Windshield Wipers

[fatjoe36]

Rcently my W/S wipers went out on me. How the heck do i get to the W/S wiper motor? Any help would be great, Thanks!

 

[aqua_wonder]

Wiper motor is between the radio and glove box up under the dash. Did you check the wiper switch for power?

 

[Broncobill78]

No, you don't need to pull the whole dash, just the radio. You'll see the wiper motor mounted to a bracket just to the right of the steering column support. What exactly is it doing ? The motors are pretty robust (but, yeah 30yrs is old for an electric motor) and more often then not the problem is with the in-dash switch & not the motor (unless you turned them on while they were frozen in place in which case you have problems with the piviot arm assembly. I've done *that* more than a couple of times). The factory manual has a pretty extensive chapter on them w/a lot of troubleshooting & diagnostics. I can scan some of it in for you if it's something more complicated than just a bad switch, motor, or linkage issues.

 

[aqua_wonder]

"No, you don't need to pull the whole dash, just the radio. "

Never said to pull the entire dash.

 

[Broncobill78]

"No, you don't need to pull the whole dash, just the radio. "
Never said to pull the entire dash.

I know you didn't. FatJoe sent me a PM asking me if he had to pull his entire dash in order to get to the motor. Instead of keeping the info private I decided to respond to him here. If I were responding to something you'd said I would have quoted you, as it was my post simply came in after & under yours, doesn't mean it had anything to do with what you'd said. My post was in no way a response to anything you had to say.

 

[aqua_wonder]

I know you didn't. FatJoe sent me a PM asking me if he had to pull his entire dash in order to get to the motor. Instead of keeping the info private I decided to respond to him here. If I were responding to something you'd said I would have quoted you, as it was my post simply came in after & under yours, doesn't mean it had anything to do with what you'd said. My post was in no way a response to anything you had to say.

Sorry my mistake.

 

[fatjoe36]

No, you don't need to pull the whole dash, just the radio. You'll see the wiper motor mounted to a bracket just to the right of the steering column support. What exactly is it doing ? The motors are pretty robust (but, yeah 30yrs is old for an electric motor) and more often then not the problem is with the in-dash switch & not the motor (unless you turned them on while they were frozen in place in which case you have problems with the piviot arm assembly. I've done *that* more than a couple of times). The factory manual has a pretty extensive chapter on them w/a lot of troubleshooting & diagnostics. I can scan some of it in for you if it's something more complicated than just a bad switch, motor, or linkage issues.

I appreciate all the help you guys have given me. Turns out that the 'Blow and Go' module (consequences for breakin' the law) that was mounted by Circuit City was in the way of the wiper arms under the dash. They took care of it yesterday... lucky for them them the motor wasn't burnt up...

One other question i have... before i knew what the problem was i was trying to get to the switch to check it out but couldn't get the **** for the head lights to pull out in order to get behind the the plastic... what's the trick for that?

 

[Broncobill78]

you use a small flatblade to depress the lock when removing the handle. Glad someone figure it out in the end.