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Car Forum / MINI / June 2004Windscreen wipers not parking correctly (MoT Failure !!)
Hi, My mini has just failed its MoT on the strangest thing.... Does anybody have any idea what could be causing my windscreen wipers to stop, no matter what position, when the control on the steering column is returned to the 'off' position. I have flicked through Haynes and it suggests it could be the limiting switch. Does anybody have any other ideas or experience of this ??? Thanks in advance. Dan Most likely that it is the earth wire to the wiper motor body, it should be quite obvious to see if its corroded, remove it and clean the connections and see if it makes a differance. jono  SignatureBarspeed Mini`s - Devoted to the Classic Mini "Persisto Transverbero Adversum" Email - barspeed@hotmail.com The Rover Mini Se7en Register - http://www.geocities.com/minise7en2001/ Barspeed Mini`s - http://barspeed.topcities.com Barspeed Mini`s Group - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/barspeed Barspeed Motor Album - http://barspeed1.topcities.com If you have received this email in error please click below. barspeed@hotmail.com > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Dan There is a little plastic switch on the motor that allows the parking mechanism to work. The switch is turned on and off by a little cam on the main gear wheel in the motor. The switch fails. It happened to mine but it wasn't picked up on the MOT. I am surprised that yours was as wipers that self park were not introduced until the MkII so should be allowed. I got fed up of parking mine in the correct place by using the main column stalk so I went down to the local scrap yard and got a replacement switch ?3 (it just clips off). Peter www.wannop.co.uk > Most likely that it is the earth wire to the wiper motor body, it should be > quite obvious to see if its corroded, remove it and clean the connections [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.705 / Virus Database: 461 - Release Date: 12/06/2004 Mine havent self parked for about 7 years and I have never had a fail for it yet (1990 H reg)!! > There is a little plastic switch on the motor that allows the parking > mechanism to work. The switch is turned on and off by a little cam on the [quoted text clipped - 49 lines] > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > Version: 6.0.705 / Virus Database: 461 - Release Date: 12/06/2004 >Does anybody have any idea what could be causing my windscreen wipers to >stop, no matter what position, when the control on the steering column is >returned to the 'off' position. I have flicked through Haynes and it >suggests it could be the limiting switch. It depends on the year of the car. Both mk MK1's (1962 and 1964) had non-parking wipers as standard! -- Howard 1966 VW Beetle 1300 Deluxe 1962 Austin Mini Super De-Luxe Website at http://www.howard81.co.uk/ > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Does anybody have any other ideas or experience of this ??? There's a "park switch" in the wiper motor which detects when the wipers are at the right point to stop.If it dies then they just stop dead in their tracks when you turn them off. Obviously over 40 years of production there have been a few different wiper motors, so it's hard to be more specific. Thanks for all the advice, for anyone that is interested it was the park switch contacts which had corroded away. I have tracked one down and should have it sorted very soon... Thanks again Dan > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Dan My wiper blades have done this since I bought the car - I thought it was supposed to be like it!!!! I'll check the park switch tomorrow. > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Dan |
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