No wipers or wash

[Ben]

I checked the fuses today and number 24 (30 amp) was blown.

I took the motor off and used a contact cleaner to clean it up as well as I could. There was a darkened bit of wire but it was still intact and attached at both ends so I don't think that's a problem.

I opened up the gearbox and found that one of the three electrical springs had snapped, although I couldn't find the bit that had broken off. These are the springs that push down on the main gear wheel. As there are three of them I would guess they are something to do with the three speeds but I don't know?

I replaced the dried out grease with fresh hoping this would free it up and solve the problem.

I put a new fuse in, turned the ignition, did a single manual wipe (which parked correctly), then I tried to put the wipers on speed number 1 and the fuse went before the wipers even moved.

I thought I would try a new fuse and try the wash wipe function, but as soon as I turned the ignition on the new fuse blew, and then exactly the same happened with my 3rd fuse. So I seem to have made the problem worse!..