[TR] By the Way

[Greg Lemon]

A funny by the way story related to this, but not related to cars, being a
DIY guy I often talked to a friendly electrician in the office building I
worked in about electrical issues in the AC world (home and office).  He
talked about touching the wires to detect hot spots/possible issues.  While
I can see doing this on a car, I really don't think I would want to touch
suspect 120 or 220 volt wiring on purpose to see if anything was wrong.

Zapped way too many times to really want to do it again.

Greg Lemon

On Wed, Apr 10, 2019, 5:52 PM Randall <TR3driver at ca.rr.com> wrote:

> > Turned off the heater, then sat back to think.  Which is when
> > I noticed the blinkers working.  Tried the wipers, they worked too.
>
> So you've got a bad connection or two, somewhere.  Possibly it (or they)
> make contact when cold, but have just a bit of resistance so it gets hot
> under use and either opens up entirely, or goes high enough resistance to
> keep the wipers and/or turn signals from working.
>
> One thing to try is running the wipers in your driveway for awhile, then
> feeling along the wires and especially connections that lead to them.  If
> something is warm to the touch, you've found the problem.  The fuse block
> is
> a likely problem spot, but could be almost anywhere along either the power
> circuit to the wiper motor, or the ground circuit from the motor through
> the
> switch on the instrument panel.
>
> The ground wire to the instrument panel is another likely suspect, just
> because it is common between the wipers and the turn indicator on the
> panel.
> It should run out to the 'E' terminal on the control box, where it joins
> with another wire to the body nearby.
>
> -- Randall
> 56 TR3 TS13571L once and future daily driver
> 71 Stag LE1473 - awaiting engine rebuild
> 71-2-3 Stag - awaiting gearbox rebuild
>
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