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[daenesh]

hey guys.. my 1978 mini clubman's wiper and windscreen washer has just died on me.. its been working fine but once in a while it just doesnt work at all and i just sorta wait around in hope that it works again.. ive checked all the fuses and its all fine.. the wiper motor plug is plugged in well and the switch seems to have been working fine all this while.. can anyone please help shed some light on this unusual situation.. thanks

[rally515]

Sounds like its the motor at fault,a strip down & refurb may be in order.

[tiger99]

Probably not the motor, if the washers are also dying, but I would not completely rule out both motors dying, as coincidences do happen. However I would suggest a dirty or corroded fuse, or its connections, or the incoming connection to the switch. The feed from the fuse to the switch is light green-orange. Other things share the earth so if everything else is working, that can probably be ruled out.

[daenesh]

ic ic ..will have to check on the connections after this and see if any of it has corroded.. i suspect the wiper motor connector might be corroded

[L400RAS]

Does the heater blower motor work? If not, all these items are on fuse 3:

Main fuses (four-fuse fuse block - later models)
Fuse connecting Rating (amp) Circuits protected
1 and 2 35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stop lights, reversing lights, direction indicator relay, heated rear window, headlight dim-dip relay. These systems will only operate with the ignition switch at position ll
3 and 4 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Horn, headlight flasher, brake failure circuit, radio memory. These systems operate independently of the ignition switch
5 and 6 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Heater blower motor, windscreen wipers/ washers, instruments. These systems will operate with the ignition switch at position I or ll
7 and 8 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Left-hand side and tail lights, instrument panel lights, headlight dimdip relay

[daenesh]

okay silly me.. turns out fuse 5-6 was blown.. impossible to catch as the fuse looks near perfect..no signs of a blown fuse.. and it wasn't a contact problem either.. so weird.. anyways thanks to all..cheers