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• Re: a simple question
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Wed, 10 Jan 2001 04:42:56 EST
  Pull towards you to activate the front washers and 3 swipes of the wiper. Pushing forward activates the rear wiper and washers in those...
• Re: stupid electrical question
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 10 Jan 2007 17:14:53 -0800
  ...5v at wiper Most likely a bad/corroded connection causing the large voltage drop. Check the ground connection at the wiper motor, then the...
• Re: Partially burned rear wiper electrical connector. Motor Heat Damaged it?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 18 May 2016 10:18:29 -0700
  ...Along with fuse thought, you'd think the splined shaft holding wiper arm in place would strip first. ;) Neil. On 5/18/16, kenneth...
• Re: Vary Your Wiper Delay W.Special Relay
  Historical mailing list - Erik Soule
  Thu, 29 Jun 1995 16:10:00 -0700
  ...You > set the interval wipe by turning the wiper off and then back on. The length > of time the wiper is off is the...
• wiper prob
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Payton
  Sat, 1 Sep 2001 12:23:11 -0400
  ...Everything was going smoothly then the driver's side windshield wiper started going crazy. It'd go up & wipe, but then it would get...
• Re: WTH!! First it headlights, now wipers
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 4 Feb 2011 16:23:44 -0500
  ...We knew that. ;-) >First the headlights go, then the wipers go belly up!! When ordering up >a new headlight switch, I did - on advice...
• Great Wiper Blades
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Wed, 10 Jan 2007 09:00:37 -0500
  ...http://www.tirerack.com/accessories/valeo/ultimate.jsp The Valeo Ultimate Wiper Blade, selected as standard equipment by many OEMs worldwide, combines an aerodynamic...
• Re: Ideas about wiper problem.
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Fri, 26 Oct 2001 16:56:53 EDT
  ...If the fuse is good, you should have voltage at terminal 53a (GY/BK conductor of the connector) of the wiper motor with the...
• Re: Larger Size Windshield Wipers?
  Historical mailing list - dave bowers
  Wed, 8 Jan 2003 11:34:39 -0800
  ...can it accept a larger wiper too, or is it at the max already? j/c I have 20" & 19" on the front too...
• Re: Distinguishing between 68-70 busses
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 13 Jul 1995 00:06:24 -0400
  ...There's always the VIN...... > > The easiest way to distinguish the '68 from the '69 is the design of the wiper arms. '68 wiper...
• Wiper Arms
  Historical mailing list - pete owsianowski
  Tue, 13 Jul 2004 17:47:54 -0500
  ...I can't seem to budge the wiper arms on my '87 Westy. I would like to remove them to clean up and repaint...
• WTH!! First it headlights, now wipers
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 4 Feb 2011 14:10:53 -0600
  ...First the headlights go, then the wipers go belly up!! When ordering up a new headlight switch, I did - on advice from The List...
• Re: Intermittent Wiper Relay Upgrade - Answer
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Mon, 6 May 2002 17:28:20 -0500
  ...Intermittent Wiper Relay Upgrade - Answer > > > > >What the heck is a programmable wiper relay? > > > > On many cars that have intermittent wipers you'll find either...
• Re: aircooled dash removal prep - what to get, and where?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:43:58 -0700
  ...Is a new wiper motor the answer? Or does the whole > wiper mechanism get aged? �The van doesn't have any significant rust, but...
• Re: variable-speed wiper relay mod
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 18 Oct 1999 19:15:39 -0700
  ...30 seconds to swap the realy and you will spend another 5 minutes playing with your "new" wipers like a kit on Christmas day...
• Re: Washer wiper problem
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Wed, 26 Jan 2000 19:35:36 -0500
  ...Washer wiper problem > Hello > The front washer/wiper operation is non functional on both of my 87 vans. > The intermittent, low and high wiper...
• Re: Windshield Wiper in a cross-wind
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Callaghan Jr.
  Fri, 4 May 2001 05:51:51 -0700
  ...Windshield Wiper in a cross-wind Hi Volks, While driving my 85 GL in a rain shower with a strong crosswind the driver's...
• WTB: Rear Wiper Motor
  Historical mailing list - Paul Connelly
  Sun, 29 Aug 2004 14:24:25 -0600
  Listees, Anyone have a rear wiper motor (I just need the motor with the worm-drive) that they are looking to get out of...
• Re: Rear Window Wiper Retrofit
  Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
  Tue, 7 Apr 1998 20:44:23 -0600
  ...What kind of a task is it retrofit the rear wiper/washer into > a Van that didn't originally come with them? > Would the...
• Re: anyone seen this one ...washer/wiper
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 3 Sep 2010 09:42:06 -0700
  ...anyone seen this one ...washer/wiper | |86 Wolfsburg Weekender. |no washers to windshield . |install brazilain new pump, opertae it 30 times. |in two days...
