teddywood1
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it will not be the ecu or it would have blown that switch your wipers of before switching ignition off and see how it goes the wiper motor may be sticking some how and put extra pressure on the fuse, or you could have a chaffed wire to your wiper motor .
lenny1234
Active Member
Ok looking at the circuit diagram, ist unlikely to be the CCU for the wipers.
First of all, is it the fuse for the front wipers?
If so, does it happen when te wipers are definitely all switched 'off'?
I've had occasion to repair the wiper linkage in a Freelander, and getting at the whole wiper motor and assembly is not hard.
Freelander wiper mechanisim change - Land Rover Technical Archive - LR4x4 - The Land Rover Forum
That should be your next port of call - remove the wipers and the panel covering them and unplug it. If the fuse still blows its some kind of loom issue probably. If not the wiper motor and/or the park switch has a short, and need replacing. These are not massively expensive things. Nor is it a hard job to do.
In fact you can get dozens of these as ex scrapper units for under £50 as complete units.
GrumpyGel
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Yeh, Rave will have a circuit diagram. Look at the circuit diagram carefully though - sometimes completely unrelated things run off the same fuse.
There was a similar problem went through here recently where a guy's fuse marked as "starter motor" kept blowing. He swapped everything out on the starter curcuit - but there was a feed in the relay housing off the circuit to the O2 sensor relay and it was the O2 sensor blowing the Starter Motor fuse.
There was a similar problem went through here recently where a guy's fuse marked as "starter motor" kept blowing. He swapped everything out on the starter curcuit - but there was a feed in the relay housing off the circuit to the O2 sensor relay and it was the O2 sensor blowing the Starter Motor fuse.
quickly had a play ,
slid hand in to where motor is,unplugged it then refitted a fuse
it did not blow with motor unplugged,so next time im off work i will wipe the motor out,take apart and see if its fixable
i had it in pieces mnths ago as park had gone tits up,maybe when i resealed it it has sprong a leak ,letting water in onto the electrics? or a wire worn
slid hand in to where motor is,unplugged it then refitted a fuse
it did not blow with motor unplugged,so next time im off work i will wipe the motor out,take apart and see if its fixable
i had it in pieces mnths ago as park had gone tits up,maybe when i resealed it it has sprong a leak ,letting water in onto the electrics? or a wire worn
lenny1234
Active Member
Reuslt!
As I said, its probly worth just replacing it anyway. damp won't cause a fuse to blow.
lenny1234
Active Member
well took it to bits today this is what i found
any ideas ?
A start would be providing a link to a picture that we can all see.
lenny1234
Active Member
doh lol sorry thought it was the vid link lol try this one
double click pic,it should load the vid up ,it does on my pc
That's because your PC has cookies that show you are logged into your private site.
That is not a publicly accessible video.
now i feel silly lol just changed my settings.
try now
i think maybe the spindle was either not sat correctly on the bottom bearing thing or the bearing was not sat flush,thus making the spindle spin on a angle maybe on the magnets and thats whats coursed the marks?
try now
i think maybe the spindle was either not sat correctly on the bottom bearing thing or the bearing was not sat flush,thus making the spindle spin on a angle maybe on the magnets and thats whats coursed the marks?
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lenny1234
Active Member
OK. For some reason its an MP4 video that my browser thinks is Flash...
What that shows me is that the motor has been robbing and is probably now stuck and wont spin so is drawing excessive current. Or oess its part of balancing the armature.
Don't try and fix it - just get a new one
Wiper Motor - Front - Freelander RHD - OEM at www.rimmerbros.co.uk
£50 for genuine. Ebay maybe have them for less.
What that shows me is that the motor has been robbing and is probably now stuck and wont spin so is drawing excessive current. Or oess its part of balancing the armature.
Don't try and fix it - just get a new one
Wiper Motor - Front - Freelander RHD - OEM at www.rimmerbros.co.uk
£50 for genuine. Ebay maybe have them for less.
guineafowl21
Well-Known Member
Can't see much on the video, but your motor probably overheated when the park mechanism failed and the armature now has a short. Those 'scuffs' are from when the armature was balanced.
If you don't fancy a new one, why not get one from a scrapyard? I have used 1stchoice.co.uk before.
If you don't fancy a new one, why not get one from a scrapyard? I have used 1stchoice.co.uk before.
re alined the bottom bearing,rebuilt the motor and then tighened the screw on the end of the spindel once all back together ,now working better than new
i think it was out of line on the spindle ,which had coursed it to rub antill it rubbed so much it then could arc its self out on the casing,but now it cant so all working again
NO ££££s spent just 2 hrs of my time
i think it was out of line on the spindle ,which had coursed it to rub antill it rubbed so much it then could arc its self out on the casing,but now it cant so all working again
NO ££££s spent just 2 hrs of my time
lenny1234
Active Member
re alined the bottom bearing,rebuilt the motor and then tighened the screw on the end of the spindel once all back together ,now working better than new
i think it was out of line on the spindle ,which had coursed it to rub antill it rubbed so much it then could arc its self out on the casing,but now it cant so all working again
NO ££££s spent just 2 hrs of my time
A stalled motor will always blow a fuse. No need for arcing.
Looks like you simply had it jammed up.
The scrapes on the armature outside are balancing stuff done in manufacture,., Ive visited a factory once that made motors. After winding they put the armature on a small version of a wheel balancing machine, but instead of clipping lead weights on, they grind a bit of the soft iron off.
