The wiper motor on my car is apparently a replacement. There is a harness plugged into it, but there's also one hanging lose with no place to plug it in.
My wipers are non-functional at the moment. No blown fuse, the switch is working, and there is fire to the harness, but it's no go after that. The motor appears to have a fluid pump built into it.

What does this tell you, and is there anything for me to do but replace the entire wiper motor?

http://www.novas.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=516&thumb=1&d=1217273778

Probably a more modern intermittent pulse style wiper motor. It could require a sensor to tell it where the wipers are (a little magnetic reed switch that closes when the wiper is at the base of the wind shield).

Big Dave

Here's a picture of the motor and harness i spoke of if it helps any...

http://images.swagster.com/images/2008072902003255282swag_image.jpg

http://images.swagster.com/images/2008072902003355283swag_image.jpg

My 71 has the same wiper motor. The connector in the pic that is not connected should attach at a 90 degree angle from the connector that is attached, the spades should be located right next to the upper left (passenger side) wiper mounting bolt, mine also has a third (single wire connector) that attaches just below the 2 wire connector that faces the passengers side.

Agreed. That looks like a stock one. So you can probably chalk up my earlier response as a mistake.

Big Dave (just proving the old saw "They call it gambling, not winning!").

Agreed. That looks like a stock one. So you can probably chalk up my earlier response as a mistake.

Big Dave (just proving the old saw "They call it gambling, not winning!").

The mistake was all mine. I guess since someone has been messing with the thing somewhat recently, the grime was rubbed off. Hence the reason I said it was a replacement.

I didn't see anymore spades for the harness to attach to. I removed the cover over the fluid pump, but still saw nothing. And the individual wire that you spoke of is MIA. I'll look again when the light is good.

Well, I found the spades and plugged the harness in, but I can't seem to find the single wire. And the wipers work now, but only at one speed. Guess I'll look at some more wiring diagrams and see what I can see...

If the wipers work only at on speed it probably is the switch on the dash that is the culprit.It should be a common item at any auto parts store.Or if they don't have one you could get it at Year One or The Paddock.