig up some data from the CD tonight. Wiper motor replacment isn't too bad on the W124 with two caveats: You MUST remove the wiper arm

Re: [MBZ] 124 wiper troubleshooting---switch, motor, relay?

2008-05-06 Thread Alex Chamberlain
On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 9:44 AM, Peter Frederick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Remove the cover over the blower motor and unplug the motor connector. I believe there are three wires (power, park, and ground) but I'm not sure. I'll dig up some data from the CD tonight. Thanks for the info,

Re: [MBZ] 124 wiper troubleshooting---switch, motor, relay?

2008-05-06 Thread Hendrik Fay
Does the wiper motor make any noises or is it completely dead? Hendrik Alex Chamberlain wrote: Sorry, I meant it squirts, but no wipe. No wipe at all regardless of what you do with the combo switch, in other words. Hence my suspicion of the motor. Alex

Re: [MBZ] 124 wiper troubleshooting---switch, motor, relay?

2008-05-06 Thread Alex Chamberlain
Completely dead as far as I can tell, no noise or motion whatsoever. On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 3:52 PM, Hendrik Fay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does the wiper motor make any noises or is it completely dead? Hendrik Alex Chamberlain wrote: Sorry, I meant it squirts, but no wipe. No

[MBZ] 124 wiper troubleshooting---switch, motor, relay?

2008-05-05 Thread Alex Chamberlain
Trying to figure out why my wiper on the POS 300E doesn't work. Symptom is that every other function of the combo switch works fine---signals, high beams, windshield washer---but not the wiper, on any setting. It's controlled by the combination relay, the long skinny one back behind the fusebox.

Re: [MBZ] 124 wiper troubleshooting---switch, motor, relay?

2008-05-05 Thread Hendrik Fay
You should be able to pull off the bottom panel and the combo switch should go into a terminal near the steering column. However the switch is pretty reliable but the wiper mechanism is not if not maintained. What about your windshield washer function, if that works then I would entertain the

Re: [MBZ] 124 wiper troubleshooting---switch, motor, relay?

2008-05-05 Thread Alex Chamberlain
On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 4:37 PM, Hendrik Fay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You should be able to pull off the bottom panel and the combo switch should go into a terminal near the steering column. However the switch is pretty reliable but the wiper mechanism is not if not maintained. What about

Re: [MBZ] 124 wiper troubleshooting---switch, motor, relay?

2008-05-05 Thread Loren Faeth
I have not had to replace a 124 switch, but I have on models from 110 to 123. Every one I have tried, you take out 2 screws on the column, to loosen that end, and unplug the plug at the other end (Under the dash, driver side... at least for LHD cars) Then carefully pull out the multi switch

Re: [MBZ] 124 wiper troubleshooting---switch, motor, relay?

2008-05-05 Thread Hendrik Fay
When you say that the washer works, do you mean it squirts water out or it squirts and wipes like it should. Far as replacing the combo switch, I am not 100% sure but it may be possible. Hendrik Alex Chamberlain wrote: Washer works. You mean the combo switch is replaceable without pulling