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Jim; you were right, it was the arm on the wiper motor. I tried doing it the other way and it did nothing to change it. AAR, the wipers are parked just fine now. Thanks for the help. As for the generator problem that I was having, I troubleshot as per the Haynes manual and showed that the generator wasn't putting out any volatge, using the no-load unregulated volatge check from Haynes. Then I tried a fault finding method off of the internet and it told me the same thing *but* it suggested re-polarizing the generator. I did what it said to do (and wasn't too confident while doing it either) and darned, if it didn't work. The generator puts out good voltage now, I was able to get a voltage off the coil and was able to time the engine as well. As for the generator light not coming on on the dash-which was one of the symptoms that stumped me at first, well, that was a burned out bulb. A-duh. I replaced that and everything works well. I'm finding that it looks like alot of my gremlins are from the car sitting idle for so long and all the electrical connections got worse as time went by. Lessons learned? First, always start at square 1, not 1.2 or 1a or the like, but 1. Second, sometimes the obvious solution isn't obviously there in front of you. If I remember correctly, the poloarizing issue has been gone over on this forum and others as well, and arguments go both ways for whether it works at all. As for me, in all probability, my electrical issues are related to lack of use more so than re-de or un-polarized generators. Which leads to: go out and use your Type 3's, and often at that. Hauling a$$ up and down the street is so much fun, I'd forgotten how much fun it can be. Now, I have to find a set of seatbelts, a steering wheel, an interior.... David Walters 1973 1600 L Notchback S. FL, USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~