Chris wrote;

"the only "intermittant" wipers vanagons came with was to put the stalk in the topmost setting."

On our Vanagons, Golfs and Jettas, the intermittent position is a downward movement of the stalk.

Jake

On 4/16/07, JordanVw@aol.com <JordanVw@aol.com> wrote: > > In a message dated 4/16/07 12:13:58 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > mjhart853@YAHOO.COM writes: > > > > 1. Intermittent wipers. > > My '87 Westy (GL) does not seem to have this function, whereas my '85 > did, > > and I did find this useful (it actually does occasionally rain here in > > California Bay Area). > > (I've tried pushing down on the stalk, but any further presure would > seem to > > lead > > to snapping it off!) > > Any suggestions on how to add this function? > > > > 2. Jump seat > > I'm planning to add a carat style jump seat on the passenger side of my > '87 > > Westy. > > I've picked up a seat from a junk yard and cleaned it up. > > I've also looked carefully at another '87 GL van with the jump seats to > > measure > > up the mounting points etc. > > My '87 Westy does not have the floor 'sockets' welded to floor or the > plates > > behind > > the battery bulkhead, so I'm working out how to mount the seat. > > Has anyone done this job, and if so, how did you do it (take floor > plates > > from a donor van; > > build something similar; etc...) > > Also, the seat belt I got with the seat is missing the plastic circular > > piece that contains > > the big spring to retract the belt (presumeably someone got to that > before I > > did). Anybody > > know the part # of this small piece (of for the complete belt unit) > and/or > > where I could get > > one of these from? > > > > Thanks, > > > > the only "intermittant" wipers vanagons came with was to put the stalk in > the > topmost setting. if you push on the stalk, it activates the rear wiper. > if > you pull on the stalk, it activates the front washers and wiper. > > as for installing a jumpseat in a westy, i was going to write a whole long > install story here but then i remembered about 20 other people already > wrote > long install stories on how to do this very exact thing, and they are all > in > the archives.. so ....search the archives.. > > and they are here: http://gerry.vanagon.com/archives/vanagon.html > > > chris > > > > > ************************************** > See what's free at http://www.aol.com. >

-- Jake 1984 Vanagon GL 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" www.crescentbeachguitar.com