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Would you want a wiper delay harness? |
JeffBowlsby |
Feb 25 2004, 12:03 AM
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914 Wiring Harnesses Group: Members Posts: 8,663 Joined: 7-January 03 From: San Ramon CA Member No.: 104 Region Association: None |
My thanks to Ralph Gosnell, he let me borrow an original factory wiper interval wiper relay harness. I have since done some initial research and it looks like I could make these available, with a new relay.
I could make the harness available in the $40.-50. range, and the relay is available at cost for about $65. The harness would come with detailed pictorial installation instructions and the wires would be correctly color coded. It would take careful scrutiny to see the difference from my harness and an authentic factory harness. Please respond to this post if you would be interested in getting one of these harnesses. I suspect I would just provide the harness and tell you how/where to obtain the relay. Your response is not a committment to buy, I am just gauging interest to see if I should develop this idea further and order parts. Thanks! Jeff |
Mike9142.0 |
Feb 25 2004, 12:10 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 219 Joined: 29-January 03 From: Phoenix, AZ Member No.: 208 Region Association: Southwest Region |
I would buy one. And I know my dad wants to do this to.
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McMark |
Feb 25 2004, 12:24 AM
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914 Freak! Group: Retired Admin Posts: 20,179 Joined: 13-March 03 From: Grand Rapids, MI Member No.: 419 Region Association: None |
Apparently I'm out of the loop. How does the delay work?
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ThinAir |
Feb 25 2004, 12:26 AM
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Best friends Group: Members Posts: 2,553 Joined: 4-February 03 From: Flagstaff, AZ Member No.: 231 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Yup, I'm in! I think I already have the relay from years ago before I knew I needed to create a place to put it.
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markb |
Feb 25 2004, 01:33 AM
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914less :( Group: Members Posts: 5,449 Joined: 22-January 03 From: Nipomo, CA Member No.: 180 Region Association: Central California |
Jeff, I'd like to wire in a relay, but in my '70 with the switch on the dash. Is it doable?
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Rgreen914 |
Feb 25 2004, 02:29 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 285 Joined: 20-October 03 From: West Covina, Ca. Member No.: 1,266 |
This sounds like a very practical idea; I'd also like to have one.
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fiid |
Feb 25 2004, 02:36 AM
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Turbo Megasquirted Subaru Member Group: Members Posts: 2,827 Joined: 7-April 03 From: San Francisco, CA Member No.: 530 Region Association: Northern California |
I think I have a socket for the relay - just no relay? I have a '73. Is this possible?
Where do I get a relay from? Oh - and what are common causes of the wipers not retruning to base when they are switched off? Fiid. |
Peter_Hinkle |
Feb 25 2004, 02:58 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 21 Joined: 5-February 03 From: South Denver Member No.: 246 |
Jeff, I absolutely want one. Hell, I'll pay you the money just to make me one now. We could call it a demo test run.Since i live in CO and am getting snowed on every friggin day lately, it would be a good test year!
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Bleyseng |
Feb 25 2004, 08:46 AM
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Aircooled Baby! Group: Members Posts: 13,036 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Seattle, Washington (for now) Member No.: 24 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Sounds good to me.
Geoff |
rhodyguy |
Feb 25 2004, 08:48 AM
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Chimp Sanctuary NW. Check it out. Group: Members Posts: 22,188 Joined: 2-March 03 From: Orion's Bell. The BELL! Member No.: 378 Region Association: Galt's Gulch |
interested? hell yes. let the r&d begin.
kevin |
davep |
Feb 25 2004, 09:09 AM
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914 Historian Group: Benefactors Posts: 5,195 Joined: 13-October 03 From: Burford, ON, N0E 1A0 Member No.: 1,244 Region Association: Canada |
The 74 model year came with some of the harness in the car. The relay needs a socket and short harness to connect to the body harness. The relay / socket bolts to the drivers side cowl support. You also need to have a suitable wiper lever with the extra contact, and I think the column cover needs to be trimmed to allow the lever to be used. To install in an earlier car would need a fair bit of extra work.
