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Subject:Re: Wipers suddenly not working, trip tomorrow
From:Mike South <msouth@GMAIL.COM>
Date:Sat, 1 Jun 2013 22:00:08 -0500

Thanks Skip!

I ended up finding the Bentley the next time I was looking for something
else in the garage.  Not before I used your scans to good effect.  Thanks
so much for that.

mike

On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 7:44 PM, George Laubach <skiplaubach@comcast.net>wrote:

> Mike, let me know if you need me to scan and email any Bentley pages. Just
> give me a call.
>
> (note to team:  Mike graciously sent me two 1.9s (and accessories) - well
> his wife made him make room in the garage...when he did his Bostig and auto
> to manual conversions. I ended up using one of his engines in my 1.9 to 2.2
> conversion.)
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Jun 1, 2013, at 7:33 PM, Mike South <msouth@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 4:12 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
> wrote:
> >
> >> At 03:46 PM 6/1/2013, Mike South wrote:
> >>
> >>> hit me with everything you would do to check why wipers would not be
> >>> working.  They were working a few days ago.
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> Page 97.66
> >>
> >>
> >> Wipers have worked since the dash went back on, yes?
> >>
> >
> > Yes--at least I'm 90% sure that they did.
> >
> >
> >>
> >> Do the heater blower and rear defrost work?
> >
> >
> > Nope.  Heater blower does not work, and I am sure I tested that after the
> > dash was on because I used the switch on the outside of the dash to do
> it.
> >
> >
> >> If so, the load reduction relay and its drive from the X terminal of the
> >> ignition switch is good.
> >>
> >
> > I pre-emptively replaced the ignition switch with a new one when I was
> > putting the dash back on.  I know that new does not equal good, and also
> > that you should suspect the part you put on last, first.  How can I test
> if
> > power is coming off that terminal?
> >
> > Also where is that load reduction relay, and how would I check it?
> >
> >
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> Does washer pump work?  If so then you've eliminated fuse S10 as a
> problem.
> >>
> >
> > If S10 is the tenth fuse starting from the driver's door, the fuse looks
> > ok.  However, with the key on, there is no power on either end of the
> fuse.
> >
> >
> >>
> >> Is the wiper switch connector plugged in all the way on the column?
> >>
> >
> > Which one is that?  I did find one that was not all the way in.  I
> plugged
> > that one (the square-cross-sectioned black one on the driver's side) all
> > the way in and it made no difference.
> >
> > Thanks for all your suggestions.
> >
> > mike
> >
> >
> >>
> >> Yours,
> >> David
> >>
> >>
> >>
>

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