Hi all,

was wiring this evening, and got the wipers to work (standard Lucus motor), but slow was fast and fast was slow - so switched the wires round, unfortunately switched round the wrong wires, so had the 'fast' wire onto the 'park' terminal - switched the ignition on, there was a click and the now the thing won't work at all.....

Have I killed it? (fuse is OK) Any suggestions for resuscitation? My thought is the microswitch has been killed... bit disappointed that just switching the wires round wrong has knackered it!

Chris

[Edited on 28/10/06 by chrsgrain]

Abit obvious but what happens when you put them back, I would have thought ther would have been the blinding flash and funny smell if you had f**ked it

Yep - all back how it should be - but nowt....

It'll be a pig of a job to get the motor out again as well..

Chris

Double check the fuse, or just change it anyway.
Steve.

Steve, you are a wise man - I'd labelled the fuses wrong! The one labelled heater had blown and a quick switch and all is well in wiper land!

I'll go and feel stupid now shall I! Thanks....

Chris

Great stuff,Glad to help.
Steve,

I doubt you an kill the motor - it has to be the fuse. the park feature is mysterious in that is supplies power to the switch thatthen goes to the motor until the motors parks. I had fun with blowing fuses when I wired it up wrong in my land rovers - debugged it eventually by using bits of wire from mains cable as a few until I could get my brain around the mysterious wirings.