It still sweeps within it's limits, goes down to the bottom of the windshield when it's doing it's wipe, but comes back up to park.

It appears to have all the classic signs of a bad reed switch, but I'll test the hell out of everything to be sure. Luckily it's supposed to be mild this weekend, and my parents will be in town so they can babysit my daughter while I hide in the garage

 

Wiper motor solved the problem; went with an aftermarket rebuild, so hopefully it stays good. I'll have to remove the linkage again to clock the arm from the motor to the linkage a bit. The wipers come back up a fraction of an inch before parking...or maybe I should just leave it all well enough alone...any votes? Sometimes in my pursuit of perfection I just create more problems...OCD anyone.

Thanks again for the help guys, and I continue to be impressed by Ron's mad technical reference diagram skills

 

Congrats on another excellent fix.

Thanks also for the kind words, though it really doesn't take any technical skill to post relevant pages from the available service manuals.

 

Yes, but it takes thought and time.

 

Hi, RonJ -
I have a '91 civic with a problem similar to Mudferret's. Recently my wipers stopped parking and I have no intermittent. I printed the pages from the manual and tested the switch, and it tested fine. I even took it all apart and cleaned it - it's full of sliding contacts. At that point, I was convinced that I needed another wiper motor, so I bought one, used, of course. No change, same problems. On the OBD0 cars, are the parking and intermittent functions in the wiper motor? They sure aren't in the switch. I could sure use some guidance from you here. Thanks in advance!
- Rob