trendkill Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 I've had my 90 for 3 years now and its finally driven me bloody mad not having intermittent wipers!!! Its a 1986 so wasn't 'born' with intermittent as standard. Is there something I can remove from a RRC or Disco to use? Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffernutter Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 If you're OK with a soldering iron, there is always - http://www.maplin.co.uk/k2599-intermittent-wiper-controller-3182 Cheers Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushwhacker Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Hi, I havn't got round to doing this mod yet, but if you do a search on this forum it is well documented on how to have an intermittent wipe function. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litch Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Up until last year you could just buy the later switch, relay & sub-harness and it was a straight-forward upgrade using standard parts off a later model Defender (I think they became standard on the 300TDi) and it all came in at under £50 as well. Unfortunately the sub-harness is no-longer available (some on-line dealers are still showing it listed but when you contact them you find out that they can't supply them) so you have to make up your own, not a difficult job following the two different wiring diagrams but a pain if you aren't paticularly good with electrics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frax Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 I think you can just change the relay, there is info on this in the tech section. Regards Frax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litch Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 I think you can just change the relay, there is info on this in the tech section. Regards Frax Well not really. There isn't facility for a timer relay on the older vehicles and the switch is different, instead of flick wipe it has an intermitant position instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco-Ron Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Odd isn;t it............. i would presonally rather have a flick wipe, than the intermittant that i have on my 300.......... i always find that the timing is wrong, and would rather use a flick to get it wiped when I want it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retroanaconda Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 All Defenders have flick-wipe, just on later models (with intermittent) it's done by pushing the stalk up towards the standard speed on position just enough to trigger the wipe but not far enough to latch over onto that next position. Takes a bit of learning but once you get the knack it's dead easy. Intermittent wipe was in during the 200Tdi era, both mine have it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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