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• Re: Ideas about wiper problem.
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Sat, 27 Oct 2001 03:44:35 -0500
  ...Ideas about wiper problem. >Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 13:05:49 EDT > >I am having a problem with a Vanagon front wiper motor...
• Re: windshield wiper nut diameter + thread pitch?
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:51:52 -0700
  ...Remember, when you're working with the wipers, that the wiper arm, where it connects to the motor shaft, has soft metal inside so...
• Re: rear wipers (was RE: Quick... Before my parents get home....
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 12 Feb 2007 22:46:56 -0800
  ...Now my Prius, with its normal sloping > rear > window, _it_ needs a rear wiper. I've never understood why they put rear > wipers on...
• FS: programmable intermittant wiper relay
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 1 Jul 2010 13:07:08 EDT
  stock vw relay that lets you custom set your wiper delay speeds... plug and play.. $20 shipped conus paypal.. chris
• Tires, wiperblades and spark plugs.
  Historical mailing list - Wolfsburg
  Thu, 8 Oct 1998 23:27:18 -0700
  Its time to replace my tires, wiperblades and sparkplugs. What are good brands? (details would be helpful. Thanks, Floyd Truskot
• Re: four-position wiper stalk, 78 bus -Reply
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Tue, 12 Mar 1996 08:44:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...I remember someone mentioning something >about a wiper relay? How would one go about finding out if one of the >newer relays would fit...
• Windshielf Wipers
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 29 Mar 96 17:17:10 EST
  hey now, i bought some Bosch windshield wipers for Rumba's face..hmm, now i'm not stupid but i was looking at the...
• Windshield Wiper Arm Shaft Caps
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 30 Jan 2007 15:26:53 -0500
  >>> Does anyone have a black cap that fits over the hub of the >>> windshield wiper? It covers a nut that holds the wiper blade...
• F.S. Re: rear wipers
  Historical mailing list - -------------
  Tue, 13 Feb 2007 08:51:13 -0500
  ...Now my Prius, with its normal >> sloping rear >> window, _it_ needs a rear wiper. I've never understood why they >> put rear >> wipers on...
• windshield wipers not working
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Miller
  Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:40:33 -0700
  ...The wiper fluid works (albeit poorly and only on the driver's side). I need to take a better look to see if I...
• Re: Floppy Wiper arm, is there a fix?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Thu, 17 Oct 2013 23:43:34 -0700
  with the wiper arm removed from the shaft.. how does the shaft feel ..loose ? what happens when you run the wipers with the wiper...
• Re: Wiper arm flapping all over the place
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 9 Dec 2017 11:01:57 -0800
  I didn't get the original post, but the problem here is that the wiper arm gets reamed out and the nut bottoms out...
• Re: Rear Wiper Motor Not Wiping
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:38:52 -0700
  when any wiper blade that has self-parking as part of the circuitry is kept from returning to the parked position, and power is...
• Re: wiper motor problem
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 4 May 2013 13:49:03 -0700
  ...I have never ever had to actually do anything to or with a vanagon wiper motor, and I have worked on several hundred vanagons...
• stans damn cats Re: windshield wiper help
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 9 Oct 2004 00:25:25 EDT
  ...Many times your wiper arms get stripped at the pivot post because the > neighborhood and feral cats use your wipers to boost themselves to...
• Wiper/Washer Switch Question
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 8 Jul 2008 18:57:56 -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...
• Alternative windshield wipers
  Historical mailing list - Harry Hoffman
  Sat, 7 Jan 2017 08:54:25 -0500
  Hi Folks, Does anyone have an alternative to the standard wipers they like? I'm looking for something longer and "beefier". Cheers, Harry
• Need : Driver's side wiper shaft part - 251955215
  Historical mailing list - Scott
  Tue, 3 Sep 2013 17:20:57 -0600
  I'm looking to buy a driver's side wiper shaft if anyone has one around. Thanks Scott
• Re: Oops! Almost blew a wiper motor.
  Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
  Tue, 30 Apr 2002 09:48:10 -0400
  I've just got to chime in about that rear wiper here... I burned out my motor the same way - the rear wiper was...
• Re: 2nd clue: windshield wiper switch problem
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 8 May 2004 17:43:06 -0500
  ...windshield wiper switch problem > As I posted 2 days ago, my van's windshield wipers > sometimes work and some times dont. I tried fiddleing...
• 71 wiper screech
  Historical mailing list - Erik W. Burtis
  Wed, 13 Mar 1996 08:44:28 -0400 (EDT)
  Last weekend while driving around my wiper system developed an awful screech. It is not from the wipers against the glass, as it occurs...
