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Old 09-15-2010, 10:29 PM
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Motor swap done have one little problem

I just finished swapping in a motor out of my 1996 z28 into a 1997 trans am rolling body I just bought. Now I just connected the battery to see if all the lights and everything was working. Only problem I have is the window sprayer keeps spraying and the wipers keep going. I checked the switch and it is not turned on, is there other switches to work the washer on a 1997 or possible short? What should I look at first? By the way the motor/trans went in easy right from the top with no problems at all with the intake on.
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Old 09-16-2010, 11:56 AM
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What was wrong with your camaro. Was it wrecked?
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Old 09-16-2010, 12:37 PM
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Look for a short.
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Old 09-17-2010, 12:06 PM
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What was wrong with your camaro. Was it wrecked?
The camaro was a salvaged title when I bought it and really not a good car. One rear spring was like 16in and the other was about 8in. The car sits a little to one side still. I also had traction problems due to this. So I bought a nice 1997 Trans am rolling body for 1200. Picked up a truefiber ws6 hood for 200 and am going to have the car repainted even though only the bumper and hood need it. The trans am is going to look 100% better than my camaro.

I am going to begin looking for shorts in the system today.
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Found my problem one of the pink wires running from the steering wheel was shorting out on me. Problem solved.
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