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• Re: Where's rear wiper switch on '87 GL
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 20 Nov 1996 20:39:28 +0000
  ...I feel foolish, but I'd > rather be able to turn the rear wiper on than live with my pride! Push the wiper arm...
• Re: How to install Wiper Shaft
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:37:53 -0700
  ...http://web.mac.com/tubaneil/iWeb/Site%205/WiperShaftAssembly.html On 3/29/07, neil <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Roger. > > Thanks for info...
• Re: Wiper Arm Question-any source for a replacement rear wiper spring?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:58:21 -0500
  I;ve got a wiper arm up fron that needs replacing. I have had the new one (got it from Christ Turner) for a...
• Re: windshield wiper repair just musing this time
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 19 Aug 2012 12:58:24 -0700
  Your wiper shaft lasted for at least 20 years. I bet it got no lubrication during its life apart from what if got at...
• Re[2] T4 wiper probs
  Historical mailing list - Norman Leong
  14 Jan 1995 16:11:38 U
  ...3) Your wiper motor's messed up; you need to buy a Ford Windstar ASAP! :) 4) Your wiper relay rods are messed up; see...
• Re: Wipers - Go/No-Go
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:57:21 -0700
  ...Turned on the wipers > and the worked fine. Got to my destination just as the rain tapered off, > but the wipers were still running...
• Re: Wiper arms
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Foltz
  Thu, 4 May 2000 12:44:28 EDT
  << My wiper blades periodically need tightening,and rather than getting out and re-tightening them at inopportune moments, I've been using Rain-X...
• Re: Windshield Wiper Question
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 10 May 2000 09:12:37 -0300
  ...IMHO you do not have to go up under the dash to re-position the wipers. Malcolm John wrote: > My right front windshield wiper...
• Re: WTB: Vanagon Rear hatch w/wiper
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 17 Mar 1997 03:07:00 -0500 (EST)
  ...I suppose switching the hatches might be easier, but if you could just buy the wiper assy, installing it into the "wiperless" hatch isn...
• Re: Rear Window Wiper
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Wed, 19 Feb 2003 11:22:50 -0800
  ...This is an indicator that either the blower or wiper motor is failing (starting to seize so it takes more juice to turn it...
• Re: Wipers wont Park when turned off??
  Historical mailing list - First Name Last Name
  Mon, 23 Jul 2001 12:57:15 -0700
  Figure this one ??????? My wipers wouldn't park when turned off, so, at BenT's suggestion, I pulled the intermittent wiper relay out of...
• Re: Larger Size Windshield Wipers?
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Wed, 8 Jan 2003 11:09:49 -0800
  ...Bosch wipers available at FLAPS. William > Has anyone increased the size of their windshield wipers from 18" to 20"? I > am thinking of doing...
• One more thing: Windshield Wiper Question
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 10 May 2000 08:36:07 -0400
  ...Follow MS's procedure, but while you have the wiper arm off the little cone shaped wiper-driver post, clean the teeth of the...
• Re: Speaking of Windshield Wipers...
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Diebolt
  Sun, 26 Jan 1997 18:20:25 -0500
  If you're referring to the factory Vanagon wiper blades, the ones that you have to reuse the two little flat pieces of steel...
• Re: Rain-X
  Historical mailing list - James Cohen
  Thu, 30 Jan 1997 19:06:38 -0800
  ...The downside is using wipers AND R-X. >The fine structure analysis shows that wipers rely on a microscopic layer of >water to slip...
• Re: Windshield Wiper in a cross-wind
  Historical mailing list - Patrick & Stephanie Harris
  Sun, 6 May 2001 12:29:23 -0700
  Greetings! > >Hi Volks, > >While driving my 85 GL in a rain shower with a strong crosswind the >driver's wiper would lift away from...
• "99" Programmable Wiper Relay Into an '81?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:37:18 -0700
  ...It has intermittent wipers. I have a "99" programmable wiper relay from an early 90's 2.0 Jetta. Archives show that it swaps...
• Re: windshield wiper help
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Sat, 9 Oct 2004 12:02:24 -0500
  ...attaching wiper's to >the end of the wiper shaft. >Pull the clip on the bottom of the arm and the wiper is off...
• Lubricating Windshield Wiper mechanism
  Historical mailing list - Wade Yorke
  Sun, 9 May 2004 22:32:16 -0300
  My wipers are very slow even with a wet windshield and I feel that the mechanism needs to be lubricated. How do you get...
• Re: which windshield wiper to get? (my bosch excels have been disappointing)
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Sat, 26 Nov 2005 16:04:50 -0500
  ahem, i do not put rainX on the wipers, guys. i treat my windshield with it. as a result even the crappiest wiper is...
• Wipers - Go/No-Go
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:00:22 -0500
  ...Turned on the wipers and the worked fine. Got to my destination just as the rain tapered off, but the wipers were still running...
