DrFishbone
SCCoA Member
Check this out....
A few weeks ago, it sprinkled a little bit outside, so I turned on the windshield wipers for the first time since early this summer. The wipers responsed immediately, but were very sluggish on the way up - until they got halfway up the windshield...then I heard a little *pop* and the worked fine for a few minutes. I thought: "Oh geez, I thought I put a good set of arms under there a few months ago " When I got home I didn't have time to check it out or anything, so I just forgot about it.
Now, last week I had to clean my windshield because it was dusty, so I hit the washer button, but fluid only came out of one jet and it was pretty weak. So, I held the button down long enough to get enough fluid on the windshield, until I was out of fluid actually. Didn't think anything of it after that......
A few days later, my brakes went out, for some reason the ABS pump doesn't come on. A few more days later, it works for a trip into work, but then goes out again. So I drive it to the scrapyard and get a relay in hopes that it would fix it, but of course it didn't, so I drove home CAREFULLY...
Last night, I finally got the chance to look at things - after I'd gotten everything together to do a conventional brake swap - so I jump the relay connector to see if the pump would come on, and it did! So the pump is good. So I got to looking around on wiring diagrams and my car and noticed the washer hose was disconnected from the "t" on the driver side engine bay corner. After I saw that and pondered a moment, I realized what had happened.....
When I turned on the windshield wipers, it pulled the washer hose loose, which allowed windshield washer fluid to pour on top of the ABS unit. How about them apples?!
So, I'm going to check the connectors and see what might be wrong...since it took a few days to do anything from when I used the windshield washer, perhaps I have a bad connection on a plug or something....we'll see!
A few weeks ago, it sprinkled a little bit outside, so I turned on the windshield wipers for the first time since early this summer. The wipers responsed immediately, but were very sluggish on the way up - until they got halfway up the windshield...then I heard a little *pop* and the worked fine for a few minutes. I thought: "Oh geez, I thought I put a good set of arms under there a few months ago " When I got home I didn't have time to check it out or anything, so I just forgot about it.
Now, last week I had to clean my windshield because it was dusty, so I hit the washer button, but fluid only came out of one jet and it was pretty weak. So, I held the button down long enough to get enough fluid on the windshield, until I was out of fluid actually. Didn't think anything of it after that......
A few days later, my brakes went out, for some reason the ABS pump doesn't come on. A few more days later, it works for a trip into work, but then goes out again. So I drive it to the scrapyard and get a relay in hopes that it would fix it, but of course it didn't, so I drove home CAREFULLY...
Last night, I finally got the chance to look at things - after I'd gotten everything together to do a conventional brake swap - so I jump the relay connector to see if the pump would come on, and it did! So the pump is good. So I got to looking around on wiring diagrams and my car and noticed the washer hose was disconnected from the "t" on the driver side engine bay corner. After I saw that and pondered a moment, I realized what had happened.....
When I turned on the windshield wipers, it pulled the washer hose loose, which allowed windshield washer fluid to pour on top of the ABS unit. How about them apples?!
So, I'm going to check the connectors and see what might be wrong...since it took a few days to do anything from when I used the windshield washer, perhaps I have a bad connection on a plug or something....we'll see!