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Wipers won't return 140-160 1969

posted by  bmessina on  Tue Nov 1 12:41 CST 2016
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Hi!

'69 145. The wipers worked fine for a while after I got it, but now they won't return to their starting position. Ever.

I turn them on, they come up, and stop. Pointing straight up. Turn them off, nothing happens, they don't return. I have to manually put them back to start. Turning them on does nothing, regardless of the setting (fast/slow).

So they work, if I just want a half pass and am ok with them being right in front of my face while driving.

Next step was to check the voltage at the motor, but wanted to see if there was something... easy... to do first. I do have an extra set of wipers or two.

Ben








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    SOLVED: Wipers won't return 140-160 1969

    posted by  bmessina on  Sat Nov 5 09:11 CST 2016
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    Simple enough. I got under the dash this morning, turned the ignition on, and turned on the wipers. They went up and stopped as usual. Then I started jiggling wires. First at the switch, no change. Then at the motor, and they moved! Checked all the wires, turned out the ground off the motor was almost broken at the connector, it came away with little coaxing. Slapped a new connector on and I'm good to go, everything works as normal.








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    Wipers won't return 140-160 1969

    uid 27's pic
    posted by  Art Benstein on  Tue Nov 1 12:48 CST 2016
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    Hi Ben,

    The wiper parking circuit is one I mention as having come over with Columbus or words to that effect in here. See if this still applies to your '69 vintage Volvo as I suspect. The parking depends on a contact which takes the motor to ground at the point where it should park, acting as a brake. The ground is a frequent location of failure in the 240 application:

    Notes on 240 Volvo Windscreen Wipers
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    Art Benstein near Baltimore

    Expert: An "ex" is a has-been and a "spurt" is a little drip under pressure.







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