I find that the archives work for me.
Sometimes I forget to set date parameters.
I use search terms like:  "slow and wipers"
in the "For" field

http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi-bin/wa.exe?S2=vanagon&L=vanagon&q=slow+and+wipers&s=&f=&a=june+2010&b=april+2016

I assume your battery and charging system are ok?

On 5/16/16, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:

>   84 tin top.  I am finishing up the revival of my Vanagon after it sat for
> the winter with a sore transmission and the high speed of the wipers
> doesn't work.   The wipers behave normally on all the other functions of
> the column stalk wiper switch, but the wipers just plug along at low speed
> when I switch them to high....

>    FWIW....I have repeatedly tried to use the archives of the Vanagon list
> with no success, ever.

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