Oh yez... The vehicle in question is a 1997 GMC Suburban
>Back in November, I turned on my windshield wipers one morning, they
>didn't come on and I assumed I had something going on with the switch.
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>Chris
xblazinlv - 01 Feb 2006 06:54 GMT
Probably best to post this in the tech group, you'll get more help in
there
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Lawrence Glickman - 01 Feb 2006 07:00 GMT
>Oh yez... The vehicle in question is a 1997 GMC Suburban
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>>Chris
I am faced with a similar problem, but in my case, it seems to be an
intermittent alternator output. Maybe you can trace your wiring with
a voltmeter. Me, I'm at my wit's end, because my circuit diagrams in
my *books* do not match the circuits in my vehicle! Not for
troubleshooting beyond the *replace this fuse* level.
This may not be an option for you, but I just dug out my Amprobe Pasar
Current Tracer, and will detach my car battery, subtituting a 9 volt
pocket battery for the transmitter power source. The transmitter
(fox) puts a pulsed RF signal on the line/wire of interest, and you
trace it with the hound ( receiver ).
This way, instead of going through 1100 wires in 20 different
harnesses, I can follow the RF signal to where it -stops- or becomes
markedly attenuated, and focus my attentions there, working =back=
from the alternator to the ignition switch, through wherever the RF
signal takes me.
I *think* there is an inexpensive version of this device at sears.
Inexpensive as in less than the sales tax I paid for this monster.
Although, over the years I've certainly recovered my cost for the
*thing.*
Get a fox and hound circuit tracer at Sears. My Amprobe kit cost IIRC
near $600 at a specialty house. You can do it for maybe...$50 ?????
Lg
cselby@mts.net - 01 Feb 2006 15:25 GMT
>Oh yez... The vehicle in question is a 1997 GMC Suburban
GM cruise breaks wires (4 wires) at the area where they exit the stalk
and begin the routing inside the steering column. This is a common
problem. It also means removing the wheel to replace (most times but
not always) and to reroute to replacement stalk/wiring.
Pete