Hi All,
I wonder if anybody can throw some light on a problem I've got. A while back I was looking near the wiper motor and made the mistake of disturbing the plug/park switch. The park stopped working.
I bought a new park switch from WP via ebay, still no park, the cable looked a bit ropey, so soldered a new plug on, still no park. There is a good ignition 12V getting to the switch. I assumed it was a faulty replacement switch, so while up at mum's I got a replacement Lucas branded one from Huddersfield Spares Counter (who pulled my pants down). I fitted this and now the Wipers do stop briefly at the correct position, but overshoots and then start again, as if the plunger thing on the switch isn't quite long enough, or the cam on the back of the wiper motor is too far away from the park switch. The park switch is fitted snugly in the wiper motor housing too.
I'm assuming the electrical side of it must be right due to the brief stopping. is there any way of adjusting the position of the gear wheel or tightening the whole mechanism up so it doesn't overshoot, or have I just bought 2 duff switches?
I can't see anything in the Haynes about adjusting the position of the gearwheel to bring it closer to the switch,
Finally, the MOT is in 10 days, if I put the old park switch back on (when they don't self park), will it pass the MOT?
I'd buy a new motor but then you've got to mess around changing the gear as well, which going by the picture on Minispares doesn't have the cam thing fitted unless I just can't tell from the picture.
Cheers,
Chris.