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Rear Wiper 'Parking'

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andygrey

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The rear window wiper on the ol' S2 operates continously when switched on, and when switched off, does not 'park' in the up-right position. So to get it to stop in the correct position requires a deft 'Bullseye' type stab of the switch. Possibly a stupid question...but is this normal or is there a fault (and if so what is the solution?).
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There is a fault. Park the whole thing in a skip and put a rubber bung in the hole would be my suggestion, but I guess you wanted something enabling you to keep the boot-space-wasting eyesore on the glass?
 
Definately a fault.

Unlike Fen [:D] I think the rear wiper on the 944 is fab ~ so long as you replace the blade with a 24" item that actually clears some of the glass - the std blade (20" I think) is utterly utterly p1sh [&:].
 
ORIGINAL: Fen

There is a fault. Park the whole thing in a skip and put a rubber bung in the hole would be my suggestion, but I guess you wanted something enabling you to keep the boot-space-wasting eyesore on the glass?
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Hmmmmm... I suppose that the weight saving by deleting the rear wipe mechanism might be worth almost 0.25BHP (plus of course the obvious areodynamic advantages)
 
It's always annoyed me that the rear wiper doesnt have an intermittent mode. I spotted a nice little intermittent wiper electronics kit in Maplins for about £8. It involves all the components and a circuit board you can assemble yourself so you would have a variable resisitor to adjust the timing delay. I'm thinking about giving it a whirl.
 
It saves a bit of weight taking it off, it lets you get more in the boot as the motor doesn't protrude, it looks far cleaner without and it makes the tailgate open more easily. By contrast the wiper is on the wrong side, the motor sounds like a bag of bolts, there is no intermittent facility, the switch is not illuminated and the back window is so steeply raked it doesn't get road muck on it in any case.[FONT=verdana,geneva"] [FONT=verdana,geneva"]Scott; you can get auto wiper kits which might be even better if you want to mess with it - that way it would wipe when wet and park when dry.[FONT=verdana,geneva"]
 
Its on the wrong side for a right hand drive car. Which bugs me each time I turn it on instead of opening the sunroof..... but not as much as a Pooh-joe 206 which has the front one on the wrong side leaving my right eye seemingly out of focus when it rains.
 
And it has no wash facility which is in my opinion is its biggest failing and why I dumped mine. (that and the cover gets close to the wheels when you have 4 in the boot.
Tony
 
When I had the Turbo I was looking at fitting the roof mounted airiel from a Vectra, this would give a 968 look airiel & a rear wash jet in one package.
 
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