A real blast from the past - or a wipe from way back perhaps.

Easiest upgrade ever that applies the same to all years.

Alan

 

3B0 955 531 or 1HM955531B

 

What's the current price? It's been raining and dark here in Phoenix the last couple of days. I could have used this upgrade (and new H4 headlights) driving home from work Monday night!

 

Curt's guidance on Rain-X is great, and the coating lasts a lot longer on the windscreen when the intermittent interval is longer.

My biggest challenge with the in-service programmable VW relay is remembering how to program it. In SoCal rain was rare, and I kind of made it a point not to drive the car when rain was possible. So the very few times I was 'caught out', it took me a few tries to remember how to set the delay again.

Sucks having aging memory issues. I can't remember half the stuff I've forgotten.

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Tonight we're enjoying "freezing fog", which looks amazingly like a light dusting of snow from low ground-hugging clouds. The 928 is hibernating comfortably in the 60º climate-controlled garage. Locals reminded me today that they don't use salt on the roads here. Instead they use a mix of propylene glycol as a pretreatment (anti-freeze) and a sprinkling of red cinders on accumulations on the roads. Together they make a red paste that clings to everything it touches on the cars. The PILOT dd has a redish-brown skirt on the 3M film-protected lowers between rinses. Glad I don't need to drive the 928 in this stuff!

 

If I can remember to do it, I'm going to make a "Stalk Guide" for each of my cars. The worst is the Cayman, with four stalks, one of which controls the computer (and the only way to check oil level, there is no dipstick). The easiest is the Bugeye - no stalks at all, not even a turn signal.

Actually, I need a "read me" card, providing all needed information, including where the key goes, and a prominent HAS CLUTCH or NO CLUTCH.

An "in-service programmable relay" is out of the question. I must conserve brain space for operating my Apple Watch; let's see, double tap the lower button to bring up Apple Pay, then ....

 

I am trying to understand what posters don't really like with the existing system. Mine is '87. The little thumbwheel under the dash works fine for adjusting the delay. unless it is that even in the minimum setting, the delay is a bit too long for some people's liking?

BTW - living in florida I always use rain-x. We get some hard rains down here. At highway speed, often I don't even need to turn on the wipers.

 

Read the thread - its all in there at the beginning. Yes it sort of works works (ish) but it's really a pretty crappy idea.

e.g.

1) Which side of the pod is the adjuster on? (especially for digidash cars that have 2 symmetrical potentiometers 1 each side).

2) From memory does rolling the pot right (or up) increase or decrease the delay?, and if you just adjusted it 3 minutes ago would you still remember the right direction now?

3) Assuming you need the wiper to wipe half as fast how much do you move the ****?

4) It adjusts to neither as fast a rate nor as slow a rate as I would like ... why?

Alan

 

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Mine worked fine for me most of the time. But fog and light mist drove the decision, and with a good Rain-X treatment the only time I really used the wiper was at a stop waiting for a light to turn green. A wipe or two needed to be able to look for late cross-traffic. With the original I'd just bump the stalk manually to get a single cycle. I have the original relay available and can put it back in easily to restore original functionality.

Honestly I'm not sure that it makes a heck of a lot of difference considering the car is kept inside when it rains. When caught out on the road somewhere it's handy but not necessary. If your car has some deterioration in the little potentiometer or the related wiring, the programmable relay solves the issue nicely.

 

That's kind of what I was thinking.
The original set up I think works well.

 

This is almost down to choosing motor oil based on the color of the bottle. Nothing else changes, it's just a personal preference.


The silver bottles work for me, BTW.



Was mucking through some stuff this week, and found a one-quart can of 30wt Valvoline racing oil. Not quite as old as the dinosaurs that contributed to its formation but close. Good News: there's a genuine oil can spout in the container with it! Will be good for use as chainsaw bar oil or for the pressure washer pump.

 

Bob, your opening lines are almost an invitation... to turmoil.

 

...Well I still think its crap

But hardly a big deal - especially in Arizona.

Alan