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| Author: | p3te [Sat Oct 19, 2013 11:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | help fixing a few problems |
Hey, I've got a few problems I need to sort, they are 1. door and rear quarter glass needs adjusted as there are gaps between the seals and needs aligned 2. problem with wipers- fast speed works fine but on slow they sometimes jam and when the stop they stop half way up the screen 3. high beam light on dash not working The windows probably just need to mess with the bolts to line them up, the other ones any ideas on what to check for the wipers? |
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| Author: | farl cogetty [Sun Oct 20, 2013 8:18 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: help fixing a few problems |
my high beams were just the switch...does it click when pressed in/out |
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| Author: | p3te [Sun Oct 20, 2013 9:18 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: help fixing a few problems |
Yeah the high beams work when I press the switch on the floor, just the light on the dash dosent work, hopefully its just a bulb, |
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| Author: | p3te [Sun Oct 20, 2013 9:29 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: help fixing a few problems |
Also when I'm turning the front tyres scrub on the outside of the tyres, I'd that because its low or is that the wheel geometry out? |
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| Author: | Pa's F-bodies [Mon Oct 21, 2013 9:14 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: help fixing a few problems |
Probably because its low,but what size are the tyres and which wheels have you got? I've put some spring spacers in mine because it did the same thing, primitive but it works, the light is probably the bulb, the windows are adjustable but mark them first as you may make things worse and when you make an justment either close the door with the window down a little or close it gently because the glass may hit the body work 
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| Author: | Pa's F-bodies [Mon Oct 21, 2013 9:21 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: help fixing a few problems |
wipers may be the motor is getting worn out or the posts that the arms mount on are seized and making it to tight to move. or the switch or connections may be dirty, may get warm when working which will tell you if the switch/connection is at fault |
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| Author: | p3te [Mon Oct 21, 2013 12:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: help fixing a few problems |
Sorted the light it was just a loose bulb, the front wheels are american racing torque thrust 2, tyre size 215/40/17, it loos like the drivers side has more wear than the other, it has qa1 shocks. The wipers are weird, fast speed works fine but on slow they stop and sometimes when I go to turn them off they keep going :s |
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| Author: | chevy-stu [Mon Oct 21, 2013 2:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: help fixing a few problems |
Quote: The wipers are weird, fast speed works fine but on slow they stop and sometimes when I go to turn them off they keep going :s
Sounds like dodgy switch/connections....
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| Author: | 78 Camaro [Mon Oct 21, 2013 2:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: help fixing a few problems |
Quote: p3te wrote:
Yep - i have the same with mine. A gentle touch will give you any combination of slow/ fast / delay depending on what mood it's in. It's a dodgy switch box. If you take it apart, it's a slide switch with multiple contacts that are flexible. If you imagine that all the contacts on the slider are the same as the contact plate underneath, it's just a gap separating them, the contact plate is able to make contact because at certain points the contact point is bent upwards. Hope that makes sense The wipers are weird, fast speed works fine but on slow they stop and sometimes when I go to turn them off they keep going :s Sounds like dodgy switch/connections....  The contacts on mine were pushed quite far in so the switch wasn't making contact, so thought it was a bad motor, which i then replaced, still didn't work. So i took the switch apart and rebent the contacts so they stuck out further. Now everything was working, all the time. I then took it apart again and debent them a bit and it's at a sort of happy medium now. Triggers way too easily but at least the operations are correct based on the markings on the switch.
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| Author: | p3te [Mon Oct 21, 2013 5:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: help fixing a few problems |
Quote: Quote: p3te wrote:
Yep - i have the same with mine. A gentle touch will give you any combination of slow/ fast / delay depending on what mood it's in. It's a dodgy switch box. If you take it apart, it's a slide switch with multiple contacts that are flexible. If you imagine that all the contacts on the slider are the same as the contact plate underneath, it's just a gap separating them, the contact plate is able to make contact because at certain points the contact point is bent upwards. Hope that makes sense The wipers are weird, fast speed works fine but on slow they stop and sometimes when I go to turn them off they keep going :s Sounds like dodgy switch/connections.... The contacts on mine were pushed quite far in so the switch wasn't making contact, so thought it was a bad motor, which i then replaced, still didn't work. So i took the switch apart and rebent the contacts so they stuck out further. Now everything was working, all the time. I then took it apart again and debent them a bit and it's at a sort of happy medium now. Triggers way too easily but at least the operations are correct based on the markings on the switch. |
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