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My DW kit has the blue (direct to batt) and yellow (FP+) in the same place as SBT's pdf.

 

The difference is the DW black wire is pin 85 and the white (with black extension) is pin 86 and the DW instructions state that the black wire goes to stock relay/FPCM B+ and the white wire is the ground.

In SPTs diagram pin 85 is the ground and 86 is the stock relay FPCM B+.

I just want to confirm if the pin numbers are arbitrary and I should just follow the DW instructions. or maybe my DW relay wires were swapped at the factory?

BarManBean,

 

I just ordered your BP kit. paypal'd. Let me know if there are any issues. Cant wait to get it installed on my 09 OBXT! thanks

Does anybody know if the OBXT will have issues with this IC hitting the brake master cylinder since the engine sits lower in the bay (as noted above) ?

So I ran a ground as suggested and right away the old motor started to make noise. With a couple taps of the housing with a screwdriver, it sprang back to life. I replaced with a new motor anyway since I wasn't sure what damage had been done. I ran a ground from one of the bolts on the wiper assembly to a ground on the front of the shock tower. Motor seems to run strong. I hope to never have to do that again. Thank you for all your help with this.

Thanks Frank and Donny. I'll try the ground tonight on the "dead" motor and report what happens. It was making some scary noises a few minutes before it stopped working so it might be toast. If so, I hope a new motor and the added ground will solve the problem. Other cars just seem to have much stronger wipers compared to my car. Not sure if its a legacy/outback thing, or just my car. I also had issues with the motor not working at all on cold mornings (< 15 F) and by the time i got to work they would work again. Could be the ground was not connecting in the cold for some reason...

Also, when the motor was working it was pretty wimpy on power/speed. Didnt change with the new motor. Would the bad ground cause this too?

I just had my second wiper motor die. The first was original part, second was autozone rebuild. I ordered another autozone motor since it was under warrenty.

I will add in the ground to the new one for sure and try it on the old just for kicks to see if it starts working again. Why is the ground failure causing this to happen??