Single speed wiper switch decoding

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R3dplanet

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Continuing my rewiring project I've come to find that my Ron Francis kit doesn't have provisions for the heater or wiper switch. My car is a '65 Barracuda with a single speed wiper switch. I'd prefer to have variable wipers but it's what I have.

Here's my trouble: the large color poster wiring diagram from classiccarwiring.com (which is fantastic, btw) doesn't show detail for the wiper switch. The service manual on page 8-97 of the wiring diagrams show the single speed switch but it differs from the switch I have in hand. I don't understand the symbols shown in the diagram in the service manual.

But here's a good photo of what I have. Can someone explain to me which terminals connect where? The motor itself has a single two-wire pigtail connector with one green and one brown wire. This also differs from both of my diagrams.

Thanks!

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Okay. This took entirely too long to figure out but here it is. The part number shows that it's a switch for a '65 Imperial or Coronet. That's odd because those cars should have come with a better wiper setup. Indeed the service manual wiring diagrams for those cars only show 2-speed, 3-speed, or variable wipers. Must be nice.

My guess is that the switch I have is a one-size-fits all factory switch that superceded other switches as time passed, or maybe it was generally used for all 1-speed and 2-speed setups. But I'm always willing to be wrong.

So only three wires are connected:

1. The black wire w/trace goes to pin #A, and then off to the two pin motor connector.
2. The dark blue wire goes to pin #P1 (the double post seen above) and then off to the motor connector.
3. Pin #B goes to 12v battery switched positive at the ignition switch. There's no relay involved which is a surprise given the amount of amperage the motor pulls. The wiring diagrams say is supposed to be BLACK wire but mine is RED.

For my application I'll connect Pin #B to a relay with a fuse and find a heavy +12v connection.

Sadly, none of these pins activates a washer fluid pump and the Pin #W terminal that's supposed to do the job isn't connected to anything at all. By that I mean that the switch has a push button for the pump but there's no Pin #W to activate one. Weird.
 
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