Front wiper problem

Thanks for the info,will have a look a.s.a.p .

td john ,you is a hero,sure enough copper contact on the park track was snapped off,after a cunning spot of soldering it now works fine,thanks very much for the info.

TD John said:

Hi Mudplug, The wiper motor has a metal "park" track inside on the plastic gear wheel which allows the motor to continue to run until it gets to it's rest position - it stops when the motor (small contact inside) passes the end of the "park" track. This is used for intermittent wipe (CCU pushes wiper off rest and motor runs via "park" track) and also when you manually blip the stalk for a single wipe. If only this function stops working then the motor track is FUBAR'D - you can take the top off and look for the worn contact - a simple repair.
Otherwise a replacement is your option - as said above a simple circuit no complex electickery in the wipers.
Can most-times be fixed by a simple bend of the contact spring or extending the worn contact with a small bit of brass strip or flattened copper wire if you can solder?

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Hiya,

Obvious question time from stupidy Peco. Can you tell me where to locate the wiper motor on a Freelander 2003 Kalihari ?

my wippers sometimes opperate on intermitent and sometimes do not I tried my wipper motor on the wife freelander and it worked ok I can hear 2 clicks as though the relays are working so I am thinking it might be a loose conection what do you think

teddywood1 said:

my wippers sometimes opperate on intermitent and sometimes do not I tried my wipper motor on the wife freelander and it worked ok I can hear 2 clicks as though the relays are working so I am thinking it might be a loose conection what do you think

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Had this problem a while ago and on mine it was corroded contacts on the wiper switch.

thanks will take the wifes switch of hers and test it on mine at the weekend

I had a similar problem, the fault was intermittent, the single wipe (pull down & release) wouldn't park properly most of the time, and the continuous speed 1 setting (rotation position 2) was intermittent, but the intermittent wipe (rotation position 1) did work, so I decided that the fault probably wasn't with the motor, because it parked Ok in the intermittent wipe, why wouldn't it on the other settings?
I tried spraying WD40 into the linkeage at the base of the stalk (I loosened the cowling and wedged some rag under to catch any excess), but this didn't have any effect.
I wanted to try to clean the rotary contacts but they are all enclosed inside the stalk, I couldn't find a way in, so I rolled the rotary switch very fast back and forth between my hands for 30 seconds or so, effectively repeatedly wiping the contacts back and forth at speed.
This cured my fault, my guess is that the contacts had got resistive through oxidisation and infrequent use, repeatedly switching the contacts cleaned the contacts.
Best of all it cost nothing (other than a bit of time and a squirt of WD40), and it hasn't returned (yet!). No guarantees but worth trying and a whole lot less hassle than fitting a new switch!

When it comes to cleaning switch contacts, get a can of Electrical Switch Cleaner from Maplins or any good Electrical wholesaler. WD40 and the such like are o.k. for lubricating etc. but is useless at cleaning contacts-plus it leaves an oily residue which does not help matters

Irishrover said:

When it comes to cleaning switch contacts, get a can of Electrical Switch Cleaner from Maplins or any good Electrical wholesaler. WD40 and the such like are o.k. for lubricating etc. but is useless at cleaning contacts-plus it leaves an oily residue which does not help matters

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Halfords do one.