Mid cabin windshield ground
Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 4:28 pm
I discovered this by accident last week when my windshield washer nozzle was dripping. The ring terminal you see now is new. The old one was corroded and broke in half when I wiggled it. No big deal, put a new one on while I was in there. I wasn't sure exactly what this wire was for but assumed it was the windshield ground. It's an 8 gauge wire. I exchanged emails with Todd and he thought so as well. I'm not sure where it goes though, the rest is in the ceiling going towards the Stb side. Anyone know for sure?
Here's the wierd part. When I try my starboard wiper now it's a dead short and trips the breaker. I remember having the exact same issue a few years ago where a section of the wiring in the windshield frame was causing same issue. I patched in a splice and its been fine since. It could be a coincidence but seems unlikely. Of course I had just re-installed my washer nozzles and needed to test and rotate them into position. No can do w/o the Starboard wiper working.
BTW, you can tell that water has leaked a little around this connection so worth checking under the trim piece at the base of the windshield. I'm not removing the whole windshield frame so I'll do some caulking up top.
http://s1170.photobucket.com/user/A8CT/ ... sort=3&o=0
Bob
Here's the wierd part. When I try my starboard wiper now it's a dead short and trips the breaker. I remember having the exact same issue a few years ago where a section of the wiring in the windshield frame was causing same issue. I patched in a splice and its been fine since. It could be a coincidence but seems unlikely. Of course I had just re-installed my washer nozzles and needed to test and rotate them into position. No can do w/o the Starboard wiper working.
BTW, you can tell that water has leaked a little around this connection so worth checking under the trim piece at the base of the windshield. I'm not removing the whole windshield frame so I'll do some caulking up top.
http://s1170.photobucket.com/user/A8CT/ ... sort=3&o=0
Bob