This 1990 Ford F150 came in with several problems among which was the complaint of no low and no intermittent wiper speeds. Luckily I had to inspect the headlight switch anyways so I got to kill two birds with one stone.
The first step was to remove the headlight and wiper switch knobs. I had to slide a small screwdriver blade into the slot and depress the retaining clip and then pulled the knobs off.
Next I removed the lower dash cover.
I then grasped the edge of the switch trim panel and pulled it towards the seat to release the spring clips.
I also removed the right trim panel for some other work that I would be doing. For that I removed the one screw on the left side of the steering column that is normally covered by the left switch trim panel.
I removed the screws that held the switch mounting plate to the dash. I disconnected the red connector at the rear of the wiper switch. I then disconnected the black plug in connector that is further back in the dash. After that I removed the one screw that holds the mounting bracket for the delay module and pulled the module out of the dash.
I dis assembled the module by removing the two screws and pulling the circuit board out of the plastic case. Sorry for the lack of pictures on this step.
I located several cracked / broken solder joints. After cleaning and resoldering I put the system back together and all is well. If you will click on the image to enlarge it you can see the faulty joints in the bottom right corner.
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I took your advice and sure enough that was the problem. there were 2 solder joints burned out. soldered it and they work now. Thank you very much saved me time and aggervation and money.
Wow, I can hardly believe I had the same problem and found your site. My 89 F350 only had the slow speed. After removing the PC board I found that 3-4 of the soldered connections were actually loose. I used my solder gun and added fresh solder. I now have intermittent and high speed in addition to the slow.
Thanks!
Jim
Do you have no wiper speeds at all? If no speeds at all, check your fuse.
Just missing low and delay?
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I have the same problems as the previous posters however upon removal of the box all connections (solder joints) look fine. what should I try next?
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