The washer pump is self-grounded, as in - a brown wire runs from the pump
back up to the tree in front of the dash.  I had this problem myself just a
couple months ago.  We bypassed the brown wire and grounded the pump to the
bolt holding up the washer bottle.

Karl Wolz

|-----Original Message-----
|From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
|Scott Daniel - Turbovans
|Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 12:23 AM
|To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
|Subject: anyone seen this one ...washer/wiper
|
|86 Wolfsburg Weekender.
|no washers to windshield .
|install brazilain new pump, opertae it 30 times.
|in two days it's not working.
|
|try another pump ...
|and weirdness ..
|when you pull the stalk for washers, you also get a few sweeps of the
|wipers.
|that feature works, if the washer pump is not plugged in.
|
|so washer pump never works ( tested good off the van ) ..
|and neither to do the wipers sweep, like they should, if pump is plugged
|in.
|
|polarity on pump is correct.
|tried 3 different used wiper-washer intermittant relays.
|
|hey !
|a ground ! ..yeah, that's it, thanks !.
|scott