Civic wipers hang up

'98 Civic EX
When in the intermittent setting, the wipers will come halfway up and stop.
They will also stop without returning to the "home" position in all speed settings.

Where do I look?

 

There is a switch in the wiper motor that will be closed any time the
wipers are not in the home position. If this switch is stuck open, or if
there is an open circuit in the wiring to it you will get the symptoms
you describe. The wire to the switch terminal on the wiper motor is
Blu/Wht on my '94 Civic. Don't know if they retained the same colors for
the '98.

I have the test procedure for the wiper motor in my '94. If you are
interested, let me know your e-mail address and I'll send you a scan.

 

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Battery disconnected... With a meter connected to chassis and the ground
wire of the wiper moter, try twisting the motor around to see if the
resistance on the meter goes high. On our (stinking) Volvo, the ground
was provided by a copper flat spring, which fatigued and stopped
grounding the motor. Honda would probably use surgical stainless steel,
or a wire that would handle flexion.....

'Curly'

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That would be great. Send the scan to

policytest
03
at
hotmail
dot
com

Thanks for the help!