They are indeed available new and they work great. I bought one last month
at Bow Wow in Surrey. Perfect for our drizzly climate.

Jake

On 4/3/06, JordanVw@aol.com <JordanVw@aol.com> wrote:
>
> i will have a bunch of these #99 relays next week if anyone is
> interested..
>
> chris
>
>
>
> In a message dated 4/3/06 11:10:51 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> jbange@GMAIL.COM
> writes:
>
>
> >
> > On 4/3/06, Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@mac.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > This has periodically come up on the list from time to time. Our
> > > vendors have reported that this relay has become unavailable (new)
> > > and that later versions don't work the same way. But if you can find
> > > one in a junkyard car, its real nice (my corrado has this feature.)
> > >
> >
> > Yeah, a good 99 relay is kinda hard to find. Usually you can find one at
> the
> > pick-a-part yard if it's big enough or you go often enough. I never had
> any
> > luck so I bought a KAE programmable wiper relay online, and all I can
> say is
> > "don't bother". Instead of programming sensibly via switching to
> > intermittent and back, you set the interval by pulling the lever to
> "wash".
> > Totally non-intuitive. I eventually stumbled across a 99 relay on
> > ebay.deand replaced that KAE garbage. These guys:
> > <http://www.elv.de/> (enter "wi 95" in the "suche" box, lower left, to
> find
> > it)
> > make an aftermarket plug in replacement that duplicates the function of
> the
> > classic programmable 99. They're in germany though...
> >
> > --
> > John Bange
> > '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"
>

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Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
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