84Toyota4x4
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Ok, so my girlfriends Runner hasnt had working intermitant wipers since we bought it. With the rainy season here now, I decided to try and look into it a little bit. (That and Im gonna be taking it on a road trip over the weekend :flipoff: ) I took the kick panel off the passenger side on my 84 Toyota because I could hear my relay clicking back there, and voila, there was the relay just behind the emissions computer. I figured I could pull mine and pop in hers to eliminate the relay as a problem or fix it. Anyway, when I pulled her kick panel, obviously the engine computer is back there, but the wiper relay wasnt behind there.
Now, a little background on the problem... Her low speed and high speed work fine, as does the washer sprayer. However, when you use the washer sprayer, the wipers dont automatically come on to wipe like normal, and as stated, the intermitant doesnt work.
When I got to my relay, theres a main plug that plugs into the relay, but if you trace up the wires, it splits off into two plugs. When I unplugged the larger of the two, I lost all wiper functions. However, when I uplugged the smaller one, I could duplicate her problem exactly, no wipers with washer, no intermitant. but still have normal low/high wipers.
So, I was thinking maybe someone has the wrong relay in there and didnt plug the second connector in because there wasnt a plug, or maybe it just was unplugged, or maybe its just a bad relay. BUT, I cant find the damn relay! The only one under the EFI computer is the warning light relay or some crap, HOWEVER, there is a small plug that is almost the same as the small plug that I unplugged on mine to make my intermitant wipers stop working, in basically the same spot, but with no relay anywhere to be found - :wtf:
In short, does anyone have any idea where the relay is, or what my problem might be? Ive also considered the combo switch on the column, but I figured I would start with the relay since it was the "easiest"
~T.J.
Now, a little background on the problem... Her low speed and high speed work fine, as does the washer sprayer. However, when you use the washer sprayer, the wipers dont automatically come on to wipe like normal, and as stated, the intermitant doesnt work.
When I got to my relay, theres a main plug that plugs into the relay, but if you trace up the wires, it splits off into two plugs. When I unplugged the larger of the two, I lost all wiper functions. However, when I uplugged the smaller one, I could duplicate her problem exactly, no wipers with washer, no intermitant. but still have normal low/high wipers.
So, I was thinking maybe someone has the wrong relay in there and didnt plug the second connector in because there wasnt a plug, or maybe it just was unplugged, or maybe its just a bad relay. BUT, I cant find the damn relay! The only one under the EFI computer is the warning light relay or some crap, HOWEVER, there is a small plug that is almost the same as the small plug that I unplugged on mine to make my intermitant wipers stop working, in basically the same spot, but with no relay anywhere to be found - :wtf:
In short, does anyone have any idea where the relay is, or what my problem might be? Ive also considered the combo switch on the column, but I figured I would start with the relay since it was the "easiest"
~T.J.
