So, I did a Ford tach, which I bought from Vangremlin, and intermittant wiper switch on my car. I do not have everything QUITE right, and I need to take it back apart and correct my mistakes. I BELIEVE I have this figured out, but guidance would be good.
1) Ford tachs need to be grounded. Do not ask me why mine works, but it does. I have a Sport and therefore had a Factory tach. Three wires into a factory splicer thing out to two wires. Well, I figured out that the green wire goes to the coil, and the yellow is power. But...there's three wires...OH BOY! One must be the ground. BUZZ! Nope, wrong. One is an ignition switch for my oil pressure and altometer. But I thought it was a ground wire...so I hooked it up as a ground. So, I effectively knocked out two of my gauges.
Correct me if I am wrong. The power cable and ignition cable were both brown. I need to tie those in together and then ground the tach properly....and my tach should work AND my other gauges should work.
2) When I put the intermittant wiper switch in, I just threw the box behind the dash somewhere. And I tested it, and it worked! Joy. Then, I'm driving and ONLY high speed works. Huh? I figure something fell out of place, and I'll have to fix it. AND then I did 2+2...here's the common demoninator: If the lights are off, everything works. If the lights are on, only high speed works.
I do know, I disconnected the ground wire for what I thought was just the little light that lights up "LIghts" "Wiper-Washer". Clearly, it is more than that. Let me know if you think it is different. I need to reconnect the ground for those lights and use a different ground for the wiper switch.
3) WHAT THE heck TOOL DO YOU USE TO GET THE LITTLE WASHER/BOLT OUT OF THE WIPER SWITCH?
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Thanks all!
Topic: Tach/Intermittant Wiper Switch (Read 3925 times)