screen wiper question Options

[JFG]

On new years day i took my car out. There was intermittent rain for the early part of the drive. The wipers worked fine.

On the way back i had fog/mist which wet the screen but no wipers. I stopped in the services and checked the nut on the motor connection, this was tight. However there was no noise of power at the motor.

This morning i've gone out to check for faults and the wipers worked fine. No blown fuses, all electrics work fine and there were no loose wires.

Any ideas? The linkage jas been stripped and lubed previously.

[Bartlett 914]

On new years day i took my car out. There was intermittent rain for the early part of the drive. The wipers worked fine.

On the way back i had fog/mist which wet the screen but no wipers. I stopped in the services and checked the nut on the motor connection, this was tight. However there was no noise of power at the motor.

This morning i've gone out to check for faults and the wipers worked fine. No blown fuses, all electrics work fine and there were no loose wires.

Any ideas? The linkage jas been stripped and lubed previously.

Well that could be one of a lot of things unfortunately. I assume all speeds did not work. First suspect is a poor fuse connection. Clean the contacts and replace the fuse (or clean the old one). The motor is suspect but that is more difficult to check and replace. If it fails again, I would tap it hard with something and see if it starts again. The wiper switch is still suspect. Lastly there are 2 screws that hold the switches in place. Remove the horn and make sure all 4 corner screws are tight. The ground connection is made here. I think this may cause the opposite problem (occasionally wiping when it shouldn't) but this is easy to check just the same.