Bosch two speed wiper. need contact info.

[Sac '68 sport]

Anyone know where I might be able to look to find some contact info. for my Bosch 2 speed wipers? Looked all over the net and found nothing but places to buy new ones. I even e-mailed Bosch headquarters and got no reply. A-holes.
I bought a set from Wild Horses a couple of years ago and now the auto park on one of them doesn't work. The wiper just wipes away even when the switch is set to park/off.
I contacted WildHorses and they no longer carry the Bosch brand, they switched to MarinCo, and they won't touch it, and WildHorses doesn't have any suggested contact info. for Bosch and I'm past my warrenty period.
I've only used the things about 5-10 times and one of them is already broken and I can't for the life of me find out how to get them fixed and won't be paying another $200+ for another set to break on me again.

Sort of adds a new twist to the vacume vs. electric debate.
Any help??

 

[DirtDonk]

Hmmm, sounds familiar. Just had a guy drop one of his off to me to look at. I'm just a tinkerer as far as these go, but I'll let you know if I find anything. Have you already messed with it and no luck?
Same thing happened to him basically. Kit's probably about 3 years old and one motor's park function stopped functioning.
Let me know if you find any info and I'll do the same.

Paul

 

[Sac '68 sport]

Thanks,
I took the cover off and it looks like the brass contacts are worn out. They don't look very heavy duty. The servo for my R/C car was made better than the guts in these things. After only 2 years on a garaged, non-daily driver the thing fails. I almost never even drive it in the rain because I usually have the top off. Can't belive they want over two bills for that cheep crap.
Even if I could just get new conacts for it I could fix it. Its only three wires.
MarinCo. who WildHorses now gets their wiper kits from, and are almost exactly the same design, won't sell any parts. Got to by the whole wiper kit again.

 

[70_Steve]

I took the cover off and it looks like the brass contacts are worn out. They don't look very heavy duty.

I've "rebuilt" worn contacts (old MGB horn button, inside the turn signal) with silver solder.

 

[Sac '68 sport]

Maybe I'll give it a try if I can't find a replacement part.
The wiper still works, both speeds, I just have to unplug the wire to the auto park and time the shut off so it isn't halfway down the windshield.
The auto park was one of the reasons I bought these things since you can't keep them syncronized.

 

[ken75ranger]

Sac, If you have a local electric motor rebuilder try them for the contacts.

 

[70bucks]

The Ace hardware store by my house has drawers full of various sized contacts that I stumbled on on accident last weekend. Shoot a picture and post with sizes and I'll se if I can match something up for you. They are not application specific, just sorted by size so I would need real specific dimensions. I'm out of town tomarrow, but I'd be happy to run by there Sunday.

Good luck, Joe