Do the
wipers still work?
The wipers still work.
I suspect as a minimum you will have
to replace the ground wire from the wiper to the fuse block ground, if not
the motor. There may be other damaged wires.
So far so good...everything seems to be working. Though I just did a
quick test.
I looked up inside the dash and could see no damage, but as you know,
there are many items that are hidden from view.
This was my mistake (I just can't believe I did this):
Today I was going to remove the battery and test it...I took off the
main wires, and there I saw the "+" anf "-".
And guess what.
It was THE OPPOSITE of what I thought ther were!
Good grief!
Last night, when I was trying to figure out which one was pos and which
was neg, and after looking at the battery for several minutes, not
finding the markings, I assumed (oh boy) that the terminal with all the
RED wires was POSITIVE, just like every other car I've ever worked on.
Well it wasn't...hence, smoke.
But like I said, all seems to be working fine now, as hard to believe as
that might be.
Are all VW's hooked up with RED wires to NEGATIVE and BALCK to
POSITIVE? Is this a German thing?
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