I'm not really being critical, but if I asked in advance about every vanagon
problem I get into, before inspecting or diagnosing, I'd be on this list 60
times a day, and I'm sure you wouldn't want THAT !    ;-)
Scott

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
John Meeks
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 12:57 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: rear wiper dead, '91 GL

On Jan 21, 2008 3:40 PM, Allan Streib <streib@cs.indiana.edu> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My rear wiper is dead.  Have not had time to diagnose it at all yet,
> but assuming it's not something simple like a fuse, is there a common
> failure for these?  Can they usually be brought back to life?
>
> Allan
> --
> 1991 Vanagon GL
>

Hi Allan,
I burned out a motor on my '91. It didn't look too easily repairable
to me, though I'm sure it could be done. Found a used one on Ebay for
around $50. Not too hard to replace. If you remove the motor and see a
bunch of carbon dust and fused wiring, you'll know... hope it's a
fuse.

--
John Meeks

'91 Multivan, '85 GL bits
Northern Michigan
KC8ZFN

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