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posted on February 16th, 2010 at 09:13 PM
bad smell and no wiper?
howdy all
heading to town started raining turned the wipers on all good for say 20mins then stoped and a bad smell, like burning smell. Its a 6volt job but has
been voltage droped by an auoto elect buis here. im thinking the motor burnt out any thoughts? oh the weird thing didnt blow a fuse
cheers deon
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posted on February 17th, 2010 at 06:10 AM
Yes sounds like a burned out wiper motor.
Are your VW's electrics now 12V, and you used a 6V wiper motor with a voltage inverter? It's possible that this was done wrongly or badly, and
excess voltage has burned out the motor. Or the old motor could have been on the way out anyway.
It won't have blown a fuse, as fuses are blown by excess current (Amps) not potential difference (Volts).
Another 6V wiper motor from a VW wrecker and away you go. It's possible to install a 1968+ 12V 2-speed motor on your 6-volt linkages but it takes a
bit of fiddling and some of the bushes are different in size. And you'll need a 2-speed switch. I did all that on my '64 years ago, but I later
found I never needed the second speed anyway.
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posted on February 18th, 2010 at 06:07 PM
would this solve my prob, after putting back up to 12v ?
