Thanks to everyone who responded with suggestions, I think they were all
correct. Someone sent me this link which sort of covers it all and enabled me
to solve my problem.
http://mgaguru. com/mgtech/ electric/ et110.htm
As it
says, there are 6 possible ways to connect this motor, 5 of them are wrong, 4
cause direct shorts/ blow fuses.
I guess I tried all 5 that were wrong- if
the motor is not 'parked' when connected there are problems. Thank goodness
for this list.
George Vernau
----- Forwarded Message -----
From: G. Vernau
Sr. <gvernau@containerhouse.com>
To: Healey list <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, February 3, 2012 1:45 PM
Subject: wiper motor short?
I've
recently reinstalled a Lucas wiper motor that was out of the car for a long
time and bench tested OK when connecting the terminals directly to a battery.
Now that the wiper motor is back in the car there is apparently something
wrong inside the motor because now there is a direct short within the overall
electrical system. A check with an ohmeter shows continuity between all
terminals(and the case) on the wiper motor. If the wires are disconnected from
the wiper motor the rest of the electrical system goes back to normal. If +
and - is connected directly to the motor from a separate battery the motor
works fine. This seems to me like an internal short in the wiper motor but if
so, how can the motor work normally when outside power is fed to it. Anyone
have any ideas?
George Vernau
'67 BJ8
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