Wipers now working with 89 firebird wiper switch

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Wipers now working with 89 firebird wiper switch

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Finally figured out how to make the wipers work with the wiper switch that is on my tilt steering column that I got from an 89 Pontiac firebird. It took three spdt relays and a considerable amount of head scratching. I had one snafu with one of the relays having a different pinout than the other two relays that I had just bought. Those had diagrams on top.. The other one didn't.. Then the wipers were clocked 180° out. They wouldn't park at the bottom they parked up top.. And the wiper blades were to long... But after all of that they now work beautifully.
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Re: Wipers now working with 89 firebird wiper switch

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Well done!
Share a diagram for future modders?
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Re: Wipers now working with 89 firebird wiper switch

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RoyBatty wrote:Well done!
Share a diagram for future modders?
if you are really interested I could draw it out. For reference the stock FIAT Spider wiper switch is a double pole triple throw switch.
Pole 1 is fed by the white wire with a black stripe
Pole 2 is fed by the yellow wire with a black stripe

-------------- 1-------2
Off --Pos1= Yellow --- NC
Del - Pos2= White ---- Red
On --Pos3= NC --- --- Grey

I eliminated the delay position and use 2 single pole double throw relays to mimic the off and on positions. I used a third single pole double throw relay for the fast and slow switch. My firebird switch is a single pole 3 throw switch. Position two energizes the on off relays while the speed relay is not energized which is the slow speed...position 3 energizes all three relays for fast speed... Position 1 is all relays not energized.. The off position
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