Author Topic: wiper settings  (Read 3776 times)

Rain

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Re: wiper settings
« Reply #10 on: 26 November 2004, 09:14 »
them cheeky F**ks bet they charged over a ton for intermittant wipers :P

quick how to....

Remove your steering wheel sure plenty of you have but for those who havent its simple pop the horn(making sure ignition is off i made this mistake as i had radio on) either lock the steering or put it dead straight and hold it there while undoing the bolt and give it a good hard tug to pull it off, using white chalk or crayon can help to mark it if you really want to.

now what your left with is a metal disk in the middle there are 3 screws on this top left, top right and bottom middle remove these and it is probably a good idea to remove the undercover for the ignition and steering lock.

ok heres the tricky bit  ;D remove the 2 cables underneath the indicator stalk and put your hands around the rear of the 2 stalks and push forward as far as you can trying to get the steering bush as far inside the centre hole as possible and hold the wiper centre part in one hand and slide to the left youll see its connected to something on the left its for the flashers and full beamonce its off that you can pull it off.

now your looking at the wiper stalk mechanism on the top left there is a small white insert its around a 10mm wide and about 5mm high use a screw driver to push it out., on the off chance yours is differnt just look at the other end of the stalk above the inner arm thats where the insert is.

ok now you have to put it all back together again making sure you get your steering wheel in the correct position. turn on the ignition(this is the part i was deafened by the horn so after 5 minutes fixing that) push the wiper arm down it wont work at first probably cause the relay has never used that circuit before but it will start slow and pick up speed to where its going continuos not to worry just leave it on and it will slowy get it right after about 30 seconds to a minute youll have intermittant wipers  :D

Thanks gtijoe  :'(

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Re: wiper settings
« Reply #11 on: 26 November 2004, 19:45 »
Nice tut Rain!

{Nicked from another forum}

Did you guys know that the intermittent wipe can actually be programmed - i.e you can set the delay between successive wipes! 

Try it:

1) Tap the wiper stalk down to engage intermittent wipe
2) Immediately return the stalk back to the neutral position (centre) after the wiper has completed the first wipe
3) The length of time between now and when you put the stalk back down to engage intermittent wipe will be the delay set between successive wipes!

This has worked on all MK2's ive owned and i know for a fact it goes back as far as a MK2 1986 8V GTi.

Its also standard on all MK3's as far as i know...

I have not tried this yet but sounds good :)
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Rain

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Re: wiper settings
« Reply #12 on: 26 November 2004, 20:26 »
Nice tut Rain!

{Nicked from another forum}


? no clue what you mean gtijoe told me and i wrote a how to lol

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Re: wiper settings
« Reply #13 on: 26 November 2004, 20:33 »
No I meant what i posted was Nicked from another forum :) lol about setting the intermittent :)
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Rain

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Re: wiper settings
« Reply #14 on: 26 November 2004, 20:51 »
lol sorry dont mind me i read to fast make half of it up in my own head.

im goner try that tomorrow see if it works :D

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Re: wiper settings
« Reply #15 on: 26 November 2004, 21:36 »
no worries mate, let me kow if it works!
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Offline daros

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Re: wiper settings
« Reply #16 on: 27 November 2004, 21:41 »
I tried today, didn't work  :cry: btw I have a 91 8v

Rain

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Re: wiper settings
« Reply #17 on: 27 November 2004, 22:34 »
no tab in there or the timing thing.

i tried it today and didnt work either.
« Last Edit: 27 November 2004, 22:40 by Rain »

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Re: wiper settings
« Reply #18 on: 27 November 2004, 22:45 »
strange, it worked for me!
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Rain

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Re: wiper settings
« Reply #19 on: 27 November 2004, 23:27 »
sorry misunderstanding, I  was asking daros which didnt work the intermittant wipers or the timing thing deefadog mentioned.

the intermittant wiper thing you told me worked great many thanks :D