Ke55 Wipers Not Working

[Clapped out]

Hmmmm ! I tested mine. I unplugged the loom and connected the test lamp between wiper case & battery +ve. No light. Plugged the loom plug back into the wiper socket & bingo, it lit. Maybe Toyota changed this arrangement on some models. My Rolla is a 1975 KE30 2 door, assembled at AMI in Melbourne. Mine has not got a wire strap between wiper frame & mounting bolt, and don't think it ever had. My Rolla, is an unmolestest beauty, that belonged to a little olde lady, with low klms. (car that is, not the lady) So sorry if I have given any one a bum steer. Maybe Toyota varied in that respect on some models.

 

P.S. Your right Clapped Out ! I just went out in the shed & found a Wiper Motor off my "donor" KE55 2 door couple (which went to heaven). The wiper motor from the KE55 is a different shape to the one on my KE30. The Wiper "barrel" is wider in dia. & shorter. It also only has 4 wires in it's plug which is on a short loom/lead. It also still has attached a little black earth wire from the wiper case to a mounting bolt. So there are some KEs with the frame earthed locally, and others with the earth fed from the loom.

 

Cheers Banjo

 

All my rolla's are ke3x, both jap and aussie made, although all differ slightly when you look hard enough into the wiring setup, maybe have been played around with throughout the years?

 

cheers!