[Vwdiesel] VW truck - washer fluid pump/wiring issue

[lbaird119 at aol.com]

  For a common switch (relatively anyway) to affect both conrolled devices, The most likely thing would be a bad ground.  I'd have to look at a wiring diagram to see if they have a common ground and just where it is but then you said the voltage drops...  I was presuming you were testing across the two plugs.  If you were then still likely.  If you were testing the hot lead to the battery then it's the hot line somewhere.  Give me the year and such again if you want and I'll look at a diagram and see where it might be.
  Anything other than the washer and wipers?
   Loren



-----Original Message-----
From: Travis . <tgott at hotmail.com>
To: vwdiesel <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Wed, Aug 7, 2013 3:21 pm
Subject: [Vwdiesel] VW truck - washer fluid pump/wiring issue


I swapped my window wash fluid tank as the other was leaking. I had at one point 
ut a new pump in the one that was leaking but I couldn't get the pump out of 
he non-leaking one so I just left it in. The tank doesn't leak and the pump 
orks if I hook it straight to the battery. I had my wife holding the lever in 
he cab and there is 12 volts at the wiring leading into the pump. But once I 
ut any load onto that wire the voltage drops to basically nothing. The wipers 
lso only wipe a couple times and stop when the power wire has a load vs the 
ipers not stopping if there isn't load on the power wire for the pump. Fuzes 
hecked out good. Been a while since I used the truck and even longer for the 
indow wash tank since it leaked out so I don't know what happened. 
I did get the spare tire holder fixed. The nut that is fixed to the frame wasn't 
nymore so I tack welded it to the frame (nice to finally have a welder) so now 
he tire is where it should be. I also put the exhaust hangers with chain molded 
n them. The old ones were all broken apart and I had wired them up. Down to the 
asher pump, a few gauges I want to add and the visor. 
ravis 
		 	   		  
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