<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Joe,</div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">It sounds like your STOP wire isn't functioning correctly. Instead of affecting a complete open circuit when the STOP switch is activated (at the rest position) it is still providing a partial path to ground. This would explain the slow operation of the wipers when you try to turn them off. This would be caused by some resistive path that bypasses the STOP switch. This could be caused by the STOP switch contacts rubbing against the case or something else. You might try disassembling the motor assembly and inspecting the STOP switch to see if there's anything screwed up in it. The ultimate test of the switch would be to use an Ohm meter to measure the resistance across the STOP contacts when the switch is activated (rest position). With the STOP wire disconnected an Ohm meter should give an infinite reading. Would be best to disconnect the battery when you're doing this. You can do this test without disassembling anything (measure resistance from STOP wire to ground) but you have to make sure the the wipers are at the rest position when you do the test.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">-Good luck</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Will - 382001570 <br><a href="mailto:Tigers@embarqmail.com" target="_blank">Tigers@embarqmail.com</a></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Feb 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM Gary Winblad <<a href="mailto:winbladgary@gmail.com">winbladgary@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>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.</div><div>A loose connection there to ground COULD make the third slower operation... could.</div><div>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</div><div>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</div><div>the windshield.</div><div>Good luck,</div><div>Gary</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Feb 23, 2025 at 2:59 PM Joe Brown <<a href="mailto:jbbrown1980@gmail.com" target="_blank">jbbrown1980@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">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?<div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Joe Brown<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Joe Brown</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:jbbrown1980@gmail.com" target="_blank">jbbrown1980@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Sun, Feb 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM<br>Subject: Fwd: Wiper Question<br>To: <a href="mailto:Tigers@autox.team.net" target="_blank">Tigers@autox.team.net</a> <<a href="mailto:tigers@autox.team.net" target="_blank">tigers@autox.team.net</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr">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.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Joe Brown</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:jbbrown1980@gmail.com" target="_blank">jbbrown1980@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Sun, Feb 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM<br>Subject: Wiper Question<br>To: <a href="mailto:Tigers@autox.team.net" target="_blank">Tigers@autox.team.net</a> <<a href="mailto:tigers@autox.team.net" target="_blank">tigers@autox.team.net</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr">Hi,<div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div> 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. </div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div><img src="cid:ii_m7i46hk90" alt="PXL_20250223_204349249.jpg" width="510" height="384"><br></div><div><br></div><div>Can anybody tell me what that purple/white wire would go to? </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Joe Brown</div></div>
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