Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 17:28:20 -0500
Reply-To: Chris Mills <scmills@TNTECH.EDU>
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From: Chris Mills <scmills@TNTECH.EDU>
Subject: Re: Intermittent Wiper Relay Upgrade - Answer
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Should be any of cars - but it was probably only with the higher trim
packages.
Ron posted the serial numbers...
That's all I know - got a final exam in 25 minutes so my brain isn't really
up to this task right now.
If I think of anything later I'll holler back at you.
At 01:33 PM 5/6/02 -0700, you wrote:
>Which VW's and how can you tell in a junked car with (probably) no battery?
>
>Bill
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Chris Mills <scmills@TNTECH.EDU>
>To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 12:41 PM
>Subject: Re: Intermittent Wiper Relay Upgrade - Answer
>
>
> > >What the heck is a programmable wiper relay?
> >
> > On many cars that have intermittent wipers you'll find either that the
> > delay is fixed - you always have a 6 second delay between wipes. It works
> > under most circumstances just fine. My CR-V has this version.
> >
> > On an old Hyundai I had it used a knob on the dash to set the delay. The
> > delay was adjustable between about 2 seconds and 45 seconds.
> >
> > On some VW's the relay that handles the delay function is programmable.
> > Instead of having a knob to set the delay, the VW uses a procedure. This
>is
> > a OEM VW part that came on some cars. Worth looking for on junkyard trips.
> >
> > You turn on the wipers with the column lever as normal. You set the lever
> > to the delay position. After a swipe you turn the wipers off again. When
> > you turn the wipers on again with the lever in the delay position you have
> > set the delay - the period between the first time and the second time you
> > set the wipers to delay.
> >
> > To clear the programmed time you turn the wipers on or off (any position
> > but delay) longer than 45 seconds and the programmed delay clears.
> >
> > Apparently this relay is adaptable to most cars that have a delay position
> > on the wiper selector switch. I'm adding it to a '78 Westy and if I like
>it
> > I'll add one to my Honda and my '65 Beetle.
> >
> > That's my take on this thing. Anyone have anything to add?
> >
> >
> > Chris M. <Busbodger - "TEAM SLOWPOKE">
> > Cookeville, Tennessee
> >
> > ICQ# 5944649
> > scm9985@tntech.edu
> >
> > '78 VW Westfalia (67 HP -> that is...67 Hamster Power)
> > '65 Beetle - Type IV powered
> > '99 CR-V AWD station wagon
> > '81 CB900 Custom moto-chickle
> > 2.5 Corvair engines for my Trans-vair Conversion
Chris M. <Busbodger - "TEAM SLOWPOKE">
Cookeville, Tennessee
ICQ# 5944649
scm9985@tntech.edu
'78 VW Westfalia (67 HP -> that is...67 Hamster Power)
'65 Beetle - Type IV powered
'99 CR-V AWD station wagon
'81 CB900 Custom moto-chickle
2.5 Corvair engines for my Trans-vair Conversion