[V8] Wiper Diagnosis Help

[Ed Kellock]

I had an issue with the wiper stalk on my Avant.  I could get it to work
properly for short periods of time by spraying electical contact cleaner
directly into the switch right at the base of the stalk.  I used the little
spray tube to make sure to get a good blast in there.  Then I;d worh the
switch through all its positions.  My issue was with the rear wiper
actuation but this did seem to confirm that the switch was working, just
dirty.  I finally removed it and cleaned it more thoroughly and it has been
reliable ever since.  I also discovered that it was slightly cracked, whcih
would allow it to flex more than necessary, but now that its "clean", it
doesn't seem to matter.

Ed
 


-----Original Message-----
From: v8-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of
Ingo Rautenberg
Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 11:32 AM
To: Eric Gambon
Cc: v8 at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [V8] Wiper Diagnosis Help


Err -- wrong switch -- Headlight and Turn Signal on left side and Wiper only
right side on '91-93 V8's -- or Wiper w/ Hazard on '90.  Guess I needed more
coffee this morning...

Ingo

On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 10:33 AM, Ingo Rautenberg <ingo.rautenberg at gmail.com
> wrote:

> Sounds a bit like mine. My bet is it's the contacts in the stalk at 
> the steering column are bad/intermittent and the solution will be to 
> replace assembly (which includes headlight switch).
>
> -Ingo
> On Jan 28, 2011 9:59 AM, "Eric Gambon" <eric.gambon at gmail.com> wrote:
>
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