Date:         Wed, 6 Apr 2005 11:59:55 -0700
Reply-To:     mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From:         mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: Randomly Parking Wipers
Comments: To: Mike Finkbiner <mike_l_f@HOTMAIL.COM>
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One thing to check before going into the motor is Fuse 17 !!

Fuse 17 is not the main wiper fuse, but only the parking power fuse.
With Fuse 17 blown or removed any 86+ Vanagon will behave like yours.
The wipers will work on all speeds, park ok on intermittent, but just
stop whenever they happen to be when you turn the switch off from either
of the 2 constant speeds.

Fuse 11 is the main wiper fuse and the wipers will not run without it.
15 amp
Fuse 17 is the return to park power fuse, 10 amp.

Mark

Mike Finkbiner wrote:

> Volks -
>
> My '87 Westy just started having a case of randomly parking windshield
> wipers.  On Intermittant they work fine, but low or high speed, when you
> switch the lever to off, they just stop wherever they are.
>
> I can still switch to intermittant, and then turn them off from the
> parked
> position, but it is a pain.
>
> The archives say it's either the relay or the motor.   I have tried the
> relay from Matthew's Westy which works fine for him, but doesn't fix my
> problem.   There was some discussion about fixing a connection on the
> motor,
> but I couldn't find a description of how to do that.
>
> Any suggestions?