pauljmcnulty
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Not an e-bay purchase that failed to live up to expectations???
You should have spent the day down here - you might have worn them out.....[
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Not an e-bay purchase that failed to live up to expectations???
You should have spent the day down here - you might have worn them out.....[
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sawood12
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I was really thinking along the lines of someting like a TT where the end of the wiper arm is designed to take the proper flat blades rather than a conversion blade. But I've not seen any modern equivalents that look like they'd fit - also i'm assuming they are the same at the other end. It's only a small detail at the end of the day but I like little trick things like that.
George Elliott
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Scott, its possibly vectraitis of the viperbladus, - did the steering go all wooly when you fitted them? - you may find some cheap aftershave would fix it ....[][][][]
seriously, I think your plan was a good one, and living on the emerald isle where we need good wipers 11 months of the year, I am planning something similar, - I will weld something like new Mk4 Golf Blades to a scrap set of 944 Arms. I was thinking of wiring a rain sensor too.
don't give up.
George
][][][]seriously, I think your plan was a good one, and living on the emerald isle where we need good wipers 11 months of the year, I am planning something similar, - I will weld something like new Mk4 Golf Blades to a scrap set of 944 Arms. I was thinking of wiring a rain sensor too.
don't give up.
George
sawood12
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There is a VW Corrado in the car park at work that has complete wiper arm and blade off a modern car with these new types of blade. Not sure what car they were off or where he got them from. I think it might be a bit keen to leave a note under his wiper blade asking him where he got them. I've noticed that the drivers side wiper blade arm off the brand new Punto looks like it might fit - it has the little 45 degree kink at the bottom of the arm and looks roughly the right length. I know that this seems like a bit of a insignificant thing but I like little details like this and I think the modern wipers are much more sleek and flatter which has got to help styling and performance on a 944 where the wiper blades and arms are completely exposed and don't tuck under the bonnet.
Have you tried Maplins for your wiper rain sensor? They do a series of kits one of which converts your wipers to work with a variable resistor so you can control the time delay between the intermittency of wipers which I thought would be useful for the rear wiper as it annoys me how it can only be on or off and not be switched to intermittent. I think they also do a rain sensor kit as well. Might be worth a look.
Have you tried Maplins for your wiper rain sensor? They do a series of kits one of which converts your wipers to work with a variable resistor so you can control the time delay between the intermittency of wipers which I thought would be useful for the rear wiper as it annoys me how it can only be on or off and not be switched to intermittent. I think they also do a rain sensor kit as well. Might be worth a look.
I've pondered that as well, and would have thought that a VW rear wiper relay would work - this gives intermittant wipe, rather than the 944 on-all-the-time behaviour.
I suggested it on Titanic, but was told that the working bits for the rear wiper are no longer available anywhere, and if you over-use it you can expect to strip an irreplacable cog in the mechanism.
I have used the rear wiper very sparingly since then!
On a similar note, the front wiper intermittant wheel annoys me immensely. VW had a much better programmable system, and I have a strong mind to buy a relay from a Mk3 Golf to try that out. I'm 99% sure it would work too.
Oli.
Ian,
I would have thought a replacement relay would be a good start to experiment with. It may be a little different, as the Golf (Mk1, 2 and 3) arrangement has a stalk on the RHS of the steering wheel, and pushing it forwards turned the rear wiper on. The stalk sprung back if you did this (i.e. it didn't stay forwards), and you pushed it forwards again to turn the rear wiper off.
This would suggest that the VW rear wiper relay turns on with a single pulse, and turns off with a single pulse as well. If you fitted one to a 944 you may find that this would give the same behaviour - you would need to switch the console switch on and then off to turn the wiper on, and then turn the switch on and then off again to turn it off. Hence a replacement switch may be an idea (either a sprung rocker or a push-button.)
Oli.
I would have thought a replacement relay would be a good start to experiment with. It may be a little different, as the Golf (Mk1, 2 and 3) arrangement has a stalk on the RHS of the steering wheel, and pushing it forwards turned the rear wiper on. The stalk sprung back if you did this (i.e. it didn't stay forwards), and you pushed it forwards again to turn the rear wiper off.
This would suggest that the VW rear wiper relay turns on with a single pulse, and turns off with a single pulse as well. If you fitted one to a 944 you may find that this would give the same behaviour - you would need to switch the console switch on and then off to turn the wiper on, and then turn the switch on and then off again to turn it off. Hence a replacement switch may be an idea (either a sprung rocker or a push-button.)
Oli.
xenon
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I getcha. Vauxhall rear-wipers are a straightforward switch so I might try one of those relays.
Maybe this:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vauxhall-RELAY-INTERMITENT-REAR-TAILGATE-WIPER_W0QQitemZ180148679195QQihZ008QQcategoryZ10404QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem
Now now Paul.
Don't forget where you started. It was with an S2, as well (I think?)
We can all aspire to nearly 400bhp of jet-fighter-esque oomph, but not everyone will achieve it. At least, not for a while.
(And we have all been driving our P&J's for the last 3 months, instead of providing reports from the bodyshop!)
Any more ideas when yours is back on the road BTW?
Oli.
ETA: At least I haven't mentioned Quacking here. Yet.
Don't forget where you started. It was with an S2, as well (I think?)
We can all aspire to nearly 400bhp of jet-fighter-esque oomph, but not everyone will achieve it. At least, not for a while.
(And we have all been driving our P&J's for the last 3 months, instead of providing reports from the bodyshop!)
Any more ideas when yours is back on the road BTW?
Oli.
ETA: At least I haven't mentioned Quacking here. Yet.
sawood12
New member
Paul, it's sometimes the small things that make the big impacts! VW Lupo? I wonder if they are the same length as the 944 wipers - they look it. Also i've noticed that both of the wipers are the same on the 944 which makes things simpler. I might have to look into that.
Regarding relays and intermittent wipe. I'm not sure where the intelligence lies with alot of these things. It's like the modern one-touch electric windows on new cars where you touch the electric window button once and it automatically opens. I've often wondered where that intelligence is on new cars as that is also a feature i'd like on my 944. In thoery if you were a bit of an electronics wiz you could make a device that links between the electric window button and the rest of the mechanism that can do this.
Regarding relays and intermittent wipe. I'm not sure where the intelligence lies with alot of these things. It's like the modern one-touch electric windows on new cars where you touch the electric window button once and it automatically opens. I've often wondered where that intelligence is on new cars as that is also a feature i'd like on my 944. In thoery if you were a bit of an electronics wiz you could make a device that links between the electric window button and the rest of the mechanism that can do this.
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