Wiring Success except Wiper Wiring - Please

[John J Phillips]

With many thanks to Jeff Kleiner and Paul (Edward b), I finally powered up the electrical and to my amazement discovered that everything worked. Headlights, turn signals, hazards, brakes, dimmer, gauges, Wow, what a surprise. I went home and had a tall cool one. Yesterday, I went back out and tried to figure out the wiper wiring. The wiper installation instructions have a very clear wiring diagram and the Lucas switch is very easy. Unfortunately, the wires in the wiper motor do not match the diagram.

The diagram shows 5 electrical posts for the wiper motor, black-ground, brown-high speed, green-low speed, yellow-park function, white-switch. What I have is a motor with 3 wires, red, green, yellow. The green wire is located where the diagram says the ground should be. Any thoughts would be most appreciated.

john

[ThickCobra]

With many thanks to Jeff Kleiner and Paul (Edward b), I finally powered up the electrical and to my amazement discovered that everything worked. Headlights, turn signals, hazards, brakes, dimmer, gauges, Wow, what a surprise. I went home and had a tall cool one. Yesterday, I went back out and tried to figure out the wiper wiring. The wiper installation instructions have a very clear wiring diagram and the Lucas switch is very easy. Unfortunately, the wires in the wiper motor do not match the diagram.

The diagram shows 5 electrical posts for the wiper motor, black-ground, brown-high speed, green-low speed, yellow-park function, white-switch. What I have is a motor with 3 wires, red, green, yellow. The green wire is located where the diagram says the ground should be. Any thoughts would be most appreciated.

john

Congrats. I'm certain it's a great feeling when everything works. I still have no headlights but I'm hoping my new switch, due to arrive tomorrow, will solve my problem.

[AC Bill]

There is a connector plug you can purchase, that will allow you to wire up your wiper so you have an auto park function, but don't ask me how..might need a different switch than the one FFR supplies..

I used a simple on-off-on toggle..One on, is for wiper hi-speed, other on, is for low speed. I time the wiper sweep, and shut it off when the wipers are down. Simple. :)

[ThickCobra]

I purchased my electrical plug from Finish Line. They list the item number as "Wiper Electrical Plug".