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Subject:Re: Programmable Intermittent Wiper Relay
From:coyote
Date:Tue, 25 Aug 1998 10:13:51 -0700

>The intermittent position on the windshield wiper control switch has gone
>on the blink and rather than deal with the ordeal of replacing it
>(disassembling the steering column, replacing shear bolts, etc.) I thought
>I'd explore the possibility of just replacing the standard wiper control
>relay with a programmable intermittent relay.  The big question, of
>course, is whether these will work *without* the fourth (intermittent)
>position on the wiper switch functioning.  (Or is there a way of modifying
>the wiring, e.g. paralleling the low/on wiring with the intermittent
>circuit?)
>
>Also would be interested in where to get such a device.

Check out http://www.vanagon.com/info/faq/#wipers

(The location is a little esoteric... I'll be moving this page sometime in the
future.)

Coyote

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