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Subject:Re: intermittant part II
Date:Fri, 03 May 1996 16:53:57 -0400

>Here's what the '79 switch has:
>There are four wires that lead to contacts in the switch which
>correspond to the various positions of the wiper switch.  However, as we
>know it now (non-intermittant), there are only three positions:  the
>first position where bump it up a little and the wipers sweep once, the
>low position, and the high position.  That accounts for three of the
>contacts -- check me here, I'm not sure I know quite how the
>wiper switch works.
>
I may not know what I'm talking about here, I haven't played with a wiper
switch.  But if it is as you say, one contact for the pulse wipe, one for
low and one for high, there should be a fourth contact which completes the
circuit (the ground wire.  Or possibly the hot wire even.)

Eric and maggie

>Thanks,
>Sean