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Offline rubjonny

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Re: Rear wiper not working
« Reply #10 on: 19 April 2007, 09:44 »
check my fusebox FAQ in the garage section :)
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Re: Rear wiper not working
« Reply #11 on: 29 April 2007, 20:36 »
I checked the fusebox and everything seem fine. When I push the stalk away from me I can hear the relay clicking with a 7-8 second pause between the clicks utill I push it again.

I Also checked the connection with a mulitimeter(I'm no electrician so I don't know if I did this correctly).
After I disconnected the wiper motor I connected the + side of the multimeter to the plug's green wire and the - side to the black one, got no voltage.
Then I tried to connect the - side to some bare metal on the car and then I got a voltage reading. Didn't check the brown wire, is this the ground wire?

Does this mean that the problem is a grounding issue, if so where should I start looking for the fault?
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Re: Rear wiper not working
« Reply #12 on: 30 April 2007, 00:31 »
Get yourself a circuit tester!.. multimeters can be confuseing, if your not entirely sure what your doing..
A circiut tester consists of a pointed probe with a bulb in it, a legnth of wire and a crocodile clip.. earth the clip, and probe your wiper plug to find a live, remember that you must have the wiper/ignition swithed ON to find your live! also, test your fusebox with this peice of kit
My money is still on that you have a broken wire!
Tom
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Re: Rear wiper not working
« Reply #13 on: 30 April 2007, 02:04 »
Do the wires to my wiper go out from the back of the fusebox?
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Re: Rear wiper not working
« Reply #14 on: 30 April 2007, 14:48 »
yep check out my fusebox FAQ in the garage section :)
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Re: Rear wiper not working
« Reply #15 on: 01 May 2007, 13:28 »
open the boot, and in the top left theres a rubber pipe, pull that backand check the wires aren't broke in there. my rear number plate lights didnt work and that was the reason why.
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Re: Rear wiper not working
« Reply #16 on: 01 May 2007, 19:10 »
I've checked the wires in the rubber pipe and they seem fine, by the way my number plate lights work  :smiley:
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Re: Rear wiper not working
« Reply #17 on: 01 May 2007, 20:35 »
Quote from: MacBain on 01 May 2007, 19:10
I've checked the wires in the rubber pipe and they seem fine, by the way my number plate lights work  :smiley:
obviously, but the rear wipe wire may have split!
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Re: Rear wiper not working
« Reply #18 on: 01 May 2007, 22:37 »
As far as I can see all the wires seems to be fine inside the rubber pipe.
Any other places where the wires are likely to break?
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Re: Rear wiper not working
« Reply #19 on: 01 May 2007, 23:05 »
Have you worked out if you have a live at the plug to the wiper moter yet!
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