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• Re: Turn signal stalk and wiper madness (aka: Bosch meets Lucas electrics)
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 1 Oct 2013 19:10:02 -0700
  ...When it dies you lose headlights, wipers, dash fan, plus a few other things. Mark TJ Hemrick wrote: > Hey, hey, hey, hey. > A few...
• load reduction relay for wipers/heater blowers
  Historical mailing list - Weibel, Pius
  Tue, 17 Oct 2006 08:34:12 -0500
  ...My load reduction relay for the wipers and the heater blowers died recently. The relay is a generic 40 amp relay (part# 171-937...
• Re: Rear wiper relay story
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 25 Mar 2022 08:37:11 -0700
  ...Rear wiper relay story > > Trivial little thing. But it’s Friday and not much list traffic . > > Past few years, on occasion, my rear wiper...
• Re: Wipers - Go/No-Go
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
  Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:34:36 -0700
  I just had a similar experience with the wipers in my 85 Westy. The connection to the fuse holder was OK but someone added...
• Re: Rear windshield wiper
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Tue, 23 May 2000 22:18:39 -0500
  ...Rear windshield wiper >Hi Listees, >Please help. >I have a '90 Westy-auto, and the rear windshield wiper doesn't work. I >tested the...
• Rear Wiper Question
  Historical mailing list - Christopher T. Berchin
  Fri, 4 May 2001 05:48:14 -0400
  Ok, I've read the owner's manual and I've tried to get my rear wiper to operate with no luck. Is there...
• Longer wiper blades
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Sun, 28 Oct 2001 17:44:13 EST
  It's time for new wiper blades. I remembered an old post recommending using a 21" on the left and a 19" on the...
• Wipers & spraying
  Historical mailing list - Markus Benne
  Mon, 4 Feb 2002 12:14:27 -0500
  ...After squirting the windshield, the wipers do about two or three passes too many resulting in streaks on the windshield!!! Drives me crazy! Anyone...
• Re: Windshield wipers
  Historical mailing list - James V
  Wed, 25 Feb 2004 20:29:19 -0800
  ...work? Or just pull the passenger > side off and go mono-wiper. > > James > 90 Carat Crumbs. I jinxed myself... So what's the fix...
• FS rear wiper unit
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Wed, 2 Jun 2004 13:11:14 -0400
  ...I have a rear wiper unit, in good working order. I just tested it. Complete with all the rods and shaft. $50.00 plus...
• front wipers
  Historical mailing list - Phil Menchions
  Wed, 17 Dec 2003 19:39:53 -0330
  Hi volks, Tried my wipers the other day and only the passenger side worked. Obviously the motor is OK. Has anyone BTDT? Cheers, Phil...
• Re: front wipers
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:07:47 -0500
  ...front wipers One of the most cost effective things you can do to improve your wiper blades is to use RainX on your windshield...
• Re: Winter Warning
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 23 Nov 2006 18:13:30 EST
  ...REMOVE YOUR WINDSHIELD WIPERS. > > Too late for me; a weekend chinook filled the snow on my windshield > and roof with water allowing it to...
• Re: wiper blades
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sat, 8 Dec 2007 11:03:18 -0800
  ...With the RainX most of the way I had the wipers on intermitent if on at all. There were a few minutes/miles that...
• Re: Oops! Almost blew a wiper motor.
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Tue, 30 Apr 2002 08:24:02 -0600
  When I bought my 90 westy, the rear wiper motor was toast, i.e. plastic parts inside were melted away. You just gave me...
• Re: Rear wiper relay story
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 25 Mar 2022 08:39:22 -0700
  ...I have a drawer full of salvaged van relays, for some reason I didn’t think I had rear wiper relay… I had two...
• Re: wiper motor problem
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Sat, 4 May 2013 17:05:27 -0400
  ...ever had to actually do anything to or with a vanagon wiper motor, and I have worked on several hundred vanagons, pretty full time...
• Re: Tired of replacing wiper Blades
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 24 May 2002 23:12:31 -0700
  ...Tired of replacing wiper Blades > I use "winter" blades all year 'round. They generally last 1 -2 > years. This plus frequent Rain-X keeps...
• getting and staying bent...
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Thu, 12 Jan 1995 13:33:36 CST6CDT
  Steve whines...:) > My main problem is with the wiper. Even with new ones. What happens is I > get them installed and after a relatively...
• '85 vanagon fuse #14 - again
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 23 Jun 2010 10:21:12 -0700
  after coffee and eyeglass cleaning I went back to german wiring diagrams and found fuse #14 being designated for rear wiper on models from...
• wiper arms
  Historical mailing list - Keith & Lynn C.
