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On Mon, 2004-08-02 at 00:56, John Jaranson wrote: > > > OK, with the wiper switch off I see 12-14V on both side of the voltage > drop. With the wiper switch on I see 12-14V on the feed side of the > voltage drop and 0V on the output side of the voltage drop. This is > just a BugPack Voltage Drop. It looks like a small anodized, finned > aluminum cylinder with a couple of mounting tabs sticking off it and an > electric pin on either end. The voltage drop does heat up when the > wiper switch is on, but I get nothing on the output side. > > Bad voltage drop? I solder a couple of lengths of wire to the pins and > then crimped on spade connectors to make all the connection. Anything > I could have done during that process to hurt the voltage drop? > I don't think it is anything you did. Sounds to me it is the wrong valve resistor, for the wiper motor. Too bad is is so late, or I could just send you my 12V wiper motor for a '67/'68/'69. Sounds like what you have is a resistor for a 6V radio or something. I never had much luck with the resistors for the wipermotors when doing the 12V conversions. I usually just went to the salvage yards and got a 12V motor. There used to be a solid state voltage drop that worked a lot better. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~