I’ve had a Ford E250 for a while now that’s had a fairly annoying issue, at least when it’s raining.
The wiper switch/turn signal armature to the left of the steering wheel has a short in it somewhere (or a loose connection) and when I try to run the windshield wipers, they some times go and sometimes don’t. I frequently need to jiggle or rotate the end of the control switch to get the wipers going again.
I can get a replacement switch at a decent price, but having never replaced one of these before, I have no idea how complex a job it may or may not be. To those of you that have worked with replacing switches like this, how big of an ordeal is it? Do I have to pull the steering wheel or anything major, or is pretty straightforward?
Remove the upper and lower steering column trim. There’s 2 or 3 screws connecting the two halves.
Once you have those pieces off, you’ll see that the switch is attached to the column with 2 screws
Don’t worry about the airbag. As long as the ignition is off, and you don’t do anything stupid, like purposefully banging on the airbag, you’ll be fine.