  Sun, 14 May 2000 18:16:05 -0700
  ...I have 2 wiper arms in my hands, just painted, 2 different p/n and slight differences in length and bend. p/n's...
• Re: Tired of replacing wiper Blades
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Sat, 25 May 2002 07:44:12 -0400
  Depending on the climate and the amount of usage, 6 months is about what I'd expect to get out of wipers. Mine rarely...
• Re: windshield wiper motor
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Gies
  Thu, 6 Nov 2003 12:35:36 -0600
  ...When the van is not moving - the wipers are SLOW, on all speeds (hi-low-int). However when I am actually driving, they seem...
• Re: wiper problems
  Historical mailing list - Jim Wheaton
  Wed, 10 Jan 2001 14:40:44 -0800
  ...Not only that, *ALL* > wiper activity (which was working at the start of the trip) stopped > working (no wiper activity at all works - rear...
• Re: FS: plug and play intermittant programmable/adjustable wiper relays for vanagon
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:14:20 -0800
  ...these are the factory volkswagen >> intermittant >> programmable wiper relays. simply pull out your #19 relay in your >> fusebox >> and replace it with this one...
• Today's Puzzler...
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Mon, 6 Feb 1995 10:24:53 CST6CDT
  ...On my '87, the wipers run fine but they do not auto-park... EXCEPT when on intermittent duty! I know about the contact points...
• 85 Vanagon intermittent electrical problem
  Historical mailing list - CARY CHIANG
  Mon, 7 Dec 1998 14:27:30 -0800
  ...The turn signals and windshield wipers quit working while the engine was running. With the engine off (ignition on only) the turn signals and...
• Do I have to rewire for programmable intermittent wipers?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Sat, 18 May 2002 17:03:13 -0400
  Hi, I just purchased one of those programmable wiper relays for my 87 Westy. I figured it would be a simple matter of pulling...
• Windshield wiper shaft
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 21 Jul 1997 11:53:11 -0400
  To those who expressed sympathy for having to remove the dash to replace the broken windshield wiper shaft (driver's side). It appears that...
• Painting the Wind Shield Wipers
  Historical mailing list - Bill Prats
  Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:28:11 -0800
  The paint or Black Powder Coat is coming off the wiper arms on my '89 Westy. Any suggestions to refinish these?? I'd replace...
• Re: windshield wiper help
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 8 Oct 2004 14:27:36 -0500
  Many times your wiper arms get stripped at the pivot post because the neighborhood and feral cats use your wipers to boost themselves to...
• Re: rear window wiper wiring
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Sat, 30 Nov 2002 21:38:09 +0000
  ...rear window wiper wiring >Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2002 11:09:26 EST > >I just picked up a rear window wiper/motor assembly and...
• # Intermittant wiper relay
  Historical mailing list - d t
  Sun, 2 Jan 2000 22:52:52 MST
  ...jdiebolt@up.net wrote: >There is no such thing as a standard wiper relay. When a VW comes >without intermittent wipers it has a...
• Re: Washer fluid
  Historical mailing list - Barbara Sutton/Cris Torlasco
  Sun, 3 May 1998 21:41:55 -0700
  ...Nothing > > is > > wrong. > > 4a) (special for 1st time VW owners) The intermittant wiper position > > (if > > equipped) is all the way > > down. 1 notch up...
• Re: Wiper Shaft Replacement?
  Historical mailing list - BILL
  Tue, 5 Oct 1999 09:11:51 -0600
  ...Wiper Shaft Replacement? > > > Hi, > > I have a broken driver's side wiper shaft on my 89 westy. I can get at > it by taking...
• Re: AFM Video
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 5 Jul 2014 21:17:40 -0700
  ...When I "danced with the devil" ** loosening and shifting the AFM wiper board, I noted that the wiper tension to board is pretty minimal...
• Wipers wont work
  Historical mailing list
  6 May 96 16:42:00 -0500
  All, Today while driving to class it started to rain, turned on the wipers, and after about 5 minutes of operation they stopped. When...
• front wipers
  Historical mailing list - Ian M. Steele
  Mon, 18 Feb 2008 18:30:15 -0600
  Usually I'm a fair weather driver of an 83.5, but recently had to use the front wipers and found the wiper speed...
• Re: Vintage wiper blade source (east)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 12 Jan 1995 09:12:29 -0500
  you're going to think this is crazy, but when my wiper motor bit the dust in the middle on nowhere, I went to...
• rear wiper problem
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Rueb
  Fri, 14 Jun 2002 23:41:40 EDT
  just curious if anyone ever had a prob with the rear wiper just automatically turning off after 3 swipes it just turns off sometime...
