tr6 Elecktrickery

[John Harvey]

Went on the Wensum halloween run last weekend and the wipers on my car decided to develop a mind of their own they started to randomly work of their own accord.

 

I would switch them off and all would be fine until the next time they decided to work.

 

When switching them off I found the switch had to be in the lower position for them to stop, occasionally I was able to stop them with the switch in the top position.

 

I took the switch out and gave it a squirt of good old WD40 put it back in and tried the wipers and found I couldn't switch them off at all. ( i thought well that was a success I should get a job at Lucas ]

 

The switch has four terminals marked 1-4 with a wire on each terminal I took the green and brown wire off terminal no 4 hey presto the wipers worked fine 2 speeds and switched off with switch in top position.

 

My question is should I leave it like this will it be ok or should I buy another switch I think I remember reading somewhere that they are hard to find.

 

 

Regards John.

[Tony Millward]

Hi John,

 

It certainly sounds like a faulty switch. If it's an original Lucas switch it can be taken apart and the contacts cleaned.

 

Cheers

 

Tony

[Jersey Royal]

John

 

Took mine apart, still working surprisingly.

 

http://www.tr-register.co.uk/forums/index.php?/topic/17749-clear-hooters/

 

 

Cheers

Guy

[TR NIALL]

Clear Hooters Switches are Expensive and Hard to come by,Repo Switches that are available do not fit you need to File away some of the Metal Backing Plate on the Dash.

[Cew]

Are you sure it's the switch?.I seem to recall from many years ago that the self parking mechanism gives the same symptoms.

I believe there is a pink wire that when cut would solve the problem but,of course,you then had to park the wipers manually,just a thought.