intermitant wiper circut box repair...i did it...it now works!
01-26-2003, 08:00 AM
#1
Safety Car
Thread Starter
intermitant wiper circut box repair...i did it...it now works!
one thing thats a huge pain in the butt is to get caught driving in a light sprinkle and not have intermitant wipers...
reach up...turn them on for a few strokes...turn em off...
then you no sooner get your hand back on the wheel and you have to do it again...and again...and again...
over and over and over again!
i hate to leave my wipers going steady with a light sprinkle as it will scratch the windsheild...
so...i took the circut box that controls it and brought it to my buddys TV repair shop and he checked all of the capacitors etc and they were all good...
however, some of the old solder connections were "broken" from age etc...
he simply heated each one to rejoin them...charged me $5 (actually he said "no charge" but i tipped him $5) and now they work like new!
pretty neat comfort feature to have working... :yesnod:
reach up...turn them on for a few strokes...turn em off...
then you no sooner get your hand back on the wheel and you have to do it again...and again...and again...
over and over and over again!
i hate to leave my wipers going steady with a light sprinkle as it will scratch the windsheild...
so...i took the circut box that controls it and brought it to my buddys TV repair shop and he checked all of the capacitors etc and they were all good...
however, some of the old solder connections were "broken" from age etc...
he simply heated each one to rejoin them...charged me $5 (actually he said "no charge" but i tipped him $5) and now they work like new!
pretty neat comfort feature to have working... :yesnod:
01-26-2003, 08:56 AM
#3
Team Owner
Re: intermitant wiper circut box repair...i did it...it now works! (SIGNGUY)
I know that's how you fix late model wiper motor boxes with circuit board built in to them....but unaware the problem extended to the individual boxes in our consoles.....good fix!!!!
very common on any card subjected to any vibraton or heat/cold cycles....
it's the heavy connector pins, and they look like it has a ring of loose/cracked solder all round the pin on the solder side of the board....may even turn black a bit from arching as the stiuation got worse and worse....''
GENE
very common on any card subjected to any vibraton or heat/cold cycles....
it's the heavy connector pins, and they look like it has a ring of loose/cracked solder all round the pin on the solder side of the board....may even turn black a bit from arching as the stiuation got worse and worse....''
GENE
01-26-2003, 09:32 AM
#4
Safety Car
Thread Starter
Re: intermitant wiper circut box repair...i did it...it now works! (mrvette)
I know that's how you fix late model wiper motor boxes with circuit board built in to them....but unaware the problem extended to the individual boxes in our consoles.....good fix!!!!
very common on any card subjected to any vibraton or heat/cold cycles....
it's the heavy connector pins, and they look like it has a ring of loose/cracked solder all round the pin on the solder side of the board....may even turn black a bit from arching as the stiuation got worse and worse....''
GENE
very common on any card subjected to any vibraton or heat/cold cycles....
it's the heavy connector pins, and they look like it has a ring of loose/cracked solder all round the pin on the solder side of the board....may even turn black a bit from arching as the stiuation got worse and worse....''
GENE
did the same to my low fuel light too!