• Re: rear wiper disconnect
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Wed, 15 May 2002 10:05:17 +0200
  ...rear wiper disconnect > Just unbolt the wiper arm. > > Karl Wolz > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steve Johnson" <stevej@WB32TV.COM> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent...
• Re: wipers no longer aligned with each other 87 westy
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Wed, 4 Dec 2002 16:57:57 -0500
  ...the front windshield wipers are no longer alligned with each other. >. The splines are made of softer metal than the wiper arm. Remove the...
• Re: Left Passenger Wiper Failed after snow and ice build up, need some feedback on how to fix this please.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Tue, 8 Dec 2009 11:54:31 -0500
  ...wrote: > The wiper arms are made to strip like that in situations just like you > described. What you need to do is pull off...
• Re: Intermittent wiper Relay ?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Thu, 22 Apr 2010 10:47:52 -0600
  ...my '84 wolfsburg had intermittant wipers... had > the #19 relay.. i pulled it and replaced it w/ the #99 and > everything works fine.. what...
• Rear Window Wiper Retrofit
  Historical mailing list - SBate82659
  Tue, 7 Apr 1998 21:47:22 EDT
  ...A year or so ago a buddy of mine was parting-out a Vanagon with a rear wiper/washer so I got the wiper...
• Re: Wind Sheld Wiper 88 wolfburg
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Fox
  Wed, 31 Jan 2001 09:01:20 -0500
  Sounds like you need a new wiper relay. Get em at one of the VW/Vanagon specialist sources >$10. The Bentley manual has pics...
• Re: Wipers only have one speed,
  Historical mailing list - Scott
  Mon, 16 May 2016 11:00:47 -1000
  Not likely to be the wiper motor in my experience . ( altho I do have one out of an 85 I'd sell ) I don...
• Once more unto the breach, dear Volks, once more
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 12 Jun 2011 07:24:15 -0500
  Once again the wipers are toast, once again the fuse has blown, once again the ol' VOM comes out. This wiper thing has been...
• Re: wiper arm
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 15 Oct 2018 14:31:27 +0000
  Ah-Ha.  Found it.  Now I just have to see if I can justify spending $45 on a wiper arm with a wing.  Especially...
• =?utf-8?Q?Re:_All_wipers_on,_won=E2=80=99t_turn_off?=
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 22 Aug 2021 22:27:29 -0700
  ...All wipers on, won’t turn off > > Funny thing, noticed the other day the wipers wouldn’t work. I have other things to do...
• Re: Wipers wont work
  Historical mailing list - A Brandy Psmythe
  Tue, 7 May 1996 08:28:27 -0700 (PDT)
  Hi, There is a large white plastic gear in the wiper motor that spins. In the center of this gear is rod that comes...
• Re: Wiper turning on by themselves - Any ideas how to fix?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Fri, 21 May 2004 08:58:59 -0400
  In the "OFF" position the wipers switch is not off. IT is set to allow another switch, a position switch, to controlled the motor...
• WTB: rear wiper motor...
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Thu, 25 Mar 1999 20:27:35 -0600
  Anyone know I can get a rear wiper motor for my '88 Wolfsburg? Can I use another wiper motor from another year? Too, where...
• Re: Intermittent wiper Relay ?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 21 Apr 2010 10:15:01 -0400
  At 08:49 AM 4/21/2010, jordanvw@AOL.COM wrote: >whats the issue here? you simply remove your existing #19 wiper >relay and...
• Re: Windshield wipers-- fuse size
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Mon, 2 Dec 2002 09:20:44 -0500
  ...California and my wiper fuse needed > replacing. Does the Bentley show proper fuse sizes anywhere? Seems odd that > a wiper fuse should blow. It...
• 2nd clue: windshield wiper switch problem
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sat, 8 May 2004 15:10:26 -0700
  As I posted 2 days ago, my van's windshield wipers sometimes work and some times dont. I tried fiddleing with the column seitch...
• Re: 71 Wiper Screech
  Historical mailing list - Craig Standley
  Wed, 13 Mar 1996 12:51:22 -0800 (PST)
  That screech is caused by the wiper bearings. You will need to replace them, or else the wipers will seize up and burn out...
• Re: easy mod...ADJUSTABLE intermittant wiper!!! read!!
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 3 Apr 2006 08:20:15 -0400
  ...read on!! > chris > > Hey all- > > If you want to be able to control the interval in your > intermittant wipers, it is a really simple...
• Re: Rear Wiper Question
  Historical mailing list - Jack Newton
  Fri, 4 May 2001 21:22:47 +1000
  Hi Chris I had a similar problem with the rear wiper only operating when the front wipers were on fast (and not alwyas then...
