So I jumped out the motor and the wipers still ran slow.  When I disengaged
the power it stopped halfway and one of the linkages was exposed.  Being
the feely type I grabed at the link and wiggled it some to see how loose
(or not) the bushings were.  there was some stickiness but it worked a
little free.  Resulting in the wipers moving a little guicker.  Good news:
it seems the problem lies in the linkages.  Bad news:  now I will have to
pull the dash.  Oh well,  now I get intimate with "Elsa".

Later................................John

On Fri, 2 Aug 2002 11:29:39 -0400, John Tomljenovic <zadar72@YAHOO.COM>
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>Awe nuts!
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>I was afraid of that, I was hoping for another way to skin the proverble
>cat but alas was not to be.  My problem with the motor is that it is being
>extremely slow, but another lister emailed me with the idea my switches or
>connections my be bad instead (thanks Andrew Fox!).  So I am going to
>hotwire the motor and see what it does.
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>On Fri, 2 Aug 2002 09:23:54 -0400, Kenneth Wilford <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
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>>You have to remove the dash :(
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>>Sorry,
>>Ken Wilford
>>John 3:16
>>http://www.vanagain.com
>>Phone: (856)-327-4936
>>Fax: (856)-327-2242
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
>>Of John Tomljenovic
>>Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 2:32 AM
>>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>Subject: Help! replacing the wiper motor, need advice.
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>>Hey listers,
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>>I need to change out the wiper motor on my 83 westie but not sure of the
>>game plan.  When I first looked at the situation it seemed pretty
>>straightforward, but when I actually started was not so.  there seems to
be
>>no way to access the mounting plate without remoiving the dash! Am I
>>missing something here?  Unfortunately the bentley I have does not cover
>>this procedure well.  I guess VW had such confidance in their wiper motors
>>that fix for it was not necessary.  Has anyone done this before that can
>>lend some input?  Any response would be great.
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>>John............
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