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• Re: Re wiper pressure
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Sat, 25 May 2002 10:07:35 -0700
  ...in contact with the windshield? tim in san jose (who's wiper blades are like Karl's, new and never used or dried out...
• Re: Old wiper motor parks, New doesn't
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 6 Apr 2007 03:51:30 -0700
  ...juice. > > Thing is, the wiper motor doesn't work when key is in the "ignition > on" position. > > Shouldn't wipers should work in that...
• Windshield wipers won't park
  Historical mailing list - walter bahm
  Wed, 19 Jul 2000 12:43:06 -0700
  ...to the motor, however, we only get one speed and the wipers won't park correctly when shut off. is this a motor problem...
• installing rear wiper option
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Mon, 3 Jun 2002 08:56:30 -0700
  Is there anyone on the list who has installed a rear wiper option on a vanagon that did not come with that option. Did...
• Wipers and heater go kaput
  Historical mailing list - Larry Himli
  Thu, 13 Apr 2006 07:00:28 -0500
  ...In addition to wipers and heaters I had no headlights. The problem was I was missing X (12V) from ignition switch. Short term fix...
• Re: Randomly Parking Wipers
  Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
  Sun, 10 Apr 2005 15:44:26 +0000
  ...mark drillock <drillock@earthlink.net> > >One thing to check before going into the motor is Fuse 17 !! > >Fuse 17 is not the main wiper...
• Re: anyone have a photo or exploded diagram of the wiper stalk/switch?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 9 Jan 2010 13:48:35 -0800
  ...This it? http://lh3.ggpht.com/_01e3MpPuKwI/S0j5R4cXFpI/AAAAAAAACUY/OkBnScBwaRQ/s640/WiperStalk9.jpg Looks like some kind of ball/spring. Hard to see. Kind...
• Re: Wiper blades
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Sat, 25 May 2002 23:19:39 -0500
  ...out of you glass, at an inopportune moment--- Like hit the wipers--and guess where you are---- I don't think this silicone thing...
• no wipers, no blower motor, no headlights, no radio, no idea...
  Historical mailing list - Jim Johnston
  Mon, 23 Sep 2013 20:58:23 -0400
  ...Wilmington, NC The wipers, blower motor, headlights and radio are a no go. But...When I turn on the high beams, everything works. I...
• How do I remove a wiper arm?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 28 Jan 2009 10:48:37 -0600
  I need to replace the wiper are on on the passenger side of my van. I removed the plug and nut, soaked it in...
• Re: Cat-Gard(tm)
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 2 Aug 2008 10:02:19 EDT
  ...They know they can jump to the wipers and > scramble up from there. Coming down, the wipers also make a convenient stop. > > pull the...
• Fw: Intermittent Wipers? and jumpseat install
  Historical mailing list - Michael Hart
  Mon, 16 Apr 2007 21:39:20 -0700
  ...Intermittent Wipers? and jumpseat install Chris wrote; "the only "intermittant" wipers vanagons came with was to put the stalk in the topmost setting." On...
• Re: Wiper Shaft Stripped
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:13:24 -0700
  ...As it stands I no longer have a drivers side windshield wiper. I presume this job requires removal of the dash right? I was...
• wiper switch and windows
  Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
  Mon, 28 Aug 2000 21:04:13 -0400
  ...The overheating of the wire must have been caused by a problem in the wiper switch ... since the wipers started operating randomly and independent...
• Rear Wiper lead to no washer spray
  Historical mailing list - Adam Thacker
  Sat, 14 May 2005 04:23:31 -0400
  ...I was trying to get figure out how to get the rear wiper to work and was moving and wiggling the switch for the...
• Re: Wiper/Washer Switch Question
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Wed, 9 Jul 2008 12:03:51 -0400
  ...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: Wiper arm differences
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sun, 2 Feb 2020 14:07:28 -0500
  ...Taking apart a spare pair of wiper arms for blasting and powdercoat, noticed they are different lengths and different lengths between bends. All these...
• Re: Wanted: one front windshield wiper arm with airfoil
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Thu, 13 Apr 2017 17:31:15 -0300
  ...at 12:58 PM, Dan N wrote: > >> about air foil on wiper arm... >> >> anyone knows why it's only on the driver side and...
• Wiper Shaft Replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Louis Rumanes
  Tue, 5 Oct 1999 10:35:21 -0400
  Hi, I have a broken driver's side wiper shaft on my 89 westy. I can get at it by taking out the instrument...
• Wiper turning on by themselves - Any ideas how to fix?
  Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
  Fri, 21 May 2004 09:35:30 -0300
  My wipers have been going on by themselves intermittently so I thought I had a short in the switch. I took the switch all...
