Wiper Motor Wireing
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Wiper Motor Wireing
1983 Ford Ranger
The Dilema Is I Have A Wiper Motor That Just Has 4 Wires Coming Out Of It With No Plug What I Need To Know Is What Is Each Wire For. The 4 Wire Colors Are Red,blue,white,black Any Help Would Be Appreciated
1983 Ranger With 466cid
The Dilema Is I Have A Wiper Motor That Just Has 4 Wires Coming Out Of It With No Plug What I Need To Know Is What Is Each Wire For. The 4 Wire Colors Are Red,blue,white,black Any Help Would Be Appreciated
1983 Ranger With 466cid
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White is low speed
Darkblue/orange is high speed
Black/pink and red are a signal for the park position of the wipers. I haven't quite figured out how that works yet.
If you are retrofitting this motor to another car, the best bet is to get the wiper switch that goes with it, or the intermittent module that goes with it. Then wire it up wire color for wire color.
Ok, I figured out red is hot all the time(when the ignition switch is on).
Darkblue/orange is high speed
Black/pink and red are a signal for the park position of the wipers. I haven't quite figured out how that works yet.
If you are retrofitting this motor to another car, the best bet is to get the wiper switch that goes with it, or the intermittent module that goes with it. Then wire it up wire color for wire color.
Ok, I figured out red is hot all the time(when the ignition switch is on).
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Ok, I've got it now.
White is low speed
Darkblue/orange is high speed
Red is hot when the key is on for park.
The Black/pink is for park.
The black/pink gets it's voltage from the red through the park switch.
So if you where to wire this up, you would need a double pole, three position switch(which would be hard to find), or you could use a more common single pole two position switch if you only wanted to use low speed.
What's happening is you are not really cutting power to the wiper motor with the switch. What you are doing is putting 12 volts on the low speed wire, or 12 volts on the high speed wire(that makes sense). But when you want to stop the wiper motor, you are taking 12 volts off the low speed wire, and connecting the black/pink wire to the low speed wire(in the switch). Since the black/pink only gets 12 volts when the wipers are not parked, the motor will continue to run on low speed from the voltage the black/pink provides, till the motor gets in the park position. Then it will quit.
White is low speed
Darkblue/orange is high speed
Red is hot when the key is on for park.
The Black/pink is for park.
The black/pink gets it's voltage from the red through the park switch.
So if you where to wire this up, you would need a double pole, three position switch(which would be hard to find), or you could use a more common single pole two position switch if you only wanted to use low speed.
What's happening is you are not really cutting power to the wiper motor with the switch. What you are doing is putting 12 volts on the low speed wire, or 12 volts on the high speed wire(that makes sense). But when you want to stop the wiper motor, you are taking 12 volts off the low speed wire, and connecting the black/pink wire to the low speed wire(in the switch). Since the black/pink only gets 12 volts when the wipers are not parked, the motor will continue to run on low speed from the voltage the black/pink provides, till the motor gets in the park position. Then it will quit.
