Bronco73
Bronco Guru
I installed my 87 delay wiper set up today. I tested it and it works great. I have not tried the washer pump yet because I don't have one but I did swap the black wire with a white stripe over to the empty slot.
After testing it I had left the key on, well I forgot to shut it off. While trying to work the switch up under the dash and in place I heard a sparking sound so I pulled the switch back down and then saw a little it of smoke. The ground wire felt hot.
I found a silver thing that looks like it was for a bulb or something that has two wires going to it. One wire is red with an orange stripe and the second wire is purple. I moved this thing out of the way and no more smoke or sparking noise when I installed the wiper switch. The wipers still work great after I installed them.
My question is did I hear sparking because the switch needs to be grounded or is this silver thing hot causing my problems? I circled what I think is the silver piece I am refering to in this picture.
I did not get a chance to check to see if the silver thing is hot or not. It sarted pouring rain and I did not feel like working inside a half cab with the doors closed. I've searched for schematics but I can not find what I'm looking for and some of them the print is to small to read.
After testing it I had left the key on, well I forgot to shut it off. While trying to work the switch up under the dash and in place I heard a sparking sound so I pulled the switch back down and then saw a little it of smoke. The ground wire felt hot.
I found a silver thing that looks like it was for a bulb or something that has two wires going to it. One wire is red with an orange stripe and the second wire is purple. I moved this thing out of the way and no more smoke or sparking noise when I installed the wiper switch. The wipers still work great after I installed them.
My question is did I hear sparking because the switch needs to be grounded or is this silver thing hot causing my problems? I circled what I think is the silver piece I am refering to in this picture.
I did not get a chance to check to see if the silver thing is hot or not. It sarted pouring rain and I did not feel like working inside a half cab with the doors closed. I've searched for schematics but I can not find what I'm looking for and some of them the print is to small to read.
