[Shotimes] Wiper Problems

[James White]

Thanks for the good info!

Just printed a hard copy to go out to the garage wall...

Now, all I need is instruction on how to pull the dash, so I can 
replace a bad blend air door motor...

regards, Jim White


At Friday, 30 December 2005, "George Fourchy" <krazgeo@comcast.net> 
wrote:

>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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