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On Tue, 2005-10-04 at 08:28, Jim Adney wrote: > On 4 Oct 2005 at 7:10, Smith, Ethan Nicholas wrote: > > > The charging system on my car is all new, generator and regulator. I can > > run everything else all at the same time and the light won't come on. I > > can run the wiper motor alone and the light comes on. I have checked the > > connections already. I even bypassed the switch to try and rule it out. > > It still went real slow. > > Disassemble and lubricate the shafts/bushings where they come thru the body. > Unfortunately, to get to these parts, you have to take a lot of things out > first. You'll have to remove the radio and the fresh air box before you can > get to, and remove the wiper motor and frame as a unit. > > This may seem alike a royal pain, but there's some advantage to it in that it > allows you to reach up into the air vent plenum from below and clean out all > the leaves that have collected there. > > Once the wiper frame is out, you can take it apart and remove the shafts from > the bushings. Clean everything up, and pack the space in there with a good moly- > loaded grease. This is a long term cure and should last you for the life of the > car. Just a reminder to the list. Any time you are working on your wiper motor, disconnect the battery. A wiper motor has a lot of torque, and I have seen a mechanic lose a finger to one. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~