DaveP |
maf914 |
Feb 25 2004, 09:48 AM
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Not a Guru! Group: Members Posts: 3,049 Joined: 30-April 03 From: Central Florida Member No.: 632 Region Association: None |
Jeff, Count me in. I always wanted the interval feature. Provide good instructions, though. I am not the most electrically-inclined, but I can usually follow a wiring diagram. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif)
Mike |
davep |
Feb 25 2004, 11:30 AM
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914 Historian Group: Benefactors Posts: 5,195 Joined: 13-October 03 From: Burford, ON, N0E 1A0 Member No.: 1,244 Region Association: Canada |
Martin,
Your 74 should have the wires in the body harness. I had to unravel part if the wrapping to find the ends, but they were there. Just around the brake fluid reservoir. DaveP |
Air_Cooled_Nut |
Feb 25 2004, 01:09 PM
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914 Ronin - 914 owner who lost his 914club.com Group: Members Posts: 1,748 Joined: 19-April 03 From: Beaverton, Oregon Member No.: 584 Region Association: None |
If this is like what my '95 VW Jetta implements then I recommend it! Not sure if I will commit to buying one due to the extra column work involved for a '73 and I have bigger problems to address (rust).
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SirAndy |
Feb 25 2004, 02:02 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,815 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
yepp, the later cars (i think '74 and onward) have the wires to hook this up.
actually, all you need to make it work on a older car is to run the brown/black wire somewhere to the inside of the car and add a switch. all the other wires connect to the wiper motor which are the same for early and late cars. btw. this is NOT a wiper delay, this is a "intermittend" switch. what it does is: if you move the wiper lever towards yourself to activate the windshield washer the wipers will come on and run 4 or 5 turns, then shut off. that's all! if you have a electric pump, you can extend the brown/black wire to the pump to also operate the pump when moving the lever. (same result as above). earlier cars don't have the needed switch on the wiper lever at the column (really early cars don't even have the lever, they have a knob on the dashboard). the easy way to test if you have the needed switch in your column is to find the brown/black wire that exists from your steering column into the wire-harness. there is a detailed reference to this complete "intermittend" wireing in the Haynes Book somewhere in the electrical pages. some of this is shown here: Wiper Relay Instructions hope this helps, Andy |
JWest |
Feb 25 2004, 02:09 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,662 Joined: 6-January 03 From: Fort Worth, TX Member No.: 97 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(SirAndy @ Feb 25 2004, 02:02 PM) what it does is: if you move the wiper lever towards yourself to activate the windshield washer the wipers will come on and run 4 or 5 turns, then shut off. that's all! No, if you move the switch down a notch from OFF, the wipers run at a pre-set interval of every 2 seconds or so (I have not measured the time). |
SirAndy |
Feb 25 2004, 02:13 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,815 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(James Adams @ Feb 25 2004, 12:09 PM) No, if you move the switch down a notch from OFF, the wipers run at a pre-set interval of every 2 seconds or so (I have not measured the time). mine doesn't! but it DOES move 4 or 5 times every time i use the windshield washer. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) now i'm confused, Andy |
JWest |
Feb 25 2004, 02:16 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,662 Joined: 6-January 03 From: Fort Worth, TX Member No.: 97 Region Association: None |
I think the wiper relay does both features.
Did you break out the plastic tab so you can move the wiper switch down? I don't remember on the washer, as I do not run a washer (I hate the excess washer fluid running all over the place). |
JFJ914 |
Feb 25 2004, 02:30 PM
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Senior Member Group: Benefactors Posts: 813 Joined: 13-June 03 From: Alpharetta, GA Member No.: 814 Region Association: South East States |
I have a '74, got the parts off a '74 2.0 and found the original wiper switch did not have the extra contact/wire terminal for the feature. Checked the switch from the 2.0 and it was there! Same P/N. The brown/whatever wire was in the harness.
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SirAndy |
Feb 25 2004, 02:31 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,815 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(James Adams @ Feb 25 2004, 12:16 PM) I think the wiper relay does both features. Did you break out the plastic tab so you can move the wiper switch down? I don't remember on the washer, as I do not run a washer (I hate the excess washer fluid running all over the place). i actually tested it for that said function before i assembled the unit. however, the unit i have did not have an extra position below the OFF. i could not move the lever down and i did not get any movement on the wipers. how can there be 2 completely different "modes" if there's only ONE control wire from the lever to the relay ??? if you take the assembly off the steering column, you can actually see the switch closing on the opposit site. still confused, (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) Andy |
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