that's what fixed it,
a new short ground wire from pump neg terminal to one of the washer bottle
mounting screws.

The original wired-in ground was good enough to operate a test light, but
not a new pump.

the old blockage or leakage thing -
partial blockage this time.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Karl Wolz" <wolzphoto@q.com>
To: "'Scott Daniel - Turbovans'" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>;
<vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 9:42 AM
Subject: RE: anyone seen this one ...washer/wiper

> 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
>