Date:         Thu, 21 Dec 2000 10:10:58 -0500
Reply-To:     afox@USGS.GOV
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From:         Andrew Fox <afox@USGS.GOV>
Subject:      wiper motor fix???
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Hey everyone,
Anyone ever fix the front wiper motor park switch?  Our vanagon wipers seem
to have an internal switch that "parks" the wipers in the down position.
My switch seems to be defective however my motor works fine.  The first
symptoms were several blown fuses, then the motor stopped working.  I
bypassed the motors internal switch by cutting wire D17 and connecting it
to wire D2 on the wiring diagram on page 97.100 of the Bentley manual.
This made the wiper work on slow speed only (i don't know why it is only
working on slow speed).  Has anyone ever had a similar problem and fixed it
by taking apart the wiper motor and repairing this switch or something else
on or inside the wiper motor?  Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

BTW, I'm having trouble accessing the vanagon mailing list archives:
http://www.vanagon.com/archives/vanagon.html
Anyone else having this problem?

Happy Holidays,

Andrew

86 Westy
Cape Cod Mass