[Shotimes] Wiper Problems

K. Angermeier kickinsho@charter.net
Sat, 31 Dec 2005 10:09:15 -0600


I imagine you need the wipers at this point!  The weather channel is calling 
for what looks to be some nasty flooding in your neck of the woods.

It might be time to get out your life vest!

On a side note regarding wipers....we got stuck in snow/rain/ice mix last 
night and Andy decided I needed new wipers on the '93, so we stop to get new 
ones, get back on the road and the drivers side wiper starts leaving a line 
across the windshield - right where I am trying to see.  Grrrrrr......

Kris Angermeier
Sheboygan, WI

'91 Plus Wht/Blk
'91 Plus Wht/Blk
'93 Ultra Red ATX

"Women Who Behave Never Make History"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Fourchy" <krazgeo@comcast.net>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 1:57 AM
Subject: [Shotimes] Wiper Problems


> Hey All
>
> Happy New Year, and watch out for the troublemakers!!
>
> The wipers on Slorider went out the instant I got home from my midshift 
> last Tuesday
> Morning.  I figured it was either the MFS or the motor, because that MFS 
> is really
> squirrly, and the motor has been noisy the whole life of the car.
>
> Turns out it was the intermittant module, mounted under the dash.  I 
> troubleshot it
> this way.  I looked at the Helms and the EVTM, to get the layout and 
> wiring in my
> mind.  Then I tried a functioning system, Black Diamond, with a voltage 
> tester.  I
> found the plug (the three wire one) that comes from the module, and tested 
> it for
> voltage with the key on and wipers on.  There was one wire that was hot. 
> Slorider
> had no hot wires with key on and wipers on.  That points to the module 
> (the wire
> that should have been hot comes from it).  Now to find the module.  There 
> is a
> plastic 'tree' with all the modules on it, just above the throttle pedal. 
> The wiper
> module is the highest one, and the Helms, in its wisdom, says "remove two 
> screws and
> remove the module".  ...sorta like, unbolt the engine and lift it 
> out....yeah,
> RIGHT!!
>
> You can feel the module clicking by reaching up under the dash and 
> touching it while
> turning the MFS wiper knob on and off.  It will pulse a bit when it tries 
> to turn on
> the motor.  This will verify you have the correct module.
>
> So I took out the seat so I could lay down, and saw that the two screws 
> the book was
> talking about held the whole tree to the dash.  After they are out, the 
> tree will
> fall down and each module is accessable.  The door chime, horn relay, 
> cornering
> light relay, and a police relay, if installed, is on the tree, with the 
> wiper module
> the highest one.  The good thing about that is that its plug is a 
> push-button type,
> which is easy to release, without having to pry plastic clips over bumps. 
> I swapped
> in the module from BD, and the wipers work fine.  The module is still 
> available new,
> and one is on order...I get a Travis Hobbyshop discount at the Ford parts 
> counters
> around here, so it is about $80, vs $100.  I would have gone to PnP, but 
> "the boss"
> said it was OK for a new one.
>
> ...On the road again!!"...
>
> File this away somewhere....your modules will finally die sometime.
>
> George
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