[T2] Windshield wiper issue

[Jamie]

You can't reverse the polarity [wires] to a multi speed motor... and the vw 
motor uses the chassis as ground.. so putting the pos on the ground would 
cause sparks, and no run condition,,
but you can reverse the arm on the drive motor.
I am going to bet the arm on the motor is flipped over... someone had it 
apart.. and reassembled it incorrectly..


----- Original Message ----- 
> Did you try reversing the wires? Sounds like the polarity might be 
> backwards.
>
> Alistair
> On 11 Feb 2016, at 11:58 AM, Dave Gillingham 
> <dave at coronado-realty.com<mailto:dave at coronado-realty.com>> wrote:
> I am wrestling with a probably stupid problem with my windshield wipers on 
> my 73 panel:  The wipers “froze”, which turns out to been a corroded wiper 
> shaft.  Not knowing that I removed the entire assembly.  Since I had a 
> “battle spare” I installed that one, but had some problems re-locating the 
> wiring.
>
> Found the wires and hooked them up, and the unit when turned on caused the 
> wipers to go from the “parked” position down, instead of up.
>
> What did I do wrong?
>