Thread: Meller's "Last" Hoorah - '62 Fairlane

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OK Jerry and Rrumbler, I pulled the wipers off that had been on there since it left ?Dearborn? in '62 and surprisingly enuff, I didn't break anything in the process. Then I took some masking tape and wrapped around the splined units that the blades slip onto and kinda made a little mini-wiper so I could see what was happening when I threw the juice to them. Disconnected the wiper motor from the switch at the 2 connection plug and then took a test wire and connected one end to a hot lead with the ignition on and then touched the other to one connection coming from the motor and then the other - - - it did exactly what I wanted it to and it verified that the run wire and park wire were properly identified. WOO HOO

I either need to change some leads around on the switch and see if I can get it to work properly or get a new switch which I'm not opposed to at all but the old one is kinda nostalgic looking. In the morning I will switch the run and park wires to opposite terminals and see what happens. Do you think there would be a terminal on the back of the switch that could cause damage to the motor if supplied with power? ???wonder what the possibility is that the switch doesn't have a park terminal - - - hell, it's got about 8 I think?

Originally Posted by MelloYello

Do you think there would be a terminal on the back of the switch that could cause damage to the motor if supplied with power? ???wonder what the possibility is that the switch doesn't have a park terminal - - - hell, it's got about 8 I think?

The switch is simply that, a switch that directs power so there's not much way the switch can damage your motor. Do you have a Volt/Ohm Meter? A few minutes with a VOM and you can map out exactly what that switch is doing, and how to hook it up to make your motor work right.

YES, I do have a meter but I 'ONLY" use it for two things 1.presence of voltage and 2. continuity and Rrumbler had to tell me which setting to use to check those. I am electrically illiterate and have always been so I don't even try to understand it - - - probably because I've always been scared of it and of burning things up because of a possible screw up - - - now you know the rest of the story.