Next up was a non-working 3 speed wiper motor. Since the Charger had rarely been out in the rain over the past 20yrs, no one knew when it broke. Took it apart and spotted nothing obvious. Choices now were to send it to someone for full resto or DIY. Being a retired electronics engr and infamous DIYer, I selected DIY. Ran the service manual troubleshooting checks, nada. Everything looked good but would not run.

Ordered a "resto" kit from Kim (passion4mopars.com) which allowed me to <carefully> replace all the wire/winding insulation with new stuff. Put it back together and no run. Swapped the armature with one from a working 3 speed motor. Still no run. Replaced the 4 stator windings and, presto, now working! Weird problem with one of the windings that didn't show up during testing. Finished off with a spray paint process to simulate the yellow zinc barrel appearance.