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<x-charset iso-8859-1>Thanks Russ, I had assumed it was something along these lines, but didn't know the details. It is probably corrosion around the wiper shafts that is holding the motor. I told you it was a Bright Idea to turn the switch ;~) Regards, Daniel Baum > On Friday 23 November 2001 04:39, Daniel Baum wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Today I had a Bright Idea. I thought, "Let's turn on the wiper switch and > > see what happens". > > > > So here's what happened. I believe I heard a little "clunk" from the wiper > > motor, and then a fuse blew. This didn't surprise me. What did surprise me > > a bit was that next time I tried switching the ignition on, the fuse blew > > again, even though the wiper switch was turned off. > > > > After blowing a few more fuses (I keep a stock of them) I disconnected the > > wiper motor from the fuse box and all was well again. > > > > OK, so what have I done? Is it time to start looking for a new wiper motor? > > Or is it the switch? How can I tell which one is the problem? There is > > plenty more wiring to be done in the car, so I cannot discount the > > possibility that it is the wiring, except that up to now everything was OK > > even with the wiper motor connected to the fuse box. > > > It sounds like the wiper motor started to move and then stalled. When it came > off the "parked" position, it closed the circuit that returns it to "park". > This circuit has power all the time the key is on, until the motor gets back > to the park position, even with the wiper switch off. > Us people that live in the snow belt here in the USA have this problem when > the wiper get frozen down to the windshield. I don't think ice is your > problem. > I would start looking at the linkage going from the motor to the wiper > shafts. Something is in a bind, or caught on something. > BE CAREFUL. I have seen a wiper motor take the end off a persons finger when > it came free and started running. > > -- > Russ Wolfe > '71 Fastback AT > '66 Fastback MT (IT RUNS) > russw@classicvw.org > http://www.classicvw.org > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/ > </x-charset>