zeaphod
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What with all the recent rain/snow, the recent loss of my single wipe and then slow speed became an issue. Working fine on the fast speed, so I reasoned that the motor must be OK. Wrestled off the steering column covers, expecting to see a bit of dirt/corrosion - looked OK. Despite the meter showing the switch as OK I thought - "Must be further into the switch". The three little screws holding it to the steering column bracket were bigger than 6mm, smaller than 7mm. Bugger. Amazingly, after a root around I found an ancient 1/4" spanner in my overflow toolbox. Switch off, cleaned with brake cleaner - looked perfect. Off to the wiper motor, touched the wires going into the motor itself - suddenly everything worked fine. Bugger. "The brushes must be worn" - motor apart in a jiffy to confirm, but the brushes all had loads of life in them. The commutator was filthy. That's all it was, cleaned with fine emery paper in a jiffy and all good. Bloody hours wasted. Maybe a lesson for anyone here with similar issues?
