Re: Windshield leak and screwy wiper switch

["Chris DeLong" <green536@hotmail.com>]

<x-flowed>The seal is different. Won't work at all. As to the relay issue there has 
been a bad rash of poor quality relays going around. The last letter in the 
relay part # is the determining letter. Unfortunately I dont recall the # 
but i do remember that the relay was made by K.A.E.
It had the exact same burn spots on the printed circuit that you are talking 
about and it happened to about 4 relays in a row until i put the other style 
in and then there were no problems. Oh and for those of you wondering; both 
fuel pumps were new and the grounds were good.


>From: "ian" <e@sbbs.se>
>Reply-To: "ian" <e@sbbs.se>
>To: <archive@porknet.fdns.net>,"Scirocco-L" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: Re: Windshield leak and screwy wiper switch
>Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1999 20:39:37 -0500
>
>I just had this done today!
>Got the gasket from AAB for about $30, got an auto glass place to come out
>to my mechanics shop (he was working on my rough starting problem) - the
>glass shop charged $100. They sanded out the surface rust from a leak and
>treated it with a polyurethane, then fitted the windshield with some black
>sealant (some of it leaked out a bit) - all in all it looks pretty good. 
>BTW
>this was on a Cabriolet, can't remember if the windshield gasket is the 
>same
>or not? Sorry if anyone thinks this is OT ;-P
>On a separate note it turns out the reason my car was having a terrible 
>time
>starting on occassion was that in the fuel pump relay there are a number of
>connections (solder points) that have cracked, therefore not always making
>contact (there's about 5 cracked points), mechanic thinks thats the reason
>anyway and gave me a used relay to run with. Does this sound legit, it 
>seems
>to be starting a lot easier now.
>
>Ian
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <archive@porknet.fdns.net>
>To: Scirocco-L <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Sent: Friday, November 05, 1999 7:34 PM
>Subject: Windshield leak and screwy wiper switch
>
>
> > Hey,
> >
> > With the wet winter weather having already arrived this year, I have 
>some
> > questions for you experienced listers.
> >
> > First of all, I know this has probably been covered (I've read over 2
> > years of scirocco-l archives :P), but I'm asking for pointers on the
> > subject of windshield replacement. My windshield was cracked when I
> > purchased it and has been leaking from the corner (not the crack) of the
> > windshield gasket all over my fusebox and the inside of my dash. When it
> > leaks, I can stick my hand up inside my dash (my undercover is off for
> > some wiring I've been doing), and its SOAKED. If I sit in the car
> > occasionally I get a drip on my clutch foot. The car is only wet on the
> > drivers side.
> >
> > I've checked sunroof drain tubes and my rain tray drains as well as
> > pouring copious amounts of hot water in the rain tray hoping to have 
>some
> > lukewarm water show up under the dash, but nope. It appears to be coming
> > through the windshield gasket. I lifted up the edges of the gasket and 
>it
> > appears pretty wasted underneath. Silicon juice repair doesn't look too
> > promising. So I've decided to try getting a new windshield and gasket
> > installed. My question is, what should I look into before having any old
> > shop do this? I've been quoted between $200.00 and $383.10, and, not
> > having a lot of money, I'm inclined to go with the cheap place. One 
>place
> > said the OEM gasket cost them $162, the cheapest place said they could 
>get
> > the gasket (most likely not OEM) for $65. I can't really justify $100 
>more
> > for an already pricey gasket, especially if they have a lifetime leak
> > guarantee, but I'd like input from those experienced with this 
>particular
> > car. Any particular brands of glass or gaskets to shy away from or that
> > kind of thing. Does the gasket need to be glued or sealed or anything.
> > Hopefully they will let me watch (oooh!) so I can check for rust around
> > the edge of the windshield metal as well. Any pointers?
> >
> > The other thing thats been bothering me is my wiper arm switch stalk
> > thingy. It works fine, except it is very sensitive to bumping. If I am
> > running my wipers at 1 or 2 speed, and push the stalk to turn on the
> > intermittant rear wiper, the front wipers sometimes stop mid-windshield,
> > and i have to jiggle the wiper arm a little to get them to move again. 
>Its
> > very frusterating in heavy rain when your wipers stop working and you 
>have
> > to jiggle it just right to get them to start again. Any ideas on what
> > could be wrong? My first thought was corrosion buildup in the switch, 
>but
> > I'm wondering if this is a common problem, or even perhaps the way it 
>was
> > designed (why!?!).
> >
> > My windshield washer sprayers aren't working either. When I pull and 
>hold
> > the wiper stalk it wipers 3 or 4 times and only one or two grain-of-sand
> > sized beads of water come out the sprayer nozzles. The nozzles aren't
> > clogged, I can stick a pin inside them. I jumpered the washer pump to 
>the
> > battery and it ran fine, squirting only from the passenger side washer 
>and
> > only at a low pressure. Then I measured power to the washer pump while a
> > friend held the wiper arm. It was 11.63 volts or so with the engine off.
> > Looked okay to me. There appears to be some sort of cholesterol buildup 
>in
> > the washer lines, so should I replace these, or the pump, or what?
> > Eventually I'm gonna replace the washer nipples with the dual-nozzle 
>kind
> > or maybe even the deluxe mister variety :)
> >
> > Any feedback would be appreciated...
> >
> > -Toby
> >
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> >
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Chris DeLong
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