Problems with slow wipers


The Mini may be doomed with slow wipers. Here's a bit of advice on how to rid your little precious of that bad WIPERMOWOG deamon...
From: Matthew Turner
To: mini-list@autox.team.net
Subject: slow wipers

There was a thread a week or so ago about slow wipers I think. I had the same problem and found that undoing the nut that secures the flexible drive to the motor and lubricating the inards gives more power to the the wipers.

Also if you have trouble parking the wipers it could be that this same nut is loose.

Minimally Yours
Matty

From: Peter Max
To: mini-list@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: slow wipers

FWIW Another reason for slow wipers can be that there isin't enough current getting through the circuit to drive the motor. This can occur if the dashboard switch used cannot carry sufficiently high current. It happened to me becuase I was using a small light switch. The wipers were very sluggish and often jammed.

The solution is to fit a 12V relay next to the wiper motor so that the switching circuit only has to power the relay and the main juice supply goes directly to the motor.

Cheers, Peter Max

Siililand note

The problem with current are often caused by poor grounding of the circuit, so ensure that the grounding of your circuits functions properly and that it is not moldy or rusty or anything like that.


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