[T3] Pneumatic screen washer Helphos Valve

Dennis Stiefel dlstiefel at dekalbk12.org
Sat Jan 29 13:18:53 PST 2011


On 1/29/2011 2:36 PM, Jim Adney wrote:
> On 29 Jan 2011 at 13:21, Russ W wrote:
>
>> On 1/29/2011 12:27 PM, Keith Park wrote:
>>> Yea, this might be a much better idea, my Golf has the intermittants and I
>>> have a feeling the same switch , is this true?
>>> Did ANY of the T3's get the intermittent wipers as the Bentley suggests?
>> All of the Rabbit switches at that time were built with the intermittent
>> contacts built in.  There was a plastic piece that had to be removed to
>> get the switch to go to the extra position.
>> I do not think I have ever seen a T-3 with intermittent wipers, unless
>> they were added by the customer.
> I've often wondered if intermittent wipers were sold in some markets,
> but the US usually got the top versions, and I don't think there's
> anything different shown in the parts microfilm. A Rabbit upgrade
> might be just the ticket, if you can find the right car still in the
> junkyard.
>
The switch in my 88 Golf looks very similar but but I can't remember 
what it looked like where the harness hook up looks like. The only 
difference from the out side is the handle  is a little fatter than the 
Rabbit and a lot fatter than the T-3.



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