by "V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me!" (v8demon)
Published 03/28/2017 at 21:56
by "V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me!" (v8demon)
Published 03/28/2017 at 21:56
No Tags
STARS: 4
For quite some time now the intermittent wiper function and washer fluid pump were kaput on my 1990 Lincoln Mark VII LSC. After troubleshooting and some advice I was able to deduce it was in fact the multifunction switch/stalk itself on the steering column. I actually found out how to take the wiper portion apart via a Facebook group. I figured what the hell, I may as well try. Took it apart, cleaned it up, and put it back together WITHOUT the detent spring as I had dropped that. It worked. 100 percent functional minus the fact that the detent spring had to be installed. I remove everything, get the detent spring in place, reinstall everything.......AAAAAND I lose the intermittent function and washer pump again. For what it’s worth, the ONLY function of the detent spring is to hold the wiper controller position in either High, low, intermittent, or off. It has ZERO electrical input. It’s purely mechanical/friction based.
So, to recap: Thought I had a free fix, Did for a fleeting moment, got let down, and had to in fact order a new part.....
"DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time" (dc3ls-)
03/28/2017 at 22:02, STARS: 0
Well at least as some consolation, it sounds like a cheap part?
"V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me!" (v8demon)
03/28/2017 at 22:07, STARS: 0
$57 USD so yeah, not bad.
"Shoop" (shoopdawoop993)
03/28/2017 at 22:20, STARS: 0
for the spring? just get a new spring
"DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time" (dc3ls-)
03/28/2017 at 22:24, STARS: 0
Wut, for a spring?
"V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me!" (v8demon)
03/28/2017 at 22:26, STARS: 1
No, for the entire unit. Like I said, the spring will not affect the electrical operation. I’m fairly certain (like 99%) the internal board in the stalk just bit the dust, so.....
"Shoop" (shoopdawoop993)
03/28/2017 at 22:37, STARS: 0
just get a spring out of a mechanical pencil or something
"V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me!" (v8demon)
03/28/2017 at 22:38, STARS: 0
IT’S NOT THE SPRING!!!!!!!
I installed the spring and then the internal components FAILED.
"Shoop" (shoopdawoop993)
03/28/2017 at 22:39, STARS: 0
you sure its not the spring
"V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me!" (v8demon)
03/28/2017 at 22:44, STARS: 1
I dunno, maybe.......
"Shoop" (shoopdawoop993)
03/29/2017 at 07:10, STARS: 0
Sorry your writing is unclear.
"V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me!" (v8demon)
03/29/2017 at 10:57, STARS: 0
No. It isn’t.
"Meatcoma" (mastapoof)
03/29/2017 at 12:19, STARS: 0
Sorry, came to conversation late. So it’s the spring right?
"V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me!" (v8demon)
03/29/2017 at 12:22, STARS: 1
I discovered it was the fulcrum.
"Meatcoma" (mastapoof)
03/29/2017 at 15:28, STARS: 0
is that the technical name for the spring?
"V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me!" (v8demon)
03/30/2017 at 10:09, STARS: 2
No. The technical nomenclature is “flux capacitor.”