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| 80’s old school |
 Jul 20 2019, 05:38 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 79 Joined: 26-March 19 From: California Member No.: 22,994 Region Association: Southern California  |
I have a 1970 914-4.
The wipers have a mind of their own. They work fine when needed, but sometimes they wipe on their own for no reason at all. A lot of the times they will wipe back and forth several times right after starting the engine without turning them on. Any ideas (besides replacing motor) to fix this? |
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| 914Sixer |
Jul 21 2019, 07:22 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,886 Joined: 17-January 05 From: San Angelo Texas Member No.: 3,457 Region Association: Southwest Region 
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Check to see if you have intermittent wipers. Bad relay has been know to create this problem.
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| FlacaProductions |
Jul 21 2019, 10:01 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,591 Joined: 24-November 17 From: LA Member No.: 21,628 Region Association: Southern California
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Intermittent thread: http://bowlsby.net/914/WiringHarnesses/Wip...nstructions.pdf
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| 80’s old school |
Jul 21 2019, 04:21 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 79 Joined: 26-March 19 From: California Member No.: 22,994 Region Association: Southern California |
I will do some checking.
I have a feeling it is some kind of relay or switch glitch. However my car is a 1970 which definitely did not have intermittent wipers. I will keep digging in. |
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| RickS |
Jul 21 2019, 09:12 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,408 Joined: 17-April 06 From: 'False City', WA Member No.: 5,880 Region Association: None |
Make sure your fuse block hasn’t gone TU.
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| 80’s old school |
Jul 22 2019, 08:41 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 79 Joined: 26-March 19 From: California Member No.: 22,994 Region Association: Southern California |
I fixed it... at least fixed it for now.
Since mine is a 1970, it has a dash mounted wiper switch. I disconnected the wire from the switch that powers the wiper motor to return the wipers to the “home” position when you turn them off. Now I have to stop the wipers when they are in the home position. No big deal...I live in SoCal....it never rains! |
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| 914Sixer |
Jul 23 2019, 01:55 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,886 Joined: 17-January 05 From: San Angelo Texas Member No.: 3,457 Region Association: Southwest Region
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May be a faulty switch. New ones on theSamba.com , same as the Karman Ghia 1970.
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| flipb |
Jul 23 2019, 09:09 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,722 Joined: 2-September 09 From: Fairfax, VA Member No.: 10,752 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
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QUOTE(80’s old school @ Jul 22 2019, 10:41 PM)  Now I have to stop the wipers when they are in the home position. No big deal...I live in SoCal....it never rains! As long as I've had my 914, the wipers haven't "parked" when I turn them off... they just stop instantly when I switch them off. I love it; I use it to park them on the passenger side instead of the usual spot in the driver's line of sight. Only astute 914 owners notice. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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