I've spent the last several months installing the painless wiring harness part 10114 and it's been pretty smooth. WRT the wipers thought, the instructions don't match my setup. I have the Synchronized Electric Windshield Wiper Kit Item #: 5298 from WH but I couldn't stand the plastic rectangular switch. It seemed glitchy at best. So I ordered COMPLETE WIPER SWITCH KIT Item #: 6320 for a 73-77 and the switch control marries up to the painless switch correctly. The painless switch is advertised as a 7 pin switch. This is what the manual says:
Wiper switch connections, for those with electric wipers, are made using the 7 wires tagged “WIPER SWICTH”. These wires are as followed:
o Orange/White- Switched Power Input for the Wiper Motor
o White/Black*- Switched Power Input for the Washer Motor
o Green*- #983 WASHER MOTOR B+
o Blue- #977 WIPER MOTOR HIGH
o White- #979 WIPER MOTOR LOW
o Black- #981 WIPER MOTOR PARK
o Red- #982 WIPER MOTOR LOW (WASH)
The Washer motor wiring is perfect. I have 4 wires going to the wiper motors - ground, then park, low, and high. I have the wipers temporarily connected and they work. So that's a win, but the instruction manual's description is throwing me for a loop. Everything is great up to the Black wire. On my harness the black wire is a dead wire. It has no current no matter what the wipers are doing. Additionally the Red wire is always hot. By process of elimination and trial and error I realized that the red wire is actually the park wire. And with the addition of several 5A diodes on each of the wires going to the motor (other than the grounds), I've also avoided the self-park feedback loop. So the question is - WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH THE BLACK WIRE? I've had it connected to the low speed wire and it didn't have any negative effect. I've also had it disconnected and it didn't have any effect. If I hook it to the park circuit, the wipers run on their own. The wiring schematic that @Jdgephar made actually leaves that connector blank. I wonder if the control switch I have is different enough from the painless switch that the function is totally different or maybe painless has another error in their instructions. I've found a couple others as well. Anyway, that's the question.
Wiper switch connections, for those with electric wipers, are made using the 7 wires tagged “WIPER SWICTH”. These wires are as followed:
o Orange/White- Switched Power Input for the Wiper Motor
o White/Black*- Switched Power Input for the Washer Motor
o Green*- #983 WASHER MOTOR B+
o Blue- #977 WIPER MOTOR HIGH
o White- #979 WIPER MOTOR LOW
o Black- #981 WIPER MOTOR PARK
o Red- #982 WIPER MOTOR LOW (WASH)
The Washer motor wiring is perfect. I have 4 wires going to the wiper motors - ground, then park, low, and high. I have the wipers temporarily connected and they work. So that's a win, but the instruction manual's description is throwing me for a loop. Everything is great up to the Black wire. On my harness the black wire is a dead wire. It has no current no matter what the wipers are doing. Additionally the Red wire is always hot. By process of elimination and trial and error I realized that the red wire is actually the park wire. And with the addition of several 5A diodes on each of the wires going to the motor (other than the grounds), I've also avoided the self-park feedback loop. So the question is - WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH THE BLACK WIRE? I've had it connected to the low speed wire and it didn't have any negative effect. I've also had it disconnected and it didn't have any effect. If I hook it to the park circuit, the wipers run on their own. The wiring schematic that @Jdgephar made actually leaves that connector blank. I wonder if the control switch I have is different enough from the painless switch that the function is totally different or maybe painless has another error in their instructions. I've found a couple others as well. Anyway, that's the question.
