Well, the weather cleared & I finally went out & removed 2 screws
holding the 2 covers to the steering column, removed said pieces,
observed the while plastic piece, easily removed piece & now I have an
intermittent switch position on my wiper switch!

Unfortunately, either I am an idiot (been said before) or as Richard
Jones mentioned, there is no wiring from the intermittent relay to the
wiper motor to actually contact the intermittent switch position on
early models like his 81 & my 84.

So next question is can I wire this?

The old relay is  VW # 321 955 531 A or Siemens 5wk 1636 & appears to
be the original? There is a wiring diagram on the side which I will
have to investigate & compare w/ the 99?

YMMV,

Mr. BZ-almost plug & play

On Apr 21, 2010, at 11:43 PM, JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:

> never knew that..   my '84 wolfsburg had intermittant wipers...  had
> the #19 relay..    i pulled it and replaced it w/ the #99 and
> everything works fine..    what number is on the non- intermittant
> wiper relay?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Sent: Wed, Apr 21, 2010 10:15 am
> Subject: Re: Intermittent wiper Relay ?
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> At 08:49 AM 4/21/2010, jordanvw@AOL.COM wrote:
>> whats the issue here? you simply remove your existing #19 wiper
>> relay and install the #99 one in its place, and use the wiper stalk
>> to set the intervals.
>
> Chris, take a look in Bentley -- vans that didn't have any
> intermittent wiping facility have a plastic plug inside the wiper
> switch that disables the intermittent position on the switch. You
> have to get that plug out before you can physically move the lever
> below "off."
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> Yrs,
> d