850 Programmable Intermittent Wiper

Just got around to replacing the wiper relay with a VW/Audi part that
converts it to a programmable intermittent with no modification aside
from replacement of the wiper relay. I learned about this long ago from
previous posts. It works great -- now my '95 854T has a programmable
wiper as good as my wife's '90 Civic DX. ;-)

Here's a link to more detail from previous posters.

http://tinyurl.com/azajw

Rick

 

Sounds interesting - how do you vary the delay?

 

Set the wiper control to itermittent, let it sweep once and turn it off.
Wait until there's enough rain on the windshield that you'd like it to
activate again -- let's say you wait 20 seconds. Now set the wiper
control to intermittent again. It will now remember that you waited 20
seconds, and will cycle every 20 seconds. If the rain increases or
decreases and you want to increase/decrease the cycle time, turn it off.
Wait until you want it activated again, and turn it on manually. If will
now remember the new interval.

It resets itself to 6 seconds whenever you turn the ignition off.

Rick

 

I bought one of these from IPD (www.ipdusa.com) years ago and it is
great. Volvo should have made this a feature of the car from day 1!

John

 

It also resets to 6 seconds if you leave the wipers off for longer
than about 90 seconds.

I got mine for about $25.

 

Thanks Rick. Sounds like I should get one of these for my V70. Given
that Volvo is so strong on safety it is something that should always have
been in the car.

 

what model audi are the relays from, as i live in the uk , could i get
one from a junk yard?


col

 

anyone got a picture of the audi relay they can upload, so i can look
in a junk yard

col

 

Here is a link to a swedish page with pictures:

http://www.backspegeln.com/tips_intervall.asp

/aw

 

Actually, it's a standard Bosch item, used on VW models too.
(Checking previous messages)
It's a bosch 191 955 531 (Google turns up some forum talk that says
the new P/N is 1HM 955 531B. )

 

That has also been superceded with VW part: 3B0 955 531. $64Can.

Rick