Date:         Mon, 3 Apr 2006 18:41:35 -0400
Reply-To:     Christopher Gronski <gronski@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Christopher Gronski <gronski@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: easy mod...ADJUSTABLE intermittant wiper!!! read!!
Comments: To: John Bange <jbange@gmail.com>
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What do these things cost at a scrapyard?

Chris

On 4/3/06, John Bange <jbange@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/3/06, Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@mac.com> wrote:
> >
> > This has periodically come up on the list from time to time. Our
> > vendors have reported that this relay has become unavailable (new)
> > and that later versions don't work the same way. But if you can find
> > one in a junkyard car, its real nice (my corrado has this feature.)
> >
>
> Yeah, a good 99 relay is kinda hard to find. Usually you can find one at the
> pick-a-part yard if it's big enough or you go often enough. I never had any
> luck so I bought a KAE programmable wiper relay online, and all I can say is
> "don't bother". Instead of programming sensibly via switching to
> intermittent and back, you set the interval by pulling the lever to "wash".
> Totally non-intuitive. I eventually stumbled across a 99 relay on
> ebay.deand replaced that KAE garbage. These guys:
> <http://www.elv.de/> (enter "wi 95" in the "suche" box, lower left, to find
> it)
> make an aftermarket plug in replacement that duplicates the function of the
> classic programmable 99. They're in germany though...
>
> --
> John Bange
> '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"
>