nice work fixing the board Neil.

I�ve had the same 99 relay in use since about �95. So I�d say mine can take the current draw fine.

alistair

On Feb 13, 2014, at 12:04 PM, Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> Re-heating the cracked joints was fairly easy to do with a low watt
> (40?) iron with a clean and tinned narrow pointed tip. A solder
> station with clamps and magnifying lens, use of a magnifying lamp,
> helped a lot. These tools have paid for themselves many times over and
> are quite affordable. A respected list member kindly suggested that
> reheated all the joints might be a good idea. I only reheated one
> other questionable joint.
> 
> Wipers work but are not road tested.
> 
> The other unmentioned reason for posting this. When I discovered the
> fault, pushing sideways on a wire going to the relay caused the
> intermittent feature to work again. Initially I assumed an external
> connection to the relay was at fault but that didn't really make sense
> as I knew the connections to relays/fuses to be ok and that  A
> failed-failing solder joint was something I initially dismissed as I
> assumed this typically happened to a relay that was incorrectly
> installed (BTDT) or somehow abused.
> 
> I haven't studied the later model year diagrams in Bentley, but it
> appears the OEM intermittent relay works like a 99 installed into an
> earlier model year Vanagon.
> 
> Is it possible that the 99 relay wasn't meant to handle the Amp draw
> of the Vanagon wiper motor over long term (years) use?
> 
> I do understand that a solder joint can fail over time due to normal
> wear and tear.
> 
> Neil.