• Re: Loss of head lights, wipers and rear heater blower
  Historical mailing list - Bob Anderson
  Fri, 27 Dec 2013 09:37:14 +0000
  ...Loss of head lights, wipers and rear heater blower Hello All, I need some help! I'm trying to figure out why, all of...
• Re: Wiper blade trivia
  Historical mailing list - Richard OHalloran
  Sun, 6 Feb 2000 23:12:31 -0800
  I just renewed my front wiper blades and went with the recent list thread and installed 21" for the driver's side and 19...
• Re: Rear Windshield wiper
  Historical mailing list - David Katsuki
  Mon, 14 Apr 1997 18:52:23 -0400
  ...I also had one rear wiper motor get slower and then stop (and then get fried and replaced under extended warrenty on my 87...
• Re: Wanted: one front windshield wiper arm with airfoil
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 13 Apr 2017 13:35:44 +0000
  ...It will have as much effect on the performance of a Vanagon wiper arm as an "airfoil," and it's much easier. Jim On...
• Slow Rear Wiper Problem - RESOLVED
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Wed, 29 Sep 1999 12:21:28 -0500
  ...Many of you may remember my whining about my rear wiper being the worlds slowest - today I fixed it, and here's how: 1...
• Re: rear window wiper
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 9 May 2001 04:08:11 -0700
  To activate the rear wiper and washer, push the control stalk away from you and allow it to return (it's spring loaded). The...
• Re: Wiper arm differences
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sun, 2 Feb 2020 15:42:28 -0400
  ...Taking apart a spare pair of wiper arms for blasting and powdercoat, noticed they are different lengths and different lengths between bends. All these...
• Re: drooping wiper blade
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 2 Jul 1999 22:43:29 EDT
  In a message dated 99-07-02 22:15:01 EDT, wdavidson@THEGRID.NET writes: << Any suggestions for adjusting a drooping wiper blade? My...
• Re: Rear Wiper Question
  Historical mailing list - Dave C.
  Sat, 5 May 2001 00:25:26 -0400
  ...That should give you a squirt of fluid and gets the > wiper moving. Push it again to turn it off. > > BenT > San Francisco My...
• Wiper-washer relay
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 1 Jul 2006 15:54:15 -0700
  First my windshield washer stopped then the wipers stopped (when I hit the switch to wash the window). I was looking at the wiring...
• Re: windshield wiper motor
  Historical mailing list - Tony Polson
  Thu, 6 Nov 2003 22:39:28 -0000
  ...Compared to any other car I've > driven in the past decade the front wipers are pathetic. They have 2 speeds-- slow > and slower...
• Re: Tired of replacing wiper Blades
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Sat, 25 May 2002 07:14:08 -0500
  ...Tired of replacing wiper Blades Hey all you gurus of H2O removal--- I have had to replace all my wiper blades on a six...
• Re: Tired of replacing wiper Blades
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Sat, 25 May 2002 09:08:40 -0400
  ...Tired of replacing wiper Blades Hey all you gurus of H2O removal--- I have had to replace all my wiper blades on a six...
• Re: Randomly Parking Wipers
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Wed, 6 Apr 2005 10:34:02 -0500
  ...meditation? Chill out! You can live with it! Spend the time you'd spend fixing this doing something important! figure on changing the wiper...
• Re: Wipers won't stay tight
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Sun, 17 Dec 2000 10:00:25 -0500
  >I discovered the my wipers were being used at night by my cat and whose >else to "climb" up onto the roof. I don...
• Re: Relay #4 - what does it do?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 3 Apr 2010 19:23:19 -0700
  As long as you have a wiper relay still in #10 you must have pulled that thing from one of the other slots so...
• Need help with Wiper Washer Switch
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 1 Apr 1996 19:48:38 -0600
  ...How does one remove the Wiper switch in a '69 Bus? OR how does one replace said switch OR how does one remove the...
• Re: stuck wiper arm
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 1 Jul 2002 13:03:16 -0400
  At 11:04 AM 7/1/2002, Dan Barrett wrote: >Folks, > I'm in the middle of repainting my wiper arms to get rid...
• Re: plug and play intermittant programmable/adjustable wiper relays
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:23:58 -0700
  ...That is, it was not wired to accept an intermittent wiper feature. Look in the holes where the blades of the module plug and...
• Windshield wiper oddities
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Tue, 18 Dec 2001 12:46:12 -0800
  A few of us had the same problem of the windshield wiper stopping in the middle of the window and not at the resting...