• replacing wiper motor
  Historical mailing list - Lee Kouns
  Thu, 19 Sep 2002 08:06:18 -0700
  Hi consulting team, Have any of you replaced the motor for the front wipers without removing the dashboard (on an '87 or year with...
• Re: Windshield wipers-- fuse size
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 1 Dec 2002 16:11:11 -0800
  ...California and my wiper fuse needed > replacing. Does the Bentley show proper fuse sizes anywhere? Seems odd that > a wiper fuse should blow. > > I...
• Re: '71 windshield wipers
  Historical mailing list - Janet Martinson
  Fri, 15 Apr 1994 18:37:05 -0700 (PDT)
  On Thu, 14 Apr 1994, Mark Nottingham wrote: > I've got a '71 bus with a rapidly dying windshield wiper motor. I've rebuilt...
• Re: Busted wiper bolt
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:01:44 -0700
  I take to mean what I call a 'wiper pivot' .. the shaft that turns, in a bushing/mount affair, that the wiper arm bolts...
• Re: Rear wiper no wipe
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Thu, 18 Jul 2013 14:59:59 -0400
  Hi Jeff ~ I've given my rear wiper arm a little bend. It used to leave streaks but now wipes pretty evenly. John Meeks...
• Re: Rear Wiper lead to no washer spray
  Historical mailing list - Adam Thacker
  Sat, 14 May 2005 20:22:21 -0400
  ...then the rear wiper washer starts squirting and the rear wiper starts running. it'll run for like five or six seconds then quit...
• Re: Turn Signal Flasher Replaced-Wipers NG
  Historical mailing list - Richard Schmittdiel
  Wed, 29 Jan 1997 19:09:22 -0800
  ...put the new flasher unit into the correct socket, reinstalled the wiper relay into its socket, and both flashers and wipers now operate properly...
• '71 windshield wipers
  Historical mailing list - Mark Nottingham
  Thu, 14 Apr 1994 04:14:29 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I've got a '71 bus with a rapidly dying windshield wiper motor. I've rebuilt bug wiper motors before, but I have not...
• Re: Larger Size Windshield Wipers?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 8 Jan 2003 13:51:59 EST
  ...Will this cause a problem, like extra strain on the wiper > motor? > > > i put 20" on BOTH sides.. worked great, no probs chris
• Re: Windshield wipers
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 25 Feb 2004 21:33:56 -0500
  On Wed, 25 Feb 2004, James V wrote: > If tightening the wiper on the shaft doesn't do it, then the splines are > probably...
• Re: 1971 original windshield wiper length
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 6 May 95 14:29:06 PDT
  ...1971 original windshield wiper length > >Does anyone know what length these are? Mine have been replaced with some >which are too long. They measure...
• Re: How wipers work / rain-X
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 25 May 2002 09:33:43 -0700
  ...How wipers work / rain-X > > The wipers glide on a molecular film of water. They skip when they > encounter a surface that doesn't...
• Re: Windshield washers
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 26 May 2002 10:10:35 -0500
  ...I've seen a lot of *right on the wiper arm squirters* and I think you're onto something there. Probably fix the wiper...
• Re: Rear Wiper Motor Fizzle/Sizzle 91 Westy: Questions
  Historical mailing list - David Katsuki
  Fri, 30 Oct 1998 10:43:04 -0500
  Mark, Sounds like a toasted rear wiper motor to me. I've had one fry and get replaced by the dealer on warrenty (let...
• Re: four-position wiper stalk, 78 bus -Reply
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Mar 1996 20:37:20 -0500
  ...I remember someone mentioning something SB>about a wiper relay? How would one go about finding out if one of the SB>newer relays...
• Re: Wiper Wackiness - No Parking
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 21 Mar 2003 21:37:25 -0600
  > --- Anthony Mourkas <mourkas@APPLEISP.NET> wrote: > > Recently my front windshield wipers stopped parking > > correctly. All > > functions work as normal except that wipers will > > park...
• One Speed Wiper Switch in 78 Westy?
  Historical mailing list - CAP'N HOOK, THE SOFTWARE PIRATE
  Sun, 26 Feb 1995 19:58:48 PST
  My van only has the first wiper speed, when I flick the switch up to the second speed the wipers just stop wherever they...
• Re: Windshield Wiper in a cross-wind
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Fri, 4 May 2001 08:24:11 EDT
  ...mark@hotmail.com writes: << Just a Vanagon quirk or maybe the wiper arm spring tension has seen better days? >> Mark, My 86 and later...
• Re: Wiper Arms
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 14 Jul 2004 12:57:30 -0400
  ...When I've removed my wiper arms I find that if the wiper arm is DOWN and against the windshield is a lot harder...
