Volksies,

This same kind of intermittent wiper relay has been available as an upgrade
for Audis from the same era.  I wonder if we could use it and how the other
part numbers described on the web site below compare to the VW units
mentioned earlier.  Maybe this relay is still available.

http://www.sjmautotechnik.com/elec.html#intwiper

Jeff Warner
Galloway, OH
'86 Wolfy Westy "Barry"
'87 GL Weekender "Van"
'89 QTW
'86 GT
Bunch of other VW/Audi toys with wipers that won't be changed.

Entity Chris spoke thus:

>Hey all,
>
>I ' ll bet one of the techies already posted this but I have had a
wonderfull
>discovery. I was having some coffee this morning contemplating the universe
>within my westy and realized how nice it would be to have programmable
>intermitent wipers like my 95 jetta. I then realized that (knowing VW and
how they
>work) I might be able to swap part for part. In the Jetta it is simply a
relay
>that adjusts through the int. switch. so I swapped relays and Bang. I have
>programmable intermitents. I then put it on the rear slot and there it
works too.
>SO I am a happy camper, driver.
>
>the way it works is simple. you turn on the int switch and then let it
cycle,
>then turn it off wait however long you want to have for an interim then
>switch back on. the relay "remembers" how long you switch it off for and
then makes
>that the interim. It goes from like a blink of an eye to almost 10-15
>seconds, I guesstimate.
>
>for part # reference ...
>vw # 357 955 531
>manfr # 05 0801 00
>3KK 12V
>
>out of a "95 jetta.
>
>good luck
>Chris