intermittent wipers finally installed

[ajb999]

here's a pics of my wiper/light assembly finally installed.



it's nice to actually have a wiper arm. mine was busted off years ago and since then i've been using a little knob below the lights arm.



my interior is pretty dirty as you can see but i've been waiting until i did this to clean it. on another note, she has almost 6,000 less miles on her now....

i was wondering if anyone knows what the wires w/ the white end are for on this? the new one didn't have it. it had a place to hold the thing but it didn't plug into anything.



i have to say though, these two mods were very easy. anyone thinking about doing it should. i'm a beginner working on cars and had no trouble. except for breaking my clear cover.

[ajb999]

i just realized i posted this in the wrong section. sorry.

[Tim]

Excellent!

Have you discovered the Variable Intermittent wipers yet?

They are much better than the basic Intermittent Wipers.


Regards,

Tim

[ajb999]

i haven't. what years is it from? maybe that's my problem. my marking lights don't work w/ this assembly. temporarily i have my old light arm attached to the wire i talk about at the bottom of the link and it's just hanging or rather wrapped around the steering column. i posted this a while ago and it seems nobody has ran into this before. any help is greatly appreciated. i was thinking of mounting another defroster switch on the left and wiring it into the parking lights.

http://www.fordfestiva.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7002

thanks,
adam

[Tim]

The variable intermittent wipers came off of Mazda 626s.

I found out that the turn signal assemblies between the '80s and '90s models are different. The light switch on the '90s Festivas has a wire going from it and the older ones do not - it's an entirely different setup.

I just left the white stalk on there and replaced everything else with the yellow parts from my '88LX. It's a lot easier than messing around with the car's wiring.


Regards,

Tim