

| Subject: | Re: Wipers suddenly not working, trip tomorrow |
| From: | Mike South |
| Date: | Sat, 1 Jun 2013 22:00:08 -0500 |
Thanks Skip! I ended up finding the Bentley the next time I was looking for something else in the garage. Not before I used your scans to good effect. Thanks so much for that. mike On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 7:44 PM, George Laubach <skiplaubach@comcast.net>wrote: > Mike, let me know if you need me to scan and email any Bentley pages. Just > give me a call. > > (note to team: Mike graciously sent me two 1.9s (and accessories) - well > his wife made him make room in the garage...when he did his Bostig and auto > to manual conversions. I ended up using one of his engines in my 1.9 to 2.2 > conversion.) > > Sent from my iPad > > On Jun 1, 2013, at 7:33 PM, Mike South <msouth@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > > On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 4:12 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> > wrote: > > > >> At 03:46 PM 6/1/2013, Mike South wrote: > >> > >>> hit me with everything you would do to check why wipers would not be > >>> working. They were working a few days ago. > >>> > >> > >> > >> Page 97.66 > >> > >> > >> Wipers have worked since the dash went back on, yes? > >> > > > > Yes--at least I'm 90% sure that they did. > > > > > >> > >> Do the heater blower and rear defrost work? > > > > > > Nope. Heater blower does not work, and I am sure I tested that after the > > dash was on because I used the switch on the outside of the dash to do > it. > > > > > >> If so, the load reduction relay and its drive from the X terminal of the > >> ignition switch is good. > >> > > > > I pre-emptively replaced the ignition switch with a new one when I was > > putting the dash back on. I know that new does not equal good, and also > > that you should suspect the part you put on last, first. How can I test > if > > power is coming off that terminal? > > > > Also where is that load reduction relay, and how would I check it? > > > > > > > >> > >> > >> Does washer pump work? If so then you've eliminated fuse S10 as a > problem. > >> > > > > If S10 is the tenth fuse starting from the driver's door, the fuse looks > > ok. However, with the key on, there is no power on either end of the > fuse. > > > > > >> > >> Is the wiper switch connector plugged in all the way on the column? > >> > > > > Which one is that? I did find one that was not all the way in. I > plugged > > that one (the square-cross-sectioned black one on the driver's side) all > > the way in and it made no difference. > > > > Thanks for all your suggestions. > > > > mike > > > > > >> > >> Yours, > >> David > >> > >> > >> >
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