At 08:58 AM 6/24/2010, T Collins wrote...
>I know this is not the Mk1/A1 world where I live most of the other
>time, but
>I seem to recall that in A1's (sciroccos, rabbits, jettas...) that the
>wiper
>stalk had a clip in place that prevented the push motion seen in
>vehicles
>with rear wipers.

On my '75 Rabbit, there was a piece of plastic which blocked the wiper
stalk from moving to the intermittent position. Breaking that off and
plugging in a relay gave you intermittent wipers. Perhaps that's what
you're thinking of?