[DeTomaso] Still no wipers, but I'm home

[Tomas Gunnarsson]

Sorry about that Charlie! You weren't clear on whether you wanted the wipers
to work too, you said you hade ordered fair weather for the whole trip in
March already, right? Anyway, help is near: Turn the front wheels to the
extreme right so you can reach the wiper motor. Disconnect the red cable,
the blue cable and cables B and F. Swap them so that cable Y goes to spade
connector 7, cable H goes to connector A and replace fuses 2 through 5 with
appropriate length nails. If any cables are left over, cut them off and
dispose of them. Take the car for a spin. You will now find that when you
move the indicator stalk the wipers will go on and off instead of the turn
signals flashing. The turn signals will only work when in reverse gear but
that's a fair trade off, right? Let me know if you need additional info
(e.g. how to turn on the voltmeter)! ;-)

Tomas

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From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com
[mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]On Behalf Of Charles McCall
Sent: den 6 juni 2011 20:04
To: detomaso at realbig.com
Cc: 'Stephane Bergeron'
Subject: [DeTomaso] Still no wipers, but I'm home


Hi all,



Thanks for the suggestions on what to look for with my wiper problem. No
joy. Tomas Gunnarsson fixed a turn signal that wasn't working - he found
that the connector had fallen off. I think he took the connection to the
wiper motors to use for the turn signal ;-)



Stephane Bergeron called me today to try to talk me through troubleshooting,
but as you know, the interior of a DeTomaso is a noisy place and I didn't
hear the phone.



I sort of fixed the problem however - I found a Norauto between Orleans and
Bordeaux and bought some Rain-x, which is literally the only way I made it
home. It wasn't exactly fun, and probably wasn't entirely safe, but here I
am. This obviously won't do in the long term.



We had an absolutely fantastic trip - France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and
Germany. Hung out with some really, genuinely nice people. Got to drive on
the track at Spa. The 100+ DeTomaso cars present were invited to a private
track session on Sunday - no pace cars, no other cars, just us. Tons of room
to play. Eventually I'll post pix of what white rims look like after 90
minutes on the Spa track.



I'll probably post pix this weekend and do a little more complete write-up.
I just walked in the door, it's 8pm and the rat race begins tomorrow and I
don't remember what the course looks like!



Those of you who I saw this week - it was a great time and I can't wait for
the next one. Those of you who weren't there - you missed a good time!



(btw, I get 12v at the fuses for the wipers..)



Charles McCall

1985 DeTomaso Pantera GT5-S #9375

"Raising Pantera Awareness Across Europe"

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