I can't explain this well, but it has to do with a relay that sends your
wipers to a specific position when the power is shut off.  I did a bit
of seaching on the net and this site seems to explain it as well as any
of them:

http://www.autoweb.lycos.com/garage/subsys/baacce01.htm

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Donald Baxter  Iowa City, Iowa
(319) 337-0494
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"I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education."
       -- Wislon Mizner

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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of KENWILFY@AOL.COM
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 12:06 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Ideas about wiper problem.

I am having a problem with a Vanagon front wiper motor.  Basically the
problem is this:
You pull back the arm on the steering collum and you get the normal
spray of water from the windshield washer and the wipers start up.  They
wipe a few times and then stop.  Normal right?  Except they stop
anywhere they feel like it instead of going back to the "park" position
where they normally are.  The same thing happens when you use the wipers
normally.  When you turn them off they stop where ever you flip the
switch.  You have to turn them back on until they come back to the
"park" position and then shut them off them to get them to return.

I have tried so far:
new switch on the collum
new motor
known good wiper relay

None of these things have helped at all.  I believe there is a switch
that tells the system when the wipers are back in the "park" position
but I have no idea where it is.  Anyone ever battle this problem?  What
was your solution?

Thanks,
Ken Wilford
John 3:16
www.vanagain.com
Phone: (856)-765-1583
Fax: (856)-327-2242

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