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Subject:Re: stupid electrical question
From:Office 2004 Test Drive User
Date:Wed, 10 Jan 2007 19:58:33 -0600

Mark,
Be sure to check your wiper/washer switch
at the steering column.  The copper contacts
may be dirty and stopping current flow.
A good swiss file and some contact cleaner
will work wonders and you don't have to
disassemble anything.

Jerry
KY 88 GL BUS-ter

On 1/10/07 6:31 PM, "Mark Brush" <mbrush@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> I'm a little confounded by my rear wiper motor.  It doesn't work.  When I
> test it I'm supposed to get 12 volts for a wipe, then 0 volts for an
> interval, then 12 volts again for another wipe.  Correct?  Right now I get 0
> volts for a wipe, 5 volts for an interval and repeat....  I replaced the
> wiper relay and get the same results.  I guess I have a short somewhere,
> right?  Any suggestions on where such a short is likely to be?
>
> Mark B.
> 1990 Westy