Help, please?
Yesterday morning, while atttempting to begin the day's commute, I noted
that there was some dew on the windscreen at 5:15 am. Flipped the wiper switch
on the wipe away the dew and - BAM -- the blades stopped at the vertical
position and and remained there. Weather report called for rain yesterday (and
it certainly did) so I took the Taurus.
Went out this evening, removed the glovebox, removed the a/c heat exchanger
cover, removed the cover from the wiper gearbox and disconnected the crank.
Motor runs fine. It was all that I could do to push the wiper arms back to
their rest position. I can not move them by pulling on the end of the cable.
They seem to be jammed. Must admit that I performed no sort of PM while I had
the dash out to replace the wiring harness. Oh, how I hate the thought of
having to r/r the dash again! Can someone please tell me what I should be
looking for? Is there some simple thing that I've overlooked? TIA.
Bud Krueger
52TD (can operate the wipers manually if necessary)
77MGB (humbling me)
|