OB side mirror switch wiring?
10-03-2010, 08:43 PM
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Thanks James for the normal operation functional review. Big help to keep from chasing non-issues.
I am stumped why the conical hat makes the mirrors run opposite. Is it a polarity issue perhaps? 1 power wire and two gnds. Maybe the power is going to the wrong side. Really wish they had marked at least 1 pin on the switch!!
I am stumped why the conical hat makes the mirrors run opposite. Is it a polarity issue perhaps? 1 power wire and two gnds. Maybe the power is going to the wrong side. Really wish they had marked at least 1 pin on the switch!!
10-03-2010, 09:27 PM
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Probably a switched wire? I know on mine they do not color match through the connector. This is probably due to the mirrors having been replaced though.
Doesn't seem like you have this issue, but if your direction switch (the round one) acts up, that switch is redoable. If I remember correctly, there's a ring held in place by a little tab at one corner. Pop that tab, and the ring will turn, allowing you to open the switch up. There are three little metal pins which you move when you control the switch. I had good results cleaning the switch and pins up and repacking with grease (I used plow grease, I don't know what you should officially use).
Doesn't seem like you have this issue, but if your direction switch (the round one) acts up, that switch is redoable. If I remember correctly, there's a ring held in place by a little tab at one corner. Pop that tab, and the ring will turn, allowing you to open the switch up. There are three little metal pins which you move when you control the switch. I had good results cleaning the switch and pins up and repacking with grease (I used plow grease, I don't know what you should officially use).
11-15-2010, 09:34 AM
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Hard to troubleshoot when BOTH MIRROR TRASMISSIONS ARE BROKEN!!!!!
Oh well.
The solenoid in the driver's side is shorted, causing blown fuses. And the solenoid in the passenger's side will not disengage the gear to switch from up and down to left and right.
As far as wiring, my post #23 has been updated to reference that the piture I posted with the wire hookups is wrong for the toggle switch. Got the blue and black wires reversed.
Oh well.
The solenoid in the driver's side is shorted, causing blown fuses. And the solenoid in the passenger's side will not disengage the gear to switch from up and down to left and right.
As far as wiring, my post #23 has been updated to reference that the piture I posted with the wire hookups is wrong for the toggle switch. Got the blue and black wires reversed.
11-15-2010, 09:51 AM
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Jim,
Did you get this fixed?
On my OB, there is a factory sticker with the wire color/location on the side of the switch. I know I put mine back together correctly, but I put the switch back into the door sideways, so up/down became side-to-side. Next time I had the door panel off, I just rotated the switch 90 degrees, and it is fixed.
Did you get this fixed?
On my OB, there is a factory sticker with the wire color/location on the side of the switch. I know I put mine back together correctly, but I put the switch back into the door sideways, so up/down became side-to-side. Next time I had the door panel off, I just rotated the switch 90 degrees, and it is fixed.
11-15-2010, 05:33 PM
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If your left & right selector is wrong swap the wires at the toggle switch.
If your plane directions are all reversed - e.g. left gets you right instead and up gets you down instead then on each side you need simply swap the 2 wires that go to the motors.
If your plane switching is reversed (e.g. up-down gets you left-right) , then you have a bigger issue - likely your power & ground supplies to the directional switch are reversed (in which case you will also have - left gets you right instead and up gets you down instead) - swapping the power & ground supplies will resolve both issues.
Alan
If your plane directions are all reversed - e.g. left gets you right instead and up gets you down instead then on each side you need simply swap the 2 wires that go to the motors.
If your plane switching is reversed (e.g. up-down gets you left-right) , then you have a bigger issue - likely your power & ground supplies to the directional switch are reversed (in which case you will also have - left gets you right instead and up gets you down instead) - swapping the power & ground supplies will resolve both issues.
Alan
