[Shotimes] Wiper Problems

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BTDT.
David
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Fourchy" <krazgeo@comcast.net>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 2:57 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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