CR windshield wipers--functional?

416rICH · #1 (**permalink**) 10-19-2006, 03:02 PM

My questions today is are the CR windshield wipers cosmetic or functional? The wipers look real but, I don't see any way to turn them on. I had the car out several evenings ago and wipers would have helped in the light rain. Thanks in advance

petek · #2 (**permalink**) 10-19-2006, 03:32 PM

I wired up my CR Cobra wipers to the wiper stalk on the steering column using a couple of relays (there is a schematic somewhere on my website). If I remember correctly some cars using the Lucas wipers system use some sort of "funny" 3-position switch for the wipers.

I can't say that the wipers help much when I've been caught out in the rain. I usually get as much water on the inside of the windshield as the outside!

HI Cobra · #3 (**permalink**) 10-19-2006, 04:39 PM

I wired my wipers to one of my toggle switches. They actually work well
but as petek said there are times in heavier rain & slow driving that the back
side gets as wet as the front - for that I have a small rag by my seat to wipe
it down as needed. We don't get snow here but there are times when you go
from one side of the island to the other and get caught by the rain menehune.

416rICH · #4 (**permalink**) 10-20-2006, 06:08 PM

Is there any easy way to tell if the Wipers I have are real and how I can hook them up to function?

G.R. · #5 (**permalink**) 10-20-2006, 06:34 PM

Get under the dash if they are functional you should see a small electrical motor near the center or over the passenger side, that's the wiper motor. Not being sarcastic... on your dash there should be either a knob or lucas type switch, on low 1 postion, on high 1 position, then off or/park. The knob will rotate the switch is flipped on, on ,down is off.
Check your fuse block for a blown fuse. All of this is assuming you are the 2nd owner of the car .

petek · #6 (**permalink**) 10-20-2006, 08:12 PM

As GR said, take a look under the dash.

In the CR Cobra the wiper motor is located under the dash on the passenger's side (right side) of the car. The motor is tucked up under the dash up against the cowl bar that runs the width of the car.

The output of the motor assembly will most likely look like a steel tube running to the passenger's side wiper gear head. The passenger's side gear head then has another metal tube that runs to the driver's side wiper gear head.

If you've got the wiper motor, gear heads, and tubes, then the next question is: is the motor wired up?

The wiper motor has a connector with (if I remember correctly) five terminals. I ended up simply soldering wires to the terminals and improvising another connector. If you have the CR wiring harness, I'd guess that the harness would terminate in the correct connector for the wiper motor.

Take a look and let us know what you find.

416rICH · #7 (**permalink**) 10-23-2006, 03:41 PM

Thanks for the replys!!There is a wiper motor on the
passenger side with tube running to the wiper .
The wiper motor has a connection that is not plugged in.
So thats likely the problem.Now if i can only find the connection?

chesterakl · #8 (**permalink**) 10-25-2006, 02:50 PM

I'll check at home tonight (might be tomorrow 'till I get around to it), but if you still need one I think I may have one of the wiring connectors for the motor that I ordered but never used. Send me an e-mail with your home address and I can just mail it to you if I can find it. At least someone can get a use out of it.

I hand-made a custom wood dash and put the glove box too close to the right side so I couldn't get the wiper motor to fit. My windshield wipers are now just there for decoration

. But I figure if I'm in anything more than a drizzle, rain coming from the front is the least of my worries

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