Boydie Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Okay, firstly I totally re-wired my Disco discarding all the non-essential wiring and removed the MFU control (Multi F**ked Unit) along with all the other electronic gubbins, so my Disco is a little non-standard. However the only idiosyncrasy that I've experienced are associated with the windscreen wipers. now, having removed the MFU I realise that I've lost the intermittent wipe function as the MFU would recognise the variable resistance selected by the rotary switch and accordingly control the wipers, -- I've yet to figure a way around this but given time I will. (any suggestions will be gratefully received) The odd thing that does occur however and has me totally baffled is that on occasion the wipers simply don't stop !! turn the rotary switch off and the wipers keep going for a few minutes but again this occurs not all the time, just on the odd occasion and more commonly if the wipers have been on for a reasonable length of time. Do I have a wiper motor problem and if so is it easily rectified ?? Any Ideas ?? The only other clue could be perhaps is that the wipers no longer terminate at the bottom of their stroke but return up the screen an inch or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Wiper park switch staying closed, strip the gearbox and inspect/clean/bend pins to the right place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boydie Posted July 23, 2015 Author Share Posted July 23, 2015 Okay Bowie, I'll do that in the morning, thanks for the tip, if it works I'll report back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete3000 Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 an intermittent wipe kit would be what you are after for the loss of function, velleman kits used to sell one through maplin in the uk, but now most cars have an int wipe they may have stopped producing them. ebay may throw up a kit. http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/k2599-intermittent-wiper-controller-ve03d or a relay could be linked to your stalk? via western's post http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php?showtopic=927 or http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php?showtopic=68527 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanuki Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Intermittent wipe does however depend on the park-switch working properly. The park-switch is easily replaced [it pushes into the motor body and retains itself using a springy clamp] once you get access to the wiper-motor itself. The one I used was - according to the box it came in - specified for Minis, but is a standard part that's been used on Austin/Morris/BL/Rover cars for decades and is the same as for Discoveries/Defenders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete3000 Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Intermittent wipe does however depend on the park-switch working properly. The park-switch is easily replaced [it pushes into the motor body and retains itself using a springy clamp] once you get access to the wiper-motor itself. The one I used was - according to the box it came in - specified for Minis, but is a standard part that's been used on Austin/Morris/BL/Rover cars for decades and is the same as for Discoveries/Defenders. Yes sorry should have mentioned the lack of park working, the int wiper kit overides the (working park switch) to cause it to run again. Hence why the OP has a constant wiper. My brother had a mini 20 odd years ago and drove 150 odd miles with the wipers running when turned off. Once he ran out of screen wash the wipers were pretty worn. I butchered the park switch and spliced an industrial microswitch in, it lasted years and years, unlike the rest of the BL parts/body shell LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boydie Posted July 24, 2015 Author Share Posted July 24, 2015 Thanks guys, with all this info I should be able to crack the problem and fix it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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