Mark -

That nailed it, fuse 17 was blown..  I hadn't realized there were two, so I
figured if it ran it wasn't a fuse.

At some point a 7.5 amp had been installed insted of the 10 you mention.

When I replaced it, everything worked fine!  Now I just need to keep an eye
on it to see if there is a problem that caused the fuse to pop or if it just
was too small.

I would much rather replace a fuse than remove the dashboard!

Thanks

- Mike

Mike Finkbiner
mike_l_f@hotmail.com

"Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look
upon the act of depriving a whole nation of arms, as the blackest."

        -- Mahatma Gandhi

>From: mark drillock <drillock@earthlink.net>
>
>One thing to check before going into the motor is Fuse 17 !!
>
>Fuse 17 is not the main wiper fuse, but only the parking power fuse. With
>Fuse 17 blown or removed any 86+ Vanagon will behave like yours. The wipers
>will work on all speeds, park ok on intermittent, but just stop whenever
>they happen to be when you turn the switch off from either of the 2
>constant speeds.
>
>Fuse 11 is the main wiper fuse and the wipers will not run without it. 15
>amp
>Fuse 17 is the return to park power fuse, 10 amp.
>
>Mark
>
>Mike Finkbiner wrote:
>
>>Volks -
>>
>>My '87 Westy just started having a case of randomly parking windshield
>>wipers.  On Intermittant they work fine, but low or high speed, when you
>>switch the lever to off, they just stop wherever they are.
>>
>>I can still switch to intermittant, and then turn them off from the parked
>>position, but it is a pain.
>>
>>The archives say it's either the relay or the motor.   I have tried the
>>relay from Matthew's Westy which works fine for him, but doesn't fix my
>>problem.   There was some discussion about fixing a connection on the
>>motor,
>>but I couldn't find a description of how to do that.
>>
>>Any suggestions?
>
>