Wiper motor 4 wire or 5 wire

[dnudelman]

I see that the USA wiring diagrams show a 5 wire motor, The Euro wiring shows a 4 wire. Lots new 4 wire motors available. Are the 5 wire 2 speed or what??

 

[flaviaman]

Yes My Son, the Feds specified two speed wipers from 1968....this is why the motors are different as well as the switches....

 

[dnudelman]

Grazia Padre. Is the speed switch selector on the steering column or on the dash. I don't know because the car doesn't have a wiper motor

 

[dnudelman]

I suppose it doesn't really matter because the car will never need windshield wipers in Phoenix

 

[tvmaster]

U.S. california 1974 = 5 wires

 

[ng_randolph]

U.S. california 1974 = 5 wires

But that is for your X1/9, this is the "Rear-Engine Fiats" forum.

 

[tvmaster]

But that is for your X1/9, this is the "Rear-Engine Fiats" forum.

Good point. So what’s the correct answer?

 

[Daniel Gibson]

What year is your car? My 1970 has the speed selector on the dash in the same hole the earlier models had the dash light dimmer control. Basically in the middle of the dash, knob on the left.

 

[Jeff Stich]

When asking about anything electrical on an 850, it's most helpful to others for you to state the country, year & body style of your car, because there ARE differences among the variants.

That said, the 850 Sedan, Special, Coupe & Sport Coupe use a 4-wire wiper motor, & the 850 Spiders & 850 Racers use a 5-wire wiper motor. Only the 850 Spider & Racer models have a wiper speed rheostat & a foot-operated quick-spritz/wipe switch unit.

 

[dnudelman]

New 4 wire motors are availabe from ALKO (Spain), Meat & Doria (italian company, source of motor unknown. as well as Marelli also source unknown. Does anyone have any experience wiht ALKO and M&D parts?