Mike,

Besides removing the little plastic block you also have to add a relay. On
the fuse panel you'll find a copper link on one of the relay positions,
remove this, and place the wiper relay. Don't know the number now, think
is was 19 or 99, the latter one being a programmable.

Jaap
'87 Caravelle Diesel

> I had this intermittent problem once.  There is a little plastic block
> inserted into the area where it should be clicking down to the interm.
> switching.  Take that out and it will work.  Only, you have to take the
> whole thing out first.
> Zoltan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Hart" <mjhart853@YAHOO.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 9:07 PM
> Subject: Intermittent Wipers?
>
>
>> As I continue to tinker with my '87 Westy, I have a couple of new
>> questions for the 'List'.
>> Previous problems solved with your help.
>>
>> 1. Intermittent wipers.
>> My '87 Westy (GL) does not seem to have this function, whereas my '85
>> did, and I did find this useful (it actually does occasionally rain
>> here in California Bay Area).
>> (I've tried pushing down on the stalk, but any further presure would
>> seem to lead
>> to snapping it off!)
>> Any suggestions on how to add this function?
>>
>> 2. Jump seat
>> I'm planning to add a carat style jump seat on the passenger side of
>> my '87 Westy.
>> I've picked up a seat from a junk yard and cleaned it up.
>> I've also looked carefully at another '87 GL van with the jump seats
>> to measure
>> up the mounting points etc.
>> My '87 Westy does not have the floor 'sockets' welded to floor or the
>> plates behind
>> the battery bulkhead, so I'm working out how to mount the seat.
>> Has anyone done this job, and if so, how did you do it (take floor
>> plates from a donor van;
>> build something similar; etc...)
>> Also, the seat belt I got with the seat is missing the plastic
>> circular piece that contains
>> the big spring to retract the belt (presumeably someone got to that
>> before I did). Anybody
>> know the part # of this small piece (of for the complete belt unit)
>> and/or where I could get
>> one of these from?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mike
>> '87 Westy
>>
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