<VV> washer pump

[Frank DuVal]

I take it you have an aftermarket washer pump, as the factory setup 
utilizes the wiper motor for mechanical pumping power.

Remember, the wiper motor has a power feed that is always hot (+12 
volts) when the ignition switch is on. The wiper motor operates when the 
switch on the dash grounds the negative wire of the wiper motor, or when 
the park switch grounds the negative wire. This is why the motor needs 
to be grounded even though the main ground is through the switch.

So, if the aftermarket pump is wired to the hot motor wire and ground, 
it WILL run all the time. It should be wired from the hot wire and be 
grounded through the push button part of the wiper switch on the dash.

Frank DuVal

hugh wrote:

>When getting a rear parking light to function on Peg's 65 vert I noticed that the washer pump seemed to be running.  Plenty of water in the pbttle but nothing going abywhere but the pump hammering away.  Turn on the wipers and they worked.  Tried disconnecting each wire with nothing changing until I disconnected the main power and the wiper stopped.  Seems I have a short.  Any suggestions?
>Wipers run at slow motion as well.
>See you in Jacksonville.
>Hugh and Peg
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