RE: [Chrysler300] Wrong way wipers

["Rich Barber" <c300@xxxxxxx>]

When I got my C-300, the battery was connected backwards and the ammeter
indicated discharge when charging.  The car started and ran OK, although I
did not check the wipers and the radio never did work, even after I reversed
the leads to a proper positive ground and repolarized the voltage regulator.
I think the ignition condenser may have shot craps due to the reversed
polarity, but I can't prove it.

Now, I'm not sure how wipers run "backwards".  Do they park at the outside,
instead at the center?

Out of curiosity, can anyone confirm the '56 and newer Chryslers were all
12-Volt, negative ground cars?  

My 1955 Chrysler Service Manual has the Crown Imperial with 12-Volt,
positive ground and all other '55 Chryslers with 6-Volt, positive ground.

C-300'ly,
Rich Barber
Brentwood, CA

-----Original Message-----
From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
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Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2008 9:54 PM
To: wmdgrn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] Wrong way wipers



 
In a message dated 10/18/2008 11:44:29 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
wmdgrn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

 
 
 
I have a c300 that I recently had rebuilt. When I rec'd the car from the  
restorer the windshield wipers are going backwards. I checked to see if the

linkage under the dash was installed backwards but it seems to only go in
the  one 
way. Also, the ohmmeter reads discharge but the electrical system checks
out 
and is charging. The wiring harness is new and the wires to both items  seem

to be properly attached. Anyone have any ideas? Are the two problems
related 
to a wiring mistake made along a common path to the  two?





Seems as though the polarity might be reversed, either in the battery or
the 
voltage regulator.  I'm not an electrical wizard, and you didn't  mention 
what year your C300 is, so you might have a 6 volt (Positive ground) or  a
12 
volt (Negative ground) system.  I hope someone else might be able to  give
you a 
more certain (I almost said a more positive!) answer.  The  voltage
regulator 
on some or all of these must be "flashed" to establish the  correct polarity

of the system when it is installed.
 
Let us all know the outcome.  

Joe  Savard
Lake Orion, Michigan

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