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MrAndersonGCC 11-06-2021 07:53 PM

Wiper Plug
 
1983 XJS. Trying to diagnose my wipers and want to test the motor. To which one of these holes in the plug should I send 12V to test? Second picture below: is one of these the wiper delay relay? Thanks
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.jag...306e347a51.jpg
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.jag...52762f0588.jpg

Greg in France 11-07-2021 12:50 AM

The wiper relay is below the dash, inside the car.

MrAndersonGCC 11-07-2021 12:51 AM


Originally Posted by Greg in France (Post 2461992)
The wiper relay is below the dash, inside the car.

drivers side or passenger? Any idea what it would look like on an 83?

BenKenobi 11-07-2021 09:29 AM

Passenger side behind glove box is what I understand, I believe it is blue in colour.

I haven't yet worked out the pins fully but several of them are +12V - at least 3 of them my guess would be the large pins - these are Park (Red), Fast (Yellow), Run (Green) and Normal (Blue), the ground is white, I'm not entirely sure what the 'run' pin is for. There are two pins that I don't think do anything.

andegra 11-07-2021 10:58 AM

Wiper circuit
 
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Attached a schematic that might hjelp younout.

MrAndersonGCC 11-07-2021 04:51 PM


Originally Posted by andegra (Post 2462136)
Attached a schematic that might hjelp younout.

Thanks! The schematic describes having the ignition switched “on” - is this saying the engine must be running for the wipers to work?

garethashenden 11-07-2021 05:19 PM


Originally Posted by MrAndersonGCC (Post 2462260)
Thanks! The schematic describes having the ignition switched “on” - is this saying the engine must be running for the wipers to work?

Effectively, yes. When you turn the car off the wipers stop where they are. The engine doesn't need to be running to test it though, just turn the key to position 2 without starting the engine.

MrAndersonGCC 11-08-2021 09:04 PM

Interesting update
 
Much to my pleasure, I was surprised to see that my 83 has an Electrolux assembly.

Even better: I was able to make it turn by routing 12v directly into the plug (albeit after manually moving the arms a bit, which may have loosened things up).

Here’s my question: based on this video I took of the motor turning in slow mode, is it worth me cracking this open to regrease? Thanks

MrAndersonGCC 11-08-2021 09:42 PM

Testing relay continuity
 
See other video below. My understanding is that there should be no continuity between plugs 1 & 4 unless power is routed to plug 3 (2 being ground).

My multimeter beeps like there’s continuity between 1 & 4, it starts reading at about 0.5 ohms but quickly drops to 0.0. Is this proper behavior or a bad relay?

If the relay is good that only leaves the wiper stalk.

https://youtube.com/shorts/d0UJvScksNE?feature=share

MrAndersonGCC 11-08-2021 09:48 PM

Sorry for a third post, but for easy reference I’m basing my relay test on this:


https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.jag...1da0a706f.jpeg


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