• Windshield Wiper Madness!
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Sun, 20 Mar 2011 12:56:15 -0700
  OK, so I don't drive in the rain very often, but each time it rains, my rear windshield wipers go out of control...
• Re: 4-pos. windshield wiper
  Historical mailing list - Andy Erskine
  Tue, 12 Mar 96 18:15:29 gmt
  ...So, some buses definitely came with intermittent wipers, then there's a good chance all the necessary wiring is already in place on those...
• Re: windshield wiper help(NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Fri, 8 Oct 2004 12:34:58 -0800
  ...windshield wiper help > Many times your wiper arms get stripped at the pivot post because the > neighborhood and feral cats use your wipers to...
• Re: '84 GL out of the woods! -Long post-
  Historical mailing list - Lee Peterson
  Wed, 7 Feb 2001 11:47:26 -0700
  ...Also, how do I make the rear wiper work. I can get the washer to work, but not the wiper. (Did I mention I...
• Re: Wiper Motor???
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Wed, 19 Apr 1995 13:42:31 -0700 (PDT)
  So corbin blaine connell sez: > >I need to R&R the wiper motor in my split window bus. >Could someone briefly describe this proceedure...
• Re: Rear wiper no wipe
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Fri, 19 Jul 2013 10:34:54 -0500
  ...My wiper moves, and I'll try and clean it this weekend and see if the lube solves things. It wasn't obviously dirty...
• Re: Rear Wiper
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 5 Jun 2002 12:23:17 -0400
  ...Rear Wiper Here's a crazy question---- My 87 seems to have a intermittant rear wiper feature---- does anyone else have this besides me...
• Re: variable-speed wiper relay mod
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Mon, 18 Oct 1999 11:35:30 -0700
  > Has anybody tried the intermittent wiper mod mentioned on the vanagon > website? > If so, was it as simple as it sounds here and did...
• Re: wiper fill location
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Sun, 25 Aug 2002 00:32:53 -0400
  ...wiper fill location Could someone tell me where the windshield wiper fluid reservoir is on an 83 westy? Thanks
• Re: Lubricating Windshield Wiper mechanism
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Mon, 10 May 2004 00:06:52 -0500
  ...DM&FS At 08:32 PM 5/9/2004, Wade Yorke wrote: >My wipers are very slow even with a wet windshield and I...
• Re: Wiper Blades...totally pleased with these after 3 years. Rain-X Fusion
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Thu, 6 Feb 2020 17:38:29 -0800
  yup... 21" and 19" are the ones I use... but I get wiper blades with lighter armature such as Bosch Micro Edge. dan
• Re: Wiper blades
  Historical mailing list - Clarence J Falarski
  Sat, 25 May 2002 11:51:26 -0400
  Enough already with the wiper blades. We are not talking about the national debt or brain surgery. We are talking about a couple of...
• need a rear wiper motor
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Wed, 25 Sep 2002 12:38:15 -0700
  Hola, Discovered today that my rear wiper motor is blown, like so many others.if anyone has a working one for sale at a...
• .. while we're talking about wipers ...
  Historical mailing list - P.J. Kenny
  Sat, 14 Jan 1995 01:38:59 GMT
  ...I'm no artist. \__________}______________}__/ <-- They are wipers (I think.) The area marked with the hashes denotes the place that the wipers fail to clear...
• Re: wiper arms
  Historical mailing list - Bill
  Sun, 14 May 2000 20:40:15 -0700
  On my '81 Westy, as near as I can tell, the wiper arms are identical. I didn't take them off to hold them...
• Re: Wiper and washer gone nuts then stops working altogether
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Sat, 11 Oct 2003 21:04:41 -0700
  I forgot to mention that the wipers and washer went on by themselves. I did not turn them on. They went haywire squirting water...
• Re: windshield wipers for '87 westy
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 5 Aug 2005 18:47:00 -0400
  ...windshield wipers for '87 westy Hi All, what is the proper size windshield wipers that I should buy for an '87 Westy? thanks in...
• Re: variable-speed wiper relay mod
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Mon, 18 Oct 1999 13:05:13 -0400
  Pete Cassidy wrote: > > Steve Macaulay said: > > >Has anybody tried the intermittent wiper mod mentioned on the vanagon > >website? > >If so, was it as simple...
• windshield wiper arm
  Historical mailing list - Neil Wasbrikoff
  Wed, 4 Dec 2002 13:04:16 -0500
  ...Sadly, some bored fool decided to bend my drivers side windshield wiper arm into a shape that closely resembles frosty the snow man. I...
• Re: windshield wiper idiosyncracies
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Sat, 15 Dec 2001 14:59:11 -0800
  ...but Doug says this: "William, I've found that if you have a GL, sliding control arm down to intermittent position makes the wiper...
