wiper motor

Same happened to me. It ended up being the switch itself. The inside of the switch was gummed up with 30 yr old grease and the metal was not making contact. Cleaned it up and epoxyed it back together(plastic case cracked while trying to disassemble. Pretty simple and saved the cost of a new 2 speed switch which is $150+. Be sure to mark the back of the switch with the correct wire colors(If I remember 5 of them).

switch seems ok everything hooked up and winhshield squirters work. I did notice even after the car has been shut down for several hours the area near the W/W motor on top of the front passenger wheel well is very warm and faint burnt smell. I disconnected the battery and hope to investigate further after rain stops any more advice?

I originally thought mine was the motor as well and replaced it. Figured 30 years old ans exposed to all elements and debris kicked up from the tire. Did not fix the problem.
If you are handy with an ohmmeter you can easily test the switch. The push for the fluid different from the contacts for the motor. Howeve, the burning smell could simply be that the motor has seen it's day.

When I bought mine the wipers didn't work either. With the advice from someone on the board I took the motor to an auto electric shop to have them check it out. 2 hours later they called me and said it was ready to go it was just stuck from lack of use and the brushes needed cleaning.

pulled wiper motor and plug into motor a little melted going to have the motor tested today.

Two suggestions: first, the wiper system is early '70s Jaguar; try working with a shop that specializes in them. Or, if you can stand the wait, theres an article coming on adapting an entirely new wiper motor and linkage to replace the whole OEM system....