Wiper Motor

BMW 318
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ZUWARAH
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My windshield wipers stopped working a few days ago in a major rain storm in my 1991 BMW 318IS. Go Figure, anyway I took the wipers off to check and see if the motor wasn't working. I noticed that the connection from the motor to the wipers had come apart. I tried for a couple hours to connect this back together. Can someone help me figure out how to fix this problem?

MGuns
Oct 30, 2007 at 2:14 PM
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the connectors at the motor should be numbered
there are four wires, ground is the brown wire and goes to connector #31. the black wire with the yellow trace
will go to connector #1. the black wire with the white trace will go to connector #53b. the black wire with the red trace will go to connector #31b.
also check fuse #5 30amp
Oct 30, 2007 at 3:32 PM
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ZUWARAH
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Dr. Hagerty,

It's not the wires that came a loose. There is a metal rod that connects to the wipers that makes the wipers move left and right that snapped apart. I just cannot connect it back together because the rod will not move unless I have the wipers on. It always stop in the same place.

Thanks

MGuns
Nov 5, 2007 at 6:49 AM
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