Hi all, I'm in the middle of the silly season, so not much time, however something happened today that I will share with you, and hopefully someone can answer a few questions

So there I was minding my own, in the fast (joke) lane of the M25, doing 35 MPH !!!!! I kid you not, I got out of second gear, trying to get away from Pontins Camber Sands, 25 minute stay was way too long for me And all of a sudden my automatic wipers didn't, neither did my manual wipers Somehow I made it to the hard shoulder without hitting anything And thought to myself 'I have just been Smited by SOD'

So out with the handbook, and out with fuse 26, which was all shiny and new '' I thought,' this is going to be expencive '

Back with the fuse, scratched my head, removed the splinters from my finger, and knocked the wiper stalk by mistake......... the wipers started to move again......... left the stalk in manual on (2) and set off at a blistering pace, watching out for snails overtaking on the outside

Wiper Relay, 10 miles away from Ascot L/R, 4 pm, I'll get off the M25 car park and see if they have one, after a short call, Monday I'll call my local L/R in Milton Keynes... Tuesday
I'll get one online, how much? Main stealer is cheaper than that, Looks like it will be Tuesday then UNLESS someone can point me towards a stockist that's either cheaper than £10 + VAT, or has stock within 30 miles of MK and is open tomorrow.

And now the killer question, is there enough room to get at the blighter with out totally removing the battery, as I'm having a bit of trouble with the wiring in my arm at the moment and it doesn't always do what I want it to. Yesterday I couldn't spell Engineer... Today I are one!
Inventor of the 'Guide-o-Matic automatic wheel alignment tool'
Former long term L322 owner, Up/Down graded to a Classic Tractor!

Just thought I'd smurf the web and see if I could find one for a Beamer And you thought that L/R were expensive, from what I can make out I can get a new L/R relay for less than the average used BMW price I might be on to something here  Yesterday I couldn't spell Engineer... Today I are one!
Inventor of the 'Guide-o-Matic automatic wheel alignment tool'
Former long term L322 owner, Up/Down graded to a Classic Tractor!

I had a similar wiper problem one day soon after I bought my car. Within 1/2 hour they started working again and haven't been a problem since. ______________________________
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Are but you don't count bud, as your annual rainfall is the same as a week over here I have read many account of the wipers magically fixing themselves, but it really rains here and the way my luck is going, I don't think that I should take the chance. The relay contacts are obviously burnt, and it will only be a matter of time before it happens again. And at £10 +vat it's not really worth taking the risk, if I'm towing 3 tons and it happens again, might not be so lucky second time.

FYI, if you haven't had the misfortune of sampling the M25 over here, it's like trying to drive in a stampede, only most of the trucks are foreign, and have the steering wheel on the wrong side so they just pull out because they don't see you  Yesterday I couldn't spell Engineer... Today I are one!
Inventor of the 'Guide-o-Matic automatic wheel alignment tool'
Former long term L322 owner, Up/Down graded to a Classic Tractor!

Just had a look at RAVE. I guess it might be possible to get the ECU cover off, but it is going to be a big fiddle, and make you cuss even more so suggest battery has to come out first for a straight forward relay replacement  .
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Thanks for that Buddy, I think
That was the news that I was fearing, never mind it will be a few days before the relay is here and hopefully the wiring in my arm will have corrected its' self, otherwise my neighbor will be getting a knock at the door and greeted with HELP  Yesterday I couldn't spell Engineer... Today I are one!
Inventor of the 'Guide-o-Matic automatic wheel alignment tool'
Former long term L322 owner, Up/Down graded to a Classic Tractor!

Been Smited again

Went to order and pay for the Wiper relay today, and was Bonged and the screen of doom said that the HDC was up the pictures again, Face, Bothered? So off I went and within 400 yds the AES was inactive

Did an about turn, just in case, got home, full left + full right x2, and still a dash board lit up like a Christmas tree, D'OH! Turned the car off to go and get the re-set tool and the compressor sprang into life, the front lifted an inch and the Christmas Tree effect disappeared from the dash

So I threw caution to the wind and went for it, got to the stealers and it flashed up EAS again

But I had to go to Specsavers, on the way home and all was OK, it has done 2 more starts without any noise from the Bong of Death.

So I have now come to the conclusion that my car has an extreme case of Aquaphobia, and it's time to change the EAS relay too!

....... Can anyone recommend a good Car Shrink, my ffrr has issues  Yesterday I couldn't spell Engineer... Today I are one!
Inventor of the 'Guide-o-Matic automatic wheel alignment tool'
Former long term L322 owner, Up/Down graded to a Classic Tractor!