Annoying wiper fault!

[mole42]

I spent 4 hours on Monday morning driving from Bristol to York in the rain.

The wipers decided to take their opportunity to act daft - they wouldn't switch off unless I switched off the ignition. Once the ignition had been turned off the wipers remained parked until I switched them on again, then they wouldn't switch off.

My first thought was the park switch sticking, but it's a repeatable fault and if it was just the park switch they would start up again as soon as the ignition a was on again.

An ideas? I have to drive back tomorrow - I'm hoping for good weather but you never know!

[Staggard]

I would still go for the park switch, that's all that breaks the circuit to stop the motor. I have come across this in the past and got over it by adjusting it. Graham Or thinking about it if you have a faulty wiper delay that's giving you a constant feed to the motor, disconnecting it give you the answer.

[stagwingnut]

I do believe these are unavailable , I stand to be corrected on this ,hopefully I am cos I want one myself !!! Regards Graham

[mole42]

I don't have a wiper delay, just the usual two-speed motor. I suppose I'll have to put up with it until I get home and then take the wiper motor apart!

[Staggard]

I do believe these are unavailable , I stand to be corrected on this ,hopefully I am cos I want one myself !!! Regards Graham

They are for the 16W.

[Staggard]

I don't have a wiper delay, just the usual two-speed motor. I suppose I'll have to put up with it until I get home and then take the wiper motor apart!

OK I though they all had a wiper delay my 72 had one.

[malc4d]

Maybe he hasn't learnt to pull the switch towards him for the wiper delay feature....

[1959terry]

I have never heard of wiper delay. Can someone please explain?

[malc4d]

As above .. . . .pull the switch up towards you. It should be a 3 position switch . . down 1 is slows speed down 2 is fast speed and pull (like headlight flash) is delay speed. Simples.

Thanks for tip on Ezybleed. But dont have a spare cap...

[jleyton]

As above .. . . .pull the switch up towards you. It should be a 3 position switch . . down 1 is slows speed down 2 is fast speed and pull (like headlight flash) is delay speed. Simples..

Yep, many people aren't aware of it. My car was being MOT'd once and the guy doing it said 'your wipers don't work properly' - had to point out that he had the stalk in the intermittent (or delay) position.

The intermittent (delay) function is only on Mk2 cars.

Cheers

Julian

Ps I did find someone who supplied the parking switch but they cost a fortune

[mole42]

Interesting! My steering column switch clicks into the 'pull' position but it just works the wipers at the usual, slower, speed. Not a wiper delay. I assumed it was a faulty switch and that the pull position should have been momentary so you could flick a single wipe.
My car is 1972 build and has no night dimming relay, no hazard lights switch and no fog position on the light switch so I have no idea what features it's supposed to have!!

[DJT]

Interesting! My steering column switch clicks into the 'pull' position but it just works the wipers at the usual, slower, speed. Not a wiper delay. I assumed it was a faulty switch and that the pull position should have been momentary so you could flick a single wipe.
My car is 1972 build and has no night dimming relay, no hazard lights switch and no fog position on the light switch so I have no idea what features it's supposed to have!!

Sounds like a BITSA car Night dimming relay wasn't omitted until at least LD30001. Light master switch was changed earlier, as was the 'flick wipe' feature (LD20001). To be fair, the night dimming relay could easily (and sensibly) have been removed by a PO.

[Pete]

I thought the wiper delay was the difference in time between switching them on and working. A bit like the delay in the tacho as explained in another thread.

[milothedog]

I thought the wiper delay was the difference in time between switching them on and working. A bit like the delay in the tacho as explained in another thread.

It like the intermittent wipe on a modern but not adjustable for duration..

[malc4d]

Mole, mine did that for a while until I cleaned the switch and relay contacts.