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Posted by: charvey Oct 31 2005, 11:13 AM

hey, my windshield wipers have quit on me, i checked my fuses and there are none that are needing replacement, this is a big problem for me because its rainy for the rest of the year and this is my only car, any help would be awesome.

Posted by: itsa914 Oct 31 2005, 11:48 AM

BTDT - when the wipers are on can you here the gear drive moving? Do the wipers move at all? My problem was that the wiper mechanism were just frozen (rusted) from lack of use. It was a major PITA to replace

Posted by: charvey Oct 31 2005, 12:14 PM

nope, i am not even hearing it move, they were working early last week with no problem at all

Posted by: Demick Oct 31 2005, 12:18 PM

Check the white connector right near where the steering column meets the dash (underside). I once had intermittent wiper problems - it turned out that connector was not fully seated. Sometimes it made contact, sometimes it didn't.

Demick

Posted by: charvey Oct 31 2005, 12:27 PM

i donmt seem to have a white connector, mine are black and all of them(3) were firlmy connected.

Posted by: charvey Oct 31 2005, 01:19 PM

might also add that my car is a 1974 2.0

Posted by: djm914-6 Oct 31 2005, 06:16 PM

My wipers stop working from time to time. I'm too busy (lazy?) to rip thing apart, so I just liberally soak the mechanism with WD40 at the joints and motor. Using a wrench to manually rotate the posts frees up things to start then the wipes work on their own. Sometimes I'll spray in a lubricant once they're working but usually I don't bother.

Posted by: markb Oct 31 2005, 06:31 PM

WD40 really isn't much of a penetrant. I suggest AeroKroil or PB Blaster. They work very well.