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On 18 Mar 2003 at 11:27, David Hornback wrote: > This past weekend we got a good deluge here in SoCal and because if > certain reasons, I was forced to drive my car. So I had my wipers > going for a while, but when I tried to turn them off, they kept on > going. The wipers would briefly stop when they reached the rest > position, but by brief I mean, like less than half a second; more of a > stutter than anything. Only way to shut them off was to kill the ign. > Then if I turned the wipers back on, it would do the same thing. Any chance that this is a 6V car that has been converted to 12V? If so, the higher voltage may drive the wipers so fast that they overshoot the parking switch and continue on. > When I got in my car on Mon. morning they didn't work, at all. Also my > turn signals have gone kaput! > Fuses are all okay, wiper motor and wiper switch were orig. ones (ie. > 1965 6v models). When I turn the signal switch, the indicators in the > gauge light up but do not flash and the actual turn signal lamps do not > light up either. The flash relay was replaced, nothing. So I am kind > of stuck. I wouldn't think they are related...but??? Fuse open in a non obvious way??? Or 12 V that burned out something else, too. Do you have a voltmeter so you can trace where you have power and where you don't? -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org