Wipers VERY slow

I have the same question. My 77 308 wipers are slow also, and I'd like to know if there's a fix. I replaced my fuse blocks with modern ones, and that improved my slow blinkers/hazards and other things, but my wipers are really non-functional..

anybody?

Greg

 

First thing to check would be the charging system of the car. Make sure your alternator and battery are in good shape. My wipers work ok but definatly anit the great. You must rememebr the wiper circuit in these car has along way to travel. From the fuse, to the relay, to the wiper switch, on up to the motor,,all kinds of places along the way to loose amps and voltage. Make sure all grounds and connections are good and clean and tight. You may also just have a tired motor.

 

My wipers are slow as well.. along with the window slowing lifting, instrument gauges low dimmy light, blinking pop-up light. I wonder if you have improved any of these related fuse blocks problem after you changed yours with the modern fuse blocks.... Anything you gain from the new fuse blocks???

 

Remove and clean up the terminals and the metal where the ground wires are bolted to as well. They tend to corrode and you will suffer from VD. (Ahh, I mean your Car may have Voltage Drop!)

 

Patpong,
I may be imagining it, but my windows seem a bit faster, but not by much. My dash lighting seems just a bit brighter also, but still, just by a little. I like to know of a bulb retrofit for better dash lighting, if available.

I'm not sure what you mean by blinking pop-up light--probably the headlamp motors. Mine behave fine; it's just the switch on the stalk is kind of loose and is easy to bump, causing the "headlight dance"!

I recommend switching to modern fuse blocks. Contact Birdman here on F-Chat. He did mine, they work great. Simple install.....

Greg

 

Here's how to upgrade the lights in the dash..http://www.ferrariclub.com/faq/dashlights.html

I replaced mine before I did the fuse block upgrade and it was much better. The tach will not get as bright as the speedo though.

As for the wipers, mine were intermittent or didn't work at all before the new fuse blocks, but they work fine now.

 

Ya'll are aware you have to oil the wiper shafts???????? Sewing machine weight oil works best.......

The console switch varies speed between 'slow' and 'slower'.........

New OEM blocks now retail for $400 for both, for purists!

 

my blinkers, headlights, dash lights and wipers all work great! i did the rhoestat bypass before i did the new BIRDMAN fuseblocks. my windows are fast also. the fuseblocks were the last straw, and now that i have the new ones, the whole car functions better. nanny nanny boo boo

 

...but your OEM fuse covers go where??????

 

In a box in the basement with the fuseblocks. Why?

Birdman

 

Nope, didn't know that! Thanks, have to check it out.

Mine are slow too, but faster when wet (not that I allow them to get wet very often!)

Birdman

 

LOL! Who cares what they do, anyway!!!!!!

I'm just teasing Greg..........he agonized over the purchase decision and is now working on everything on the car!

Good learning experience I say...my first ownership experiences were blown headers and engine compartment fires (Yellow #22127). Makes slow windows, dim bulbs and wipers tame by comparison!

You haven't lived, 'till you've boiled the brakes coming down from Yosemite Blue #22641). I still have her fingernail marks on my forearm.......

Yea, just raise the arms to vertical and let some Royal Purple or something trickle slowly down the shaft....give it some love!

 

Rain X is a very good product...

 

I'm auctioning off my "as new" OEM fuse blocks on Ebay, if anybody's interested. 4 days less. Bidding is at $150 right now. (77 308 carb car)


Greg

 

Greg,
I saw those on eBay the other day and I had to laugh! I guess the "Birdman Blocks" are working out OK..

Birdman

 

Thanks for all the help, bro...........

$400 right after Christmas was NOT exactly kind to the ol' rent budget, you know...........

*munching tacos*

 

geekstreet...no need to take anything off.....oil on the shafts just above the point where the shafts rotate in the bushing thru the body plate...between the "moving' shaft and the "unmoving' housing......