• Vintage wiper blade source (east)
  Historical mailing list - Steve Walker
  Wed, 11 Jan 95 15:52:49 EST
  Anybody got any good info on a source for wiper blades on the east coast? My 64 needs a new set bad. Steve
• Re: Partially burned rear wiper electrical connector. Motor Heat Damaged it?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Wed, 18 May 2016 12:57:45 -0400
  I think what happens is that in the winter, there is snow and ice on the back hatch and the rear wiper and someone...
• No Heater/No Wipers!
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Fri, 15 Feb 2002 08:43:09 -0500
  ...I try the wipers/washers, nothing either. Back heater comes on OK. Dash lights work. Can't drive it with out a heater or...
• Re: FS: intermittant adjustable wiper relays for Vanagons (allows u to custo
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:11:00 -0800
  ...these are intermittant programmable wiper > relays, otherwise known as the "99 relay" this replaces your stock > intermittant #19 wiper relay and allows you to...
• Re: windshield wipers
  Historical mailing list - Don Trowbridge
  Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:29:53 -0700
  I don't know about larger than stock but for wipers in general last October ConsumerReports.org rated wipers as follows: 1.)Valeo 600...
• 87 Air box - wiper contact
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 1 Mar 1996 11:34:41 -0500
  Thanks to all of you helping me thru my Syncro fix on the new wiper contact. My question is - the wiper has two contacts...
• Re: Wiper Shaft Stripped
  Historical mailing list - ed donnen
  Sat, 24 Sep 2011 10:13:27 -0400
  So Craig got me thinking- that must be the problem with my wiper! I didn't realize the spline was tapered. I took Mark...
• Wipers spring (Westy 85)
  Historical mailing list - Normand Gagnon
  Tue, 11 Jun 96 09:16:01 -0400
  Hi, I have recently buy a wiper spring helper, it's something like a spring with two hooks that goes around arms. After some...
• Re: Loose wiper arm
  Historical mailing list - Bill Shawley
  Tue, 3 Mar 2009 21:14:11 +0000
  ...Loose wiper arm > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > I know there was a very recent thread on how to fix a loose wiper arm...
• Wiper Arm Knurling - How does it work?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 19 Sep 2010 17:16:04 -0500
  I recently acquired a pair of replacement wiper arms with the airfoil on them to replace the ones I have with no airfoil. When...
• Re: Wiper Failure (again) X-switch for ignition
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 5 Mar 2011 22:35:34 -0800
  ...Came a big rain, I > had > to go somewhere in the middle of it, started the engine, wipers would > not work. Turned the wipers...
• Re: Great Wiper Blades
  Historical mailing list - joel walker
  Wed, 10 Jan 2007 14:59:23 -0600
  ...Great Wiper Blades >I put a set of these on my 84 Westy last month, and couldn't be >happier!!! > Tirerack has buy one...
• Re: Wiper blade recommendation? Now Length?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 30 Oct 2012 11:49:12 -0500
  ...The passenger side wiper started to flop around about six months after I started using the longer blades. Things went down from there, and...
• Re: Ideas about wiper problem.
  Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
  Fri, 26 Oct 2001 13:41:42 -0500
  I can't explain this well, but it has to do with a relay that sends your wipers to a specific position when the...
• Re: Wiper arm differences
  Historical mailing list - KIM BRENNAN
  Sun, 2 Feb 2020 17:14:42 -0500
  ...The lower one in your photo is for the rear wiper, not one of the fronts. > On Feb 2, 2020, at 2:01 PM...
• Rear Wiper Motor source
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 13 Jun 1997 15:09:13 -0400 (EDT)
  A while back someone from the list emailed me mentioning that they were looking for a source to find a rear wiper motor, as...
• Re: Replacement Wiper Arms?
  Historical mailing list - Matt Drew
  Sat, 7 Feb 2009 09:14:00 -0800
  ...LOL Drew, Las Vegas '90 GL "Blackbeard" When in doubt, use Rainex, no wipers needed? > >
• Re: Wiper blades
  Historical mailing list - Phil S.
  Sat, 25 May 2002 10:46:44 -0700
  Down he-ah in Florida one could open a windshield wiper depot and make a killing! Im still looking for this "wesleys black Magic...
• Rear Window Wiper/Washer
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Engel
  Fri, 11 Apr 2014 11:37:31 -0400
  My 87 Syncro GL has the rear wiper/washer. When I operate the wiper by pushing forward on the stalk I also get a...
• Rear Wiper Motor Not Wiping
  Historical mailing list - Mister Tom
  Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:57:15 -0700
  ...I had a bike rack on my van and SOMEbody hit the switch to run the rear wiper. Blade hit the hardware and stopped...