Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 22:30:49 -0400 From: Hans Lellelid <hplnospam> Subject: intermittent wiper speed not working
Hi, (yet another problem ... thanks everyone for all the help) The intermittent wind(shield|screen) wipers on my '91 900S do not work. Well, what I mean is that the "every-now-and-then" position does not work (I'm not sure if that's technically the "intermittent" position or not), while the "slow" and "fast" positions of the wipers do work fine. Unfortunately it seems that the position I need most is the one not working, so I'm trying to fix it. Sometimes (rarely) when I first turn it to the first ("every-now-and-then") position, it goes a couple times but then just stops (in rest position). I'm assuming that the problem is the intermittent wiper relay, only because it doesn't seem to be related to the motor or gears since the other speeds work fine. Now ... I think I have read every message/article talking about how to access that relay behind knee board in driver side, but I cannot for the life of me make sense of it on my '91 900S. I think that Saab must have changed the design or something; I can't find the bolts mentioned by others -- e.g. in door jamb. The foamy padding stuff seems to be one big piece spanning the width of the car. Someone also said that the relay could be replaced w/o removing anything -- I can't figure out how that would work either without very small flexible hands and arms ("Come here son, ... can you say 'relay'?"). I know roughly where it's at, since I can hear the turn signal relay & believe they are together. Anyone have any pointers either on how to access this relay -- or any knowledge that my "just replace the relay" solution is all wrong? Thanks! Hans
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