• Re: Wiper Adjustments?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:39:03 -0700
  On Jan 26, 2009, at 3:19 PM, Mike Collum wrote: > Matt Drew wrote: >> Turned on the wipers. No bueno... >> >> Is there an easy...
• '84 washer...
  Historical mailing list - jeff seward
  Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:43:29 -0800
  ...I just realised that the intermittant wiper mode is also not functioning, only the two wiper speeds. hhhhmmmm....... I think the wiper/pump is...
• Re: wioers no longer aligned
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 4 Dec 2002 18:53:26 -0600
  Get used to messing with your wiper arms. The local cats climb on my Westy all the time and drag the wipers down to...
• Re: windshield wiper repair just musing this time
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 19 Aug 2012 15:28:11 -0500
  ...Why is the wiper assembly not made so that the motor drives a shaft that terminates with a hex fitting, and the wiper arm...
• Re: Rear Wiper Motor on 87' Westy
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Sun, 26 Aug 2001 18:31:33 -0700
  ...Rear Wiper Motor on 87' Westy Hello Everyone, Anyone out there know if a Rabbit rear wiper motor is interchangeable with a Vanagon rear...
• Re: Intermittent wipers
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Mon, 3 Apr 2006 11:33:15 -0700
  ...easy mod...ADJUSTABLE intermittant wiper!!! read!! > > this was posted to the mk1 ('80-'93) vw cabriolet list...i wonder > if it > would work on...
• Removing Wiper Arms
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Berchin
  Thu, 29 Nov 2001 05:30:00 -0800
  Someone asked how to remove a wiper arm. I ended up using a gear puller that I have, available at any Sears in the...
• Re: Idea to Re-use Worn Wiper Arm?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 27 Feb 2014 15:34:30 -0500
  ...I measured the length from shoulder of wiper arm shaft (below > splines) to end of splines and length of portion of wiper arm that...
• Wipers only have one speed,
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 16 May 2016 06:42:12 -0700
  ...The wipers behave normally on all the other functions of the column stalk wiper switch, but the wipers just plug along at low speed...
• Re: fix windshield wipers that wont stay in position
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Tue, 22 Feb 2005 19:58:00 -0600
  ...fix windshield wipers that wont stay in position Hello, many vanagons that I have seen have windshield wipers arms that can be moved about...
• Re: Safari Wipers
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 27 Mar 1996 22:54:16 -0500
  Does anybody know if those do-dads that allow one to fold down safari window wipers are being reproduced? - Thanks! ------ they probably are- there...
• Re: Wiper Wackiness - No Parking
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin E. Beasley
  Sat, 22 Mar 2003 00:22:23 -0500
  ...Wiper Wackiness - No Parking Recently my front windshield wipers stopped parking correctly. All functions work as normal except that wipers will park wherever they...
• Re: Rear Hatch Swap on 1982 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 3 Mar 2011 14:50:34 -0800
  sure ..if you want to add the wiring and different wiper switch and all. Plus rear reservoir, pump, and hose to feed the washer...
• Re: Speaking of Windshield Wipers...
  Historical mailing list - Philippe Oudot
  Sat, 25 Jan 1997 08:52:56 +0100
  ...I've tried Anco, Trico (sp?) and right now >I've got fancy "Tripledge" wipers installed that have multiple ridges on each >wiper - supposed...
• Re: Left Passenger Wiper Failed after snow and ice build up, need some feedback on how to fix this please.
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 7 Dec 2009 22:44:53 -0700
  ...lift the wiper arm up enough to prop the blade-end nearest the pivot against the windshield. That way the blade can never freeze...
• Re: Intermittent Wiper Relay Upgrade - Answer
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Mon, 6 May 2002 14:41:32 -0500
  >What the heck is a programmable wiper relay? On many cars that have intermittent wipers you'll find either that the delay is fixed...
• Re: Interior Colors Query
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Fri, 4 Jan 2008 14:42:15 -0800
  I have an '85 7 passenger, with a tan velour interior, and a rear wiper. I have an '84 wolfsburg with a blue corduroy...
• Re: Left Passenger Wiper Failed after snow and ice build up, need some feedback on how to fix this please.
  Historical mailing list - Matt Thyer
  Mon, 7 Dec 2009 22:02:48 -0800
  Sounds like you might have stripped the teeth from the motor where the wiper arm is affixed. To completely diagnose this problem, which is...
• Re: Oops! Almost blew a wiper motor.
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 30 Apr 2002 09:41:47 -0700
  The rear wiper should be reset when you turn off the ignition. Karl Wolz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fitz-Randolph, Douglas" <Doug@BEACONTEL.TV> To...
• Re: windshield wiper nut diameter + thread pitch?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:59:33 -0700
  ...No pitch given so it must be a standard > thread. > > Remember, when you're working with the wipers, that the wiper arm, where > it...