Andy Erskine <a.c.erskine@lut.ac.uk> writes:
>
>> When I push it down to that lowest
>>position, the wipers don't run and nothing else seems to happen
>>either.  What is it supposed to do?  Am I turning someone's wipers on
>>and off in South Africa?
>
>My '73 is the same. I always thought it could be for intermittent wipers
>that my bus, being a cheapo no-frills 1600 version, didn't get. I know VW
SNIP 

>You guys aren't by chance refering to the wash function, are you?  I know that
>on later busses the hose from the windshield washer tank runs up to a valve
>on the column and from there to the jets on the windshield.  If the washer
>tank wasn't pressurized, then moving the lever wouldn't appear to do anything.
>But I can't remember if this is the same lever as for the wipers, or a
>different stalk.
>
>Pat Walsh, '71 Westy, walshp@ippdsgi3.nawc-ad-indy.navy.mil

Working from memory here, but on my 76 I believe the wash function is a pull
towards the steering wheel. I think, _but_am_not_sure_ the switch is
down for single wipe, up for slow, up once more for fast.

Bill Crick 76 type II/IV/VII
Don't trust this too much. I'm still trying to back my Tercel up be 
pushing the stick down, and the van has been put away for 5 months now!
Thats OK, in August, I'll still be trying to get the van into fifth gear;-)