• BA6 not starting
  Historical mailing list - Chris Renz
  Thu, 20 Jan 2005 11:53:41 -0800
  ...eventually i realized the wipers werent on either and replaced the fuse. this time neither the timed heat or just switching it on works...
• Re: rear wipers (was RE: Quick... Before my parents get home....
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 13 Feb 2007 05:46:20 -0800
  > Besides, rear wipers are not necessary, IMHO. The rear window is vertical > and rain doesn't collect on it. I suspect it's intended...
• Re: Cat-Gard(tm)
  Historical mailing list - John Graham
  Sat, 2 Aug 2008 17:27:37 -0400
  How about just turning your wipers on before you turn off the engine and turn the ignition off when the wipers are at their...
• Electrical issue - 1987 Syncro GL
  Historical mailing list - Don in Phoenix
  Tue, 20 Apr 2004 12:45:56 -0700
  ...Issue # 2 - No windshield wipers. Not in intermitant, slow or fast switch positions. No fuses blown that I can find. Bentley on order, but...
• Re: Rear Wiper
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 5 Jun 2002 12:39:27 -0400
  ...Rear Wiper snipped ---- we couldn't figure out how to shut them off. end snipped ------- If I am not mistaken, it is a matter...
• Re: Rear wiper relay story
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
  Fri, 25 Mar 2022 08:28:15 -0700
  ...But it’s Friday and not much list traffic . > > Past few years, on occasion, my rear wiper would work slowly. As if it it...
• Windshield wiper update for Vanagons
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 22 Jan 1997 20:45:14 -0500 (EST)
  Hi Volks, I have a bit of news for Vanagon owners looking for a wiper that clean more surface area. The 1995 and newer...
• Re: Where's rear wiper switch on '87 GL
  Historical mailing list - JonR
  Wed, 20 Nov 1996 18:26:51 -0500
  ...it spring returns to the off position and the wiper makes a few more cycles then parks on its' own... are later models different...
• Re: Larger Windshield Wipers
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 28 Feb 2005 11:19:38 EST
  ...actually most cars today come from the factory with different windshield wiper sizes right vs left.... chris
• Re: wiper blades
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Sat, 8 Dec 2007 10:44:31 -0800
  ...If you use Rain-X once every 3-4 months correctly I seldom need any more then intermitant wipers. If you drive at higher...
• Re: FS: programmable adjustable wiper relays
  Historical mailing list - Tony Collins
  Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:03:00 -0500
  ...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: Front reservoir repair again
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 9 Jun 2021 17:42:07 -0700
  ...https://www.gowesty.com/product/wiper-washer/22715/-front-wiper-washer-reservoir or here https://www.vancafe.com/251955453D-p/251955453d.htm or here...
• Re: Wiper Shaft Replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Tue, 5 Oct 1999 11:17:09 -0400
  ...Wiper Shaft Replacement? Hi, I have a broken driver's side wiper shaft on my 89 westy. I can get at it by taking...
• Wipers and fan go kaput - electrical help please
  Historical mailing list - Aaron
  Wed, 12 Apr 2006 17:19:44 -0700
  ...doing a little ski trip and yesterday (on the ' 85 westfalia), the front heater fan and wipers seem to have quit. I have a...
• 6V Wiper Motor
  Historical mailing list - Jon Kanas
  Wed, 3 Oct 2007 16:25:19 -0600
  ...I would like to convert the vacuum wipers in my current restoration project (1937 Buick, see website) to electric. I'd like to source...
• Re: Wiper/Washer Switch Question
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 8 Jul 2008 19:48:15 -0700
  ...On a Vanagon, '90, the > wiper/washer lever has three positions: center off, up for fast, down for > slow. And in all three positions...
• Re: What to lube on wipers when dash is off?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:42:42 -0800
  ...I even lube the pivot points on the wiper arms ... where a spring holds the wiper against the windshiled..those pivot points. 'if it...
• Re: Tired of replacing wiper Blades
  Historical mailing list - Darren
  Sat, 25 May 2002 08:46:24 -0500
  ...Tired of replacing wiper Blades Rain-X works good if you have rain. With our rain twice or maybe three times a year, the...
• Re: hesitation/bucking (was: Re: tested Oxygen Sensor, and...)
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Sat, 17 May 2008 23:08:29 -0400
  ...The wiper had not worn completely through the track or else I would > have moved the board over slightly so the wiper would have...
• Re: Wiper arm differences
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 2 Feb 2020 11:14:48 -0800
  ...I'd downsizing on spare parts so 2 or 3 out of 4 spare wiper arms will get recycled. Neil. On 2/2/20...