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Subject:=?utf-8?Q?Re:_All_wipers_on,_won=E2=80=99t_turn_off_=28fixed!=29?=
From:Alistair Bell
Date:Mon, 23 Aug 2021 11:32:20 -0700

Yeah, twice on stalk to stop rear.

I’ve often wished for a adjustable interval rear….yeah, very important to my life…. Not :-)

Alistair 

> On Aug 23, 2021, at 11:30 AM, Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> yay.... good job... I will remember this when it happens to me...
> 
> Activating the rear wiper and it will be on till the ignition is OFF. There's a trick that I alway forget... activating the rear wiper twice to stop it.
> 
>> On Mon, Aug 23, 2021 at 11:16 AM Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
>> Well that wasn’t that hard at all.
>> After checking the relays ( was easy, why not) I pulled switch assembly off.
>> 
>> Yes, it was a switch. Was the combo front wash, rear wash contacts.
>> 
>> I’ll post a pic on the blog soon, but shirt story is that depressing the stalk, or pulling back on it, switches between front wash and rear wash ( and wipe).
>> 
>> Neutral position between two contacts, yeah it’s hard to picture.
>> 
>> But the two contacts were , in this case, both touching the central “selector” contact. Thus energizing both rear and front wash wipe constantly.
>> 
>> You know how in these type switch assemblies you have the brass power trace held in position by the plastic housing. I guess the grip is weak in this spot.
>> 
>> Bent, moved, pressed, things back to normal and wipers work as they should.
>> 
>> Ab
>> 
>> > On Aug 22, 2021, at 9:45 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote: