85 wagon wiring short? possessed wipers FIXED

[gravelRX]

Start the car and the charge light is on, lightly flickering, never completely off. Get up into the higher RPM and it gets brighter. You can see the Ebrake light at night.

 

Turn on the lights and the brake fluid indicator comes on.

 

Recently at start-up the windshield wipers will take one swipe when the car is started.

I am going to recheck the alt. right now for problems, it checked out OK when I installed it hoping to cure this problem. New battery a month ago too.

 

Voltage was running 14.56 at the battery last time I checked. Since then the volts have been looking on the high side while driving. Flip on the lights to drop them a bit, keep driving.

 

I've been ignoring this problem and just driving other cars, but the windshield wipers coming on all by themselves is a bit much when I use this car to haul stuff.

 

I have the wiring diagram and the car is basically a stripper as far as accessories, but man,

 

 

That's a bunch of wires.

 

If the alt and battery show good, I'm betting on a short somewhere.

 

But where?

 

 

ON EDIT: Took the Alt and had it checked. Bad Diode. Replaced Alt and found questionable wiring splices under dash. Previous owners are so much fun.

 

Thanks for the help.

Jay

[subiemech85]

pull the fuse panel, or check the engine harnesses