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Postby dapinky » Sat 12.04.2008, 22:43

GeoffSmith wrote:There's another 99 on eBay but the price is going up.


And if you publicise it on this thread, it will keep going up :twisted: :twisted:

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Postby Monty » Sat 12.04.2008, 23:31

dapinky wrote:
GeoffSmith wrote:There's another 99 on eBay but the price is going up.


And if you publicise it on this thread, it will keep going up :twisted: :twisted:

PINKY IS BIDDER 3 - Currently winning!


Lol i found that one a few days ago and thought that nobody spotted it :roll: then to day it shot up and it still got over 4 days to go :? Since your bidding on it Dave i won`t bid against you.

Didn`t really want to pay £15, i`m in no rush so i`ll just keep a look out for a bargin :wink:
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Postby GeoffSmith » Sun 13.04.2008, 00:05

SuperDaveLotus off LEF is after a second one. I didn't bid against him on his first one but now he's getting greedy - I mean, why does he need two (says he with two already). :-D

I think if you keep a lookout, you should be able to get one for less than a tenner including postage. Good luck - they're well worth it.
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Postby dapinky » Sun 13.04.2008, 15:56

GeoffSmith wrote:I think if you keep a lookout, you should be able to get one for less than a tenner including postage. Good luck - they're well worth it.


I'm in no great rush - just after a cheapy when one comes up!

Jay,
If i'd known you were in it, I'd have kept out of it :oops:
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Postby Monty » Sun 13.04.2008, 19:38

dapinky wrote:
Jay,
If i'd known you were in it, I'd have kept out of it :oops:


No prob`s Dave, I hadn`t bid on it as i always wait till the last minute. I`m sure they`ll be more that show up :wink:
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Postby Dico » Sun 13.04.2008, 20:48

Monty wrote: i always wait till the last minute.


As most normal folk would :roll:
Not that I'm saying McMurphs normal, but at least he gets this bit right.
I mean, why push the frigging price up? Barking!
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Postby dapinky » Sun 13.04.2008, 20:53

Dico wrote:I mean, why push the frigging price up? Barking!


woof woof!
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Postby GeoffSmith » Thu 17.04.2008, 22:07

One more - two bidders. :twisted:
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Postby Nige » Fri 18.04.2008, 08:54

Just bought 2, one for each car :D .
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Postby Gee0 » Mon 21.04.2008, 10:26

I have made an offer on this one

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/VW-99-RE ... enameZWD1V

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Postby Nige » Mon 21.04.2008, 20:45

Fitted both this weekend and Norma's was tested on the way to work this morning, it does exactly what it says on the tin, excellent :D .
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Re: Intermittent wiper delay

Postby BFG in the BRG » Tue 21.04.2009, 16:04

8) This is one cool mod - took me all of 2 minutes to do - all I needed was a mirror and a pair of rubber gloves - brilliant!
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Re: Intermittent wiper delay

Postby GeoffSmith » Tue 21.04.2009, 21:01

Happy birthday to Gerry's wiper delay - shame it took him until 18th April 2009 to get it fitted. All he needed was a Peter. :D
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Re: Intermittent wiper delay

Postby Gee0 » Wed 22.04.2009, 20:51

GeoffSmith wrote:Happy birthday to Gerry's wiper delay - shame it took him until 18th April 2009 to get it fitted. All he needed was a Peter. :D



NO I DIDN'T win that one you cheeky B :twisted:

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Postby lotos » Wed 22.04.2009, 21:07

GeoffSmith wrote:It simply replaces the fixed period intermittent wipe. When it starts raining, you give a quick flick to the intermittent setting then off again. Next time you need to wipe the screen, you switch it over to the intermittent setting. The wipers then sweep at whatever time delay there was between the first two sweeps - ~1 second to ~1 minute.

Never saw this thread before today - I must have it! :twisted: Now the hunt begins. (Emails directing me to cheap goods always appreciated)
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Re: Intermittent wiper delay

Postby GeoffSmith » Wed 22.04.2009, 21:34

Look on FleaBay for VW relay 99 - there are three going in the UK at the moment.
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Re: Intermittent wiper delay

Postby lotos » Thu 23.04.2009, 18:58

Found one and bought. Thanks! #99 PN: 1HM 955 531 A
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Re: Intermittent wiper delay

Postby DaveB » Thu 09.07.2009, 13:10

Hi all...

Put a '99' relay in a few months ago.

Intermittent works good. However got caught in a downpoor yesterday and flicked on to double fast wipe and whoooaaa... wipers stopped halfway across screen...not only coudn't see through the rain but had to move my head to see around the wiper arm!

Now, I cannot remember checking that fast wipe worked when I installed the relay... :oops:

Before I go getting another '99' relay, can someone who has fitted one confirm absolutely that their double fast wipe works as expected...

Ta!
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Re: Intermittent wiper delay

Postby GeoffSmith » Thu 09.07.2009, 19:44

Yes, they do. The fast wipe comes from the wiper switch so no fault of the 99 - see the Wiki.
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Re: Intermittent wiper delay

Postby DaveB » Fri 10.07.2009, 10:33

Cheers engineers...!! :D


...and...


....bugger...

one day.... just for the day... everything will work on this car at the same time
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