• Re wiper blades
  Historical mailing list - Clarence J Falarski
  Sat, 25 May 2002 12:50:18 -0400
  Gentlemen, ladies, lighten up a little bit here, we are talking about wiperblades, not a new engine or transmission replacement. :-) Here are two possible...
• Re: Rear wipers lacking on European T3s
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 26 Oct 2002 17:58:42 +1300
  >The only thing I've ever needed the rear wiper on my van for is to >remove either the coolant spray from the overflow...
• wipers work again
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 1 May 1995 13:59:21 -0600
  A loooong time ago I asked if anyone had experience with wipers that don't move at first and then slowly make one pass...
• Re: Larger Windshield Wipers / Less Can Be More
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Mon, 28 Feb 2005 06:14:18 -0500
  ...In > my ample experience, the longer a wiper blade is over the stock size, the > faster ice builds on its outer tip. The more...
• Re: Wiper Arm Question
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:24:41 EDT
  ...There is NO need to change out the wiper arm mechanism. Grind the surface of the pivot shaft flat, centerpunch, drill and tap for...
• Re: #99 intermittant programmable wiper relays
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Wed, 29 Feb 2012 08:10:41 -0800
  ...Monday, February 27, 2012 9:27 AM Subject: #99 intermittant programmable wiper relays these are all sold out until i get some more.. sorry...
• Re: '85 vanagon fuse #14 - again
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Thu, 24 Jun 2010 08:41:03 -0700
  BenT Syncro wrote: > I didn't think VW would make a different switch for > vans with rear wipers and ones without. I reckon they...
• Re: Speaking of Windshield Wipers...
  Historical mailing list - Tonya Pope
  Fri, 24 Jan 1997 13:45:34 -0800
  ...The wipers don't smear or chatter. Tonya 87 Vanagon GL Wolfs 74 S. Beetle
• Re: Windshield wipers
  Historical mailing list - Dan Herbert
  Thu, 21 Dec 1995 00:38:31 -0500
  ...The (aluminum!!!) splined drive lost its splines to the steel wiper arm - no back and forth, as you say. So I mosey into the...
• Re: Speaking of Windshield Wipers...
  Historical mailing list - Ryan McGee
  Fri, 24 Jan 1997 11:33:02 -0800
  ...My Subaru has maybe the world's worst wiper (okay, except maybe for the '71 Westy I used to drive). It wears out in...
• Power Window Regulators and wiper motors FS
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 22 Oct 1999 10:58:57 EDT
  ...I also have a brand new wiper motor for the rear hatch wiper. These go bad alot and I had a hard time finding...
• Re: rear wiper disconnect
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Tue, 14 May 2002 17:13:43 -0600
  ...rear wiper disconnect > > What is the easiest way to electrically disconnect and reconnect the rear > wiper? > > I need to do this when my bike...
• Re: 85 Vanagon; Wiper fuse blowing
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Fri, 14 Nov 2003 11:40:01 -0800
  ...Z --- Lorraine Rios <Riomelillo@AOL.COM> wrote: > The maintenance never ends...I wonder if that's a > famous VW quote in Germany? > Wipers didn...
• Re: rear wipers
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 13 Feb 2007 18:15:39 -0500
  ...Mike '84 GL 7 pass without rear wiper '85 GL Westy without rear wiper Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott wrote: > On 2/13/2007...
• Re: RE-The "world's slowest rear wiper" problem
  Historical mailing list - Bredt Petka
  Thu, 4 Feb 1999 10:29:14 -0500
  ...RE-The "world's slowest rear wiper" problem > > Martin, > > I'd bet money on corrosion between the wiper shaft and the bushing. > I had...
• Re: BA6 not starting
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Thu, 20 Jan 2005 12:59:00 -0800
  DO you hear anything when you switch the heater on? A click, or motors running? Were the wipers and heater on at the same...
• Re: winshield wiper woes
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Fri, 14 Mar 2003 10:38:47 -0500
  ...Well, the damn spinning wheel thingy ripped my driverside wiper blade up so it stood verticaly when not in use. I gently pulled it...
• Re: Rear Window Wiper/Washer
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 11 Apr 2014 10:07:13 -0700
  ...When I operate the wiper by pushing forward on the stalk I also get a squirt of washer fluid. I usually use it when...
• Wiper Shaft Stripped
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:25:45 -0400
  On my project syncro, I found while driving the other day that the drivers side front windshield wiper was slipping on the shaft but...
• Re: Rear Hatch Swap on 1982 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Bret Berger
  Thu, 3 Mar 2011 16:25:40 -0700
  ...You talked me out of it. :) Just found, courtesy of a list member, a good hatch without wiper, in the correct color, in Salt...