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Subject:=?utf-8?Q?Re:_All_wipers_on,_won=E2=80=99t_turn_off_=28fixed!=29?=
From:Alistair Bell
Date:Mon, 23 Aug 2021 12:45:55 -0700

Got a pic up on the blog, for what it’s worth.

https://shufti.blog/2021/08/23/vanagon-all-wipers-and-washers-stuck-on/

Alistair 

> On Aug 23, 2021, at 11:15 AM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
> 
> Well that wasn’t that hard at all.
> After checking the relays ( was easy, why not) I pulled switch assembly off.
> 
> Yes, it was a switch. Was the combo front wash, rear wash contacts.
> 
> I’ll post a pic on the blog soon, but shirt story is that depressing the stalk, or pulling back on it, switches between front wash and rear wash ( and wipe).
> 
> Neutral position between two contacts, yeah it’s hard to picture.
> 
> But the two contacts were , in this case, both touching the central “selector” contact. Thus energizing both rear and front wash wipe constantly.
> 
> You know how in these type switch assemblies you have the brass power trace held in position by the plastic housing. I guess the grip is weak in this spot.
> 
> Bent, moved, pressed, things back to normal and wipers work as they should.
> 
> Ab
> 
>> On Aug 22, 2021, at 9:45 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote: