I’ve since gotten the radio itself plus the wipers working again too. I went ahead and installed a toggle switch for that, apparently the ignition switch is partly faulty and not providing power to the accessory systems.
I kinda think that’s what the previous owner was attempting to fix, but holy hell they had all the wires to the wiper motor botched, I think he was trying to directly power the wiper motor. The botched wires surely weren’t the right way to go about it though.
The more proper fix would be a new ignition switch, but it was all too easy to just put a toggle switch from the orange to yellow wires hanging from where the dome light once was, that powers up all the accessories, plus didn’t cost me shit LOL!
Meh, honestly I tend to loathe the idea of rigging stuff up like that if I can avoid it, I very much do prefer to fix things properly.
There was already a toggle switch wired to the wiper motor from like 8 to 10 years or more ago, but that wasn’t working anymore either since we acquired the truck. So, the easiest way for me to troubleshoot and fix it was to cut out the old botch shit, rewire all the obvious wires back by their original color codes, and proceed from there.
After I got all the visible fire hazard wires and shit gutted and patched back the way they were supposed to be, I found the wipers still didn’t work. Anyways, after a week of careful research, I found it wasn’t getting power to the yellow wire, which powers and activates the accessory features.
So it was never a problem with either the wiper motor nor the wiper control arm, it’s actually a partial fault with the ignition switch. My uncle, 2 owners back, might have liked to know that, but he was the one that botched the wires directly to the wiper motor.
Anyways, after fixing the botched wires and gutting his janky toggle switch, I found a much cleaner and neater spot to install my own toggle switch, that not only gets things otherwise working right, but also I’m confident that my toggle switch wiring ain’t about to blow a fuse.
Proper fix would be a new ignition switch, but fuckit, you can crank it with a screwdriver anyways, so why not take the easy cheap fix? As long as it ain’t a tangled rat’s nest of wires wrapped in duct tape…
Feel free to check my recent post history, it’s been a rather interesting month…
Was it by using “percussive maintenance”? That’s my favorite kind of maintenance.
Nah, I had to un-botch some wires in the wiring harness from the previous owner.
Ah. Guessing someone put a fancy radio in it in the past?
Nah, previous owner was brain damaged and on drugs and had the wiring fucked up for no good reason.
Good grief!
I’ve since gotten the radio itself plus the wipers working again too. I went ahead and installed a toggle switch for that, apparently the ignition switch is partly faulty and not providing power to the accessory systems.
I kinda think that’s what the previous owner was attempting to fix, but holy hell they had all the wires to the wiper motor botched, I think he was trying to directly power the wiper motor. The botched wires surely weren’t the right way to go about it though.
The more proper fix would be a new ignition switch, but it was all too easy to just put a toggle switch from the orange to yellow wires hanging from where the dome light once was, that powers up all the accessories, plus didn’t cost me shit LOL!
Every man wants as many toggle switches and buttons as possible, I understand.
Meh, honestly I tend to loathe the idea of rigging stuff up like that if I can avoid it, I very much do prefer to fix things properly.
There was already a toggle switch wired to the wiper motor from like 8 to 10 years or more ago, but that wasn’t working anymore either since we acquired the truck. So, the easiest way for me to troubleshoot and fix it was to cut out the old botch shit, rewire all the obvious wires back by their original color codes, and proceed from there.
After I got all the visible fire hazard wires and shit gutted and patched back the way they were supposed to be, I found the wipers still didn’t work. Anyways, after a week of careful research, I found it wasn’t getting power to the yellow wire, which powers and activates the accessory features.
So it was never a problem with either the wiper motor nor the wiper control arm, it’s actually a partial fault with the ignition switch. My uncle, 2 owners back, might have liked to know that, but he was the one that botched the wires directly to the wiper motor.
Anyways, after fixing the botched wires and gutting his janky toggle switch, I found a much cleaner and neater spot to install my own toggle switch, that not only gets things otherwise working right, but also I’m confident that my toggle switch wiring ain’t about to blow a fuse.
Proper fix would be a new ignition switch, but fuckit, you can crank it with a screwdriver anyways, so why not take the easy cheap fix? As long as it ain’t a tangled rat’s nest of wires wrapped in duct tape…
Feel free to check my recent post history, it’s been a rather interesting month…