[Tigers] Fwd: Wiper Question

[Gary Winblad]

The wiper switch is on the ground side.  So, if the wires between the motor
and the switch are shorting to ground somewhere, that will make the wipers
run.
A loose connection there to ground COULD make the third slower operation...
could.
The ground wire goes inside the motor to a switch that switches to ground
until the wipers are in the stop position.  A sticky switch or loose ground
there could
cause the wipers to run continuously.  This ground switch makes sure that
the wipers will park, even if you turn the dash switch off when the wipers
are up on
the windshield.
Good luck,
Gary


On Sun, Feb 23, 2025 at 2:59 PM Joe Brown <jbbrown1980 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well,  I found the "stop" wire and it appears to be intact.  I can turn on
> the wipers and wiggle the wire and the wipers still work.  With the wiper
> switch off I can wiggle the wire and nothing happens.  So I guess the
> problem could be inside of the wiper motor?
>
> Thanks,
> Joe Brown
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: Joe Brown <jbbrown1980 at gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, Feb 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
> Subject: Fwd: Wiper Question
> To: Tigers at autox.team.net <tigers at autox.team.net>
>
>
> Update:  I found a color version of the wiring diagram and it helped me
> find the purple/white wire.  It is for the door switches that turn on an
> interior light on GT models.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: Joe Brown <jbbrown1980 at gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, Feb 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
> Subject: Wiper Question
> To: Tigers at autox.team.net <tigers at autox.team.net>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I got caught out in the rain yesterday and had to use the wipers.
> Everything worked fine at first; I could turn them on and off as needed.
> But then it got where the wipers would not turn off.  With the switch in
> the off position the wipers seem to go into a third, slower speed. Kind of
> like the intermittent setting on modern cars.  I actually like this speed
> because it was just lightly misting .   After several minutes they would
> eventually stop.  And then occasionally it would start up again on its own.
>
>  I found a similar issue on the SAOCA website and the answer was related
> to a "stop wire".  Can somebody tell me where to find that wire?  I've
> looked all around the wiper motor but can't seem to find it.
>
> Another question: While looking at the wires going to the wiper motor I
> noticed a wire coming out of the wiring harness right next to the wiper
> wires that is not hooked up to anything.  It is purple with a white stripe
> and there is nothing anywhere close to it that it would hook up to.  I've
> looked at the wiring diagram and can't find a match.  See the photo below.
>
> [image: PXL_20250223_204349249.jpg]
>
> Can anybody tell me what that purple/white wire would go to?
>
> Thanks,
> Joe Brown
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