Windscreen Washer and Wiper Problems

[jims-terrano]

OK I've had this problem for sometime now and kind of lived with the wipers and fitted a 5 quid special washer pump for the front screen but the pump is pretty rubbish.

So the intermittent wipe is very intermeittent, it doesn't allways work just when it feels like it. This seemed to happen after I did some welding on the NS quite close by the relay box and yes the battery earth was disconnected.

The washers packed in, has it got one or two pumps? tried applying a fused supply straight to pump but it blew the fuse. Also tried metering out the supply wires down under the battery where the cables go into the inner wing area.

My question is am I better off replacing the switch, the relay box and the pump/pumps/washer tank. Our mate CNC is having a look to see what he has.

The washer tank is located under the drivers side wing and I gave up trying to remove up a while ago. The bolts stuck throught the inner wing just turn

The relay is located on the bulk head at the passenger side.

 

[briggie]

sounds a bit like a wiring / earth problem jim , as for the washer jets , mine often get clogged up with gunge , yes i know its a different truck to yours , but its an idea ,i get sheila to stick a pin in the jets :augie

isnt there a timer sort of thing that you can adjust the rate of intermittent ?

 

[jims-terrano]

Nah not blocked as the original pump is dead not a squeak.

The problems appeared seperately so doubt it's an earth problem plus I've given the pump it's own feed of pos n neg.

 

[glanrichbex]

Is there anything else that doesn't work? - check fuses

The supply at the stalk may be intermittent. The washer motors get their supply from the stalk also - maybe you could borrow a stalk from a scrappy just to try it out.