[s-cars] Intermittent wiper relay

[Bruce Mendel]

Not sure if anyone needs one, but I just bought the intermittent relay, part
number below, for $30 plus $5 for priority mail shipping at
http://www.wolfsport.com/specials/.

Bruce
'93 S4 in rainy season
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Murray (LMC)" <James.Murray at ericsson.ca>
To: "s-car-list" <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2002 10:18 PM
Subject: RE: [s-cars] Intermittent wiper relay


> I should also have mentioned that 3B0 955 531 is the correct part number
to
> order.
> Just make sure you receive what I described below...
>
> /J.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Murray (LMC) [SMTP:James.Murray at ericsson.ca]
> Sent: May 12, 2002 9:57 PM
> To: s-car-list
> Cc: 'motogo1'; 'KBATTPO'
> Subject: RE: [s-cars] Intermittent wiper relay
>
> Gary is correct the top has a big white .99 on the top and is about
> half the
> size of the old one, the side of mine has the numbers 3997 in white.
> The
> relay was black plastic. The part has VW 357 955 531 pressed in the
> side.
>
> If you have a relay with the number 3.200.110 manufactured by a
> company
> KAE(kaehler automotive equipment)I would send it back, I don't think
> these
> function correctly as specified. Gary isn't this what you initially
> got and
> sent back?
>
> I have a pic of my old and new if anyone "really" needs it...
>
> I took some pics of how to replace the old relay with the new one
> while I
> was testing out the use of a digital camera for the first time, so
> if anyone
> is hesitant to do this neat little mod e-mail me and I'll send you
> the pics.
> It's really easy to do.
>
> Cheers, /Jamu.
>
> P.S. I think the Bosch part number is: 0 986 335 058
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: motogo1 [SMTP:motogo1 at cox.net]
> Sent: May 12, 2002 9:13 PM
> To: s-car-list
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Intermittent wiper relay
>
> Yes, the first one I got from
> http://www.germanautoparts.com/ didn't
> work. I
> sent it back and the next one (actually two) they sent does
> work I
> don't
> have the part numbers. I know the second one has a big white
> 99 on
> the top,
> and I'm quite sure the interval is more than 20 seconds. If
> you
> really need
> the part number, I can check my 200 tomorrow. It's outside
> in the
> rain
> today, and I don't really want to flood out the relay box
> with
> water. Let me
> know.
> ps. price was $21
>
> Gary
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Rossato" <bob.rossato at att.net>
> To: "KBATTPO" <igor at s-cars.org>; "Audi S-list"
> <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2002 1:25 PM
> Subject: RE: [s-cars] Intermittent wiper relay
>
>
> > From what I recall, folks were having problems in getting
> the 3B0
> 955 531
> to
> > work.  I believe Gary Martin and/or Bob Pastore finally
> got 357
> 955 531 to
> > work.  This is the same relay that is my '93 Corrado,
> though I
> haven't
> tried
> > it in the S6 yet.  My only beef with it is that it has a
> max
> interval of
> > about 20 seconds.  I thought there were units out there
> with
> around 45sec,
> > or even 2mins max intervals.  When I'm setting mine in the
> Corrado, the
> > sweet spot where I want it to be is right around 20
> seconds.  So
> invariably,
> > I always end up going beyond its max setting and it
> defaults to
> the 5-6
> > second standard sweep interval causing me to start over.
> A bit
> irritating.
> >
> > Bob
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: s-car-list-admin at audifans.com
> > > [mailto:s-car-list-admin at audifans.com]On Behalf Of
> KBATTPO
> > > Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2002 2:52 PM
> > > To: Audi S-list
> > > Subject: [s-cars] Intermittent wiper relay
> > >
> > >
> > > Folks,
> > > I have just installed 3B0 955 531 and tried to activate
> it as
> per the
> > > Audiworld article found at:
> http://www.audiworld.com/tech/int26.shtml
> > >
> > > Then I did this:
> > > 'To use it you first place the wiper switch in the
> intermittent
> position
> > > and turn it to off. The wiper will wipe once. When you
> need the
> wiper to
> > > wipe again, you place the wiper switch to intermittent
> and it
> will
> > > remember the time interval and repeat the wipe at this
> interval.
> To
> > > change the time just turn to off it will wipe and then
> turn to
> > > intermittent position to set the new time interval."
> > >
> > > Weel, this does not change the fixed 5 second interval.
> What am
> I doing
> > > wrong?
> > >
> > > Igor
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