Northern Paul Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 Planning to fit the variable speed intermittent wash wipe upgrade / modification to my 90, following the useful information in these threads: https://forums.lr4x4.com/topic/927-adding-intermittent-front-washwipe-to-older-9011/ https://forums.lr4x4.com/topic/20391-variable-intermittent-wipers/ At the moment the wash / wipe stalk on my ex-military 90 appears to have: push the button on the end: washers spray & give 4 wipes of the screen up 1: slow up 2: fast If I press it down it does nothing at all, except returns to the off position - what is it supposed to do? Will I need to replace the stalk as part of the intermittent wash wipe upgrade? (I know I need the Autosparks loom & the relay) When the intermittent system is installed what position on the wash wipe stalk is intermittent supposed to be at? Is there a facility to just do a single 'one off' wipe? - this is what I thought pushing my stalk should be doing Ta, Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo Murphy Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 Yes Paul, you'll need the later switch. The intermittent position is one click down. In my experience not all variable intermittent relays give the flick wipe on a quick press of the switch end but certainly the vw 99 ones do. It's not standard on the LR relays. HTH Mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmayco68 Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 Hi Paul , I have an Autosparks loom brand new brought it by mistake when I rebuilt the 110 , if your interested pm me and I’ll send you some pics . cheers Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retroanaconda Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 The standard Land Rover intermittent setup has a 'flick wipe' functionality, but it's not as simple as more modern setups. Pushing the stalk up slight towards the 'normal' running setting it will trigger the wipe before it reaches the point where it latches, this gives a single wipe. It sounds fiddly but once you get the knack it's quite easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Paul Posted February 27, 2020 Author Share Posted February 27, 2020 Holy thread revival! After something of a hiatus I am finally getting round to undertaking the variable intermittent wiper mod; my hand was forced when my old wash wipe stalk snapped - typically in the rain. Thank goodness for a RainX treated screen. Anyways, I took ianmayco68 up on his offer of the Autosparks intermittent wash wipe loom. I have the later PRC7370 wash wipe switch as well as the '99' relay. With respect to the Autosparks loom; there are two moulded plugs - one clearly attaches to the column switch but I am a bit confused as to where the other one physically plugs into...? I'm guessing at the wiper motor? Mine is a 1986 ex-military 90. I have attached a few pictures to try and show the plug I am referring to. It has 5 wires, female connector, wire colours: green, red, blue with green tracer, brown with green tracer & green with black tracer. Can anyone shed any light on this or point me in the right direction? My intention was to coil up the excess and secure the relay in the space behind the instruments to avoid having to feed it down to the space behind the fuse box - it seems a bit tight to try and get it down there! Apologies if this is a really basic question but I'd appreciate hearing some superior knowledge to mine. Thanks in advance, Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Paul Posted February 27, 2020 Author Share Posted February 27, 2020 Further to my above post; the red wire has a light green tracer. I also found this very useful post: All the wire colours indicate screen wiper motor to switch. Which makes logical sense. I just don't know where it plugs in.... Ideas? Thanks, Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peaklander Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Hi, have a look at this very useful thread from @nickwilliams It's what I used to add the functionality to my vehicle although I used my own loom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Northern Paul said: Holy thread revival! After something of a hiatus I am finally getting round to undertaking the variable intermittent wiper mod; my hand was forced when my old wash wipe stalk snapped - typically in the rain. Thank goodness for a RainX treated screen. Anyways, I took ianmayco68 up on his offer of the Autosparks intermittent wash wipe loom. I have the later PRC7370 wash wipe switch as well as the '99' relay. With respect to the Autosparks loom; there are two moulded plugs - one clearly attaches to the column switch but I am a bit confused as to where the other one physically plugs into...? I'm guessing at the wiper motor? Mine is a 1986 ex-military 90. I have attached a few pictures to try and show the plug I am referring to. It has 5 wires, female connector, wire colours: green, red, blue with green tracer, brown with green tracer & green with black tracer. Can anyone shed any light on this or point me in the right direction? My intention was to coil up the excess and secure the relay in the space behind the instruments to avoid having to feed it down to the space behind the fuse box - it seems a bit tight to try and get it down there! Apologies if this is a really basic question but I'd appreciate hearing some superior knowledge to mine. Thanks in advance, Paul Where you split the stalk connector to remove the old stalk, the autosparks loom fits between the 2 connectors with the relay socket going down to the fusebox & clipping to forward face of the metal panel with the other relays as in my tech archive post that you linked to ------ Quote with the relay and it's socket behind the fuse box, the 2 legs of the harness go up the tunnel, where all the other cables go, (may need a 'fishing rod' or string to pull them up through here) to the back of the radio\rear wiper switch, from here they travel along to the front wiper stalk inside the steering column cover,remove this cover for access, inside here disconnect the front wiper stalk connectors, reconnect these 2 to the new harness, make sure everything is safe, switch on the ignition and test the new system, if all OK, refit the previously removed covers\ fusebox. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Paul Posted February 27, 2020 Author Share Posted February 27, 2020 Ralph, Thank you so much. I clearly didn't read your post properly. I've done as you said and have just spent a very contented 10 mins playing with my variable intermittent wash wipe system. Once again, many many thanks! Cheers, Paul 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Glad you got it sorted. 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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