Stu wrote:
> Now I'm just going from memory, but there's a ground wire that goes
> from the instrument brackets to the wiper switch. I discovered
this
> the hard way, when the wipers didn't answer the call one day.
Thanks, Stu.
Last night I was under the dash, checking out the switches and comparing
them to the Mk1 wiring diagram. For a while, I thought it was the light
switch, saw a ground wire mentioned going to terminal 8 where I had a blue
wire (why did my lights _ever_ work?); further checking showed I was
looking at the under-bonnet light switch on the diagram, which I do not
think my car even has.
Proceeding to the wiper switch terminals I find a big fat yellow wire
coming off the switch not on the diagram. Followed it all over the dash;
yes, eventually, I tracked it back to a dash mounting bolt right next to
the wiper switch. Yup, a ground.
Clearly the work of the DPO (Dreaded Present Owner), I recognize my own
wiring of a few years ago. The switch and the grounding bolt are <6" apart;
I think I now know why I had an extra ground wire, disconnected at both
ends, under there.
Great-uncle Desmond would be proud of me...
Lawrence R. Wright
Purchasing Analyst
Andrews Office Products, Divison of USOP
PH 301-386-7923 FX 301-386-5333
lrw@aop.com
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