I have that problem on my '87. I think its the switch, not the motor. If I am persistent and keep jiggling the switch-try at different front wiper speeds-I can get it to work. -Mike ---------- > From: Alan Bosch <arbosch@RA.ROCKWELL.COM> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Rear window wiper help... > Date: Friday, January 15, 1999 11:20 AM > > There I was, stuck in traffic, snow falling to beat the band, and a > friendly officer of the law pulls up next to me, rolls down his window and > yells for me to clean up my rear window before I ticket you. > (Hmmmph. He didn't yell at the Civic two cars in front that didn't appear > to have cleaned ANY of the snow off their car. Was it my bus?) > Anyway, I hit the wiper switch, and...nothing. Drove the rest of the way > to work, uneventfully, and checked the fuse when I arrived. Intact. > Q: Do the rear wiper motors on Vanagons go belly up? If so, are they > relatively easy to replace? Anyone got a spare they'd like to sell, should > the need arise? > > Alan Bosch > Forty inches of snow in five days in Rochester, NY > Remember, drive sideways... > '88 Wolfsburg, "...slip slidin' away..." |
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