HELP y'all! I was driving back from ... somewhere (I forget) 2 - 3 days ago when my wipers died. The driver's side is locked up tight, but I can move the passenger's side by hand. Think I MAY have also blown the fuse, because the switch does pffffft! On - off, all same old, same old - NADA!
I ran into this problem back in 2020. If one wiper drops dead and the other still moves by the motor until it stalls out (or jams up under the wiper cowel), the wiper linkage has come apart at the bushing.
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You can remove the wiper linkage by removing the motor, removing the wiper arms, removing the nuts holding the wiper bearings in and pulling it all out of the motor opening.
I've never tried it but I think the bushing kits for the 1987-1995 YJ Jeeps look very similar.
Motor does nothing (possibly blew the fuse when they quit?). One is free - I can move by hand, the other is solid.
Reading the 1982 TSM, the washer pump has its own fuse but the wiper motor draws power from the key ACC circuit. There is a circuit breaker inside the wiper switch for both the high/low and high/low/intermittent wiper assemblies to protect the motor from overloading (really this is a great idea because like the headlights, you pop that fuse you're stuck where you are until you replace the fuse) but it should be reset by now and I don't see any indication of a fusible link.
I would start by unbolting and removing the motor from the firewall and with it separated from the wiper linkage try turning it on, then probing with a voltmeter or test light to see if power is making it to the motor connector (easy) or the wiper switch. (hard because you will have to pull the cluster and trim)
If you did somehow burn the motor up RockAuto lists Cardone 40265 and Wai Global WPM265 as replacements, but given how the rest of the wiper circuit is Motorcraft I would not at all be surprised if that's a Ford wiper motor.
Cool! Thanks MIPS. I expected them to have a fuse. You're right, a circuit breaker hat resets after it cools down DOES make more sense! I'll have to check that when I do get around to digging into it. Thanks again for the tip.