• Re: front wipers
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 17 Dec 2003 17:09:14 -0700
  ...I unscrewed the nut, popped the wiper off, cleaned everything up real well, put the wiper back on and tightened the nut using a...
• Re: FS: programmable adjustable wiper relays
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:35:10 EST
  ...replaces your #19 wiper > > relay.. > > allows you to custom set the intervals of your front windshield wiper > delay > > sweeps. > > $25 ea shipped in the...
• Re: windshield wipter worries
  Historical mailing list - Jere & Beth Hawn
  Wed, 20 Jun 2001 15:03:49 -0700
  ...What I've found is that the shaft is metal/iron/steel of sorts and the wiper arm is a much softer aluminum and...
• Rear Wiper Motor/Pump - no juice
  Historical mailing list - Robert Campbell
  Sun, 3 Apr 2005 22:08:36 -0400
  ...Standard two-speed front wipers, rear wiper and pump. Recently installed driving lights -- this involves tinkering with the fuse box, installing a relay, etc...
• Re: FS: plug and play intermittant programmable/adjustable wiper relays for vanagon
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:56:20 -0700
  ...these are the factory volkswagen > intermittant > programmable wiper relays. simply pull out your #19 relay in your > fusebox > and replace it with this one...
• HELP TO FIX WINDSHIELD WIPERS 91 VANAGON
  Historical mailing list - Shannon Mitchell
  Tue, 10 Jun 2003 21:38:27 -0400
  I can't seem to fix my wipers.. my motor is good.. I think? It moves the wipers, but needs a little help to...
• Re: Turn Signal Flasher Replaced-Wipers NG
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Diebolt
  Tue, 28 Jan 1997 21:58:40 -0500
  ...I think you replaced the intermittent wiper relay with the turn signal relay. The wiper relay will have the VW part number of xxx...
• Re: "Wanky" rear window wiper
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Wed, 19 Feb 2003 14:33:44 -0800
  do you think maybe its just loose?? my front wipers did this before.. until I tightened them... (well similar - don't think they were...
• Re: Rear wiper no wipe
  Historical mailing list - brady
  Thu, 18 Jul 2013 12:04:24 -0700
  ...Rear wiper no wipe Hi everyone. 1985 Westfalia that spends winters inside and summers outside. My rear wiper doesn't have any tension on...
• Re: What to lube on wipers when dash is off?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 14 Dec 2012 09:50:25 -0800
  ...The shafts through the body to wiper arms can be lubed too (some pics on a blog post I made http://shufti.wordpress.com...
• Re: Screens and Wiper Fluid Pump (again!)
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Fri, 07 Oct 94 16:03:28 CDT
  ...Maybe I'll just take a length of the >heater hose and wrap it around the wiper fluid tank? you know ... that might not...
• Re: "Wanky" rear window wiper
  Historical mailing list - Mike Pedersen
  Wed, 19 Feb 2003 13:10:39 -0800
  ...The wiper starts and stops erratically after the original cycle. Usually it stops in the middle of the window and doesn't park. If...
• Re: intermittant part II
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 03 May 1996 16:53:57 -0400
  ...the >first position where bump it up a little and the wipers sweep once, the >low position, and the high position. That accounts for...
• Re: Wiper Blades
  Historical mailing list - Steve Frisbee
  Fri, 28 May 1999 18:57:20 -0700
  I recall someone posting to the list that you could mount a 19" wiper instead of 18". This looks plausible on the driver's...
• Broken wipers, Replacement jack?
  Historical mailing list - blytz
  Mon, 17 Dec 2001 17:48:14 -0600
  ...just kinda happened) one of my wiper posts, so now the arm just hangs there when the wipers are on. What are everyones opinions...
• Re: Wiring diagram for intermittent wiper?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Tue, 19 Jun 2007 22:24:42 -0700
  try this http://www.bostonengine.com/articles/wiperupgrade.html bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jens Jakob Andersen" <jayjay@ZORCK.DK> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM...
• rear wiper motor
  Historical mailing list - Joe Lucca
  Mon, 3 Aug 1998 11:12:20 EDT
  hello everyone, this past weekend the rear wiper motor burned out on my 86 vanagon, could anyone steer me in the right direction to...
• Re: Mystery drip
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 1 Jan 2006 16:53:40 -0700
  > From around the windshield washers or wipers? Just a thought. > Jerry > ya, because of the locations of your drips, I wonder if it's...
• Re: HELP TO FIX WINDSHIELD WIPERS 91 VANAGON
  Historical mailing list - boroko
  Tue, 10 Jun 2003 22:26:33 -0500
  Have you tried to remove the wiper arms and the plastic covers on the mounting nuts and lubricate them? If you do it, clear...
• Re: more on the Wiper Motor
  Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
  Thu, 17 Sep 1998 10:53:00 -0600
  Mark -- The external wiper arm fits onto a splined shaft. Probably due to not tightening it down enough, I managed to strip a wiper...