[FC] electrical issues

[J R Read]

Tim,  Mine is a '61 Standard - 1 speed wipers.  I'll take a look at the 
setup (whatever I can see) in a day or two and report back.  Perhaps you 
will get a better answer before that.

Later, JR


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <wern3 at juno.com>
To: <corvanatics at corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 8:46 PM
Subject: [FC] electrical issues


> Having problems with electrical components on my '61 Rampy. She has the 
> single -- speed wipers with no washer assy.  I noted that the dome light 
> and the  wipers both stopped working at the same time. Looking at the fuse 
> block I did not see anything amissI disconnected the battery and looked 
> under the dash. There is a two gang flat plug that clips onto the wiper. 
> The right - side wire is red and looked fine,  the other wire was bare 
> copper. I looked closer and saw that the insulation was melted off, so I 
> could not tell what color insulation was supposed to cover it. Unwrapping 
> the tape over the thick wire  bundle I traced the bare wire back toward 
> the wiper switch as far as I could from under the dash. I removed the 
> instrument cluster, and noted that the two prong plug coming from the 
> switch had a heavy  brown wire and a smaller gauge tan wire.  At this 
> point I was called away to lawn work by my "vice president" and so made no 
> more progress. When I get back to it, I hope to re
> place the damaged wiring and then remove the wiper motor and bench - test 
> its' circuitry. I do not see any rodent damage to any wires, and so far 
> suspect that the motor is fried somehow.  I am looking through the assy 
> manual for a wiring diagram but the diagram in my book only shows the more 
> complex wiper/ washer type wiring. I will assume that the damaged wiper 
> wiring is compromising my dome - light connection at the same time. I have 
> not yet traced the dome light wires.Thx for any help or direction of to 
> where to look in the manual.Tim Werner
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