wiper motor won't shut off

[merlin3]

on my 1972 c10 2wd i installed a new complete wire harness,new wiper motor and wiper switch now with the key on the wiper motor won't shut off i tried switching it on or off and that made no difference the only thing i did different was the new wiper motor came with a ground strap attached to it,i cut the large eyelet off,put a smaller one on and grounded it to firewall.thanks for the help.

[Greasey Harley]

There are two hot wires going to your wiper motor. One is supplied from the wiper switch, the other is direct from ignition, and runs to the "reset "side of the wiper; this makes your wipers "reset" to the bottom of the windshield when you turn off the switch.

Any chance those wires got switched?

[LockDoc]

Originally Posted by merlin3

on my 1972 c10 2wd i installed a new complete wire harness,new wiper motor and wiper switch now with the key on the wiper motor won't shut off i tried switching it on or off and that made no difference the only thing i did different was the new wiper motor came with a ground strap attached to it,i cut the large eyelet off,put a smaller one on and grounded it to firewall.thanks for the help.

Read this thread and see if it helps.....

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=413551

Originally Posted by Greasey Harley

There are two hot wires going to your wiper motor. One is supplied from the wiper switch, the other is direct from ignition, and runs to the "reset "side of the wiper; this makes your wipers "reset" to the bottom of the windshield when you turn off the switch.

Any chance those wires got switched?

The wiper motors on the '67-'72 trucks only have one hot wire. It connects to the #2 terminal on the wiper motor.

LockDoc

[Greasey Harley]

Originally Posted by LockDoc

Read this thread and see if it helps.....

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=413551



The wiper motors on the '67-'72 trucks only have one hot wire. It connects to the #2 terminal on the wiper motor.

LockDoc

Actually, if you read the first paragraph in that link you provided. You will see that there are, in fact, 2 hot wired supplied to the wiper motor. One comes from the wiper switch, and the other from the ignition.

[merlin3]

thanks i had taken the loose black wire coming from the wiper motor plug and thought it was a ground so i grounded it ,i should have put it on the third terminal on motor.now it shuts off but won't park at lower part of windshield.

[Greasey Harley]

Originally Posted by merlin3

thanks i had taken the loose black wire coming from the wiper motor plug and thought it was a ground so i grounded it ,i should have put it on the third terminal on motor.now it shuts off but won't park at lower part of windshield.

PARK!!! That's the word I was looking for, not "reset", thanks.