If your wiper motor sometimes doesn’t turn on, or turns off by itself, and you have to bang on the dash to get it running again, you could be suffering from a faulty ground strap. Ground straps are made of brass, which, given time, oxidizes. And, over the years, the securing nut usually has been removed, then reinstalled many times, resulting in a twisted or even broken ground strap. The solution: buy a brand new strap and be assured of a good ground. Finding that this very necessary part was unavailable, I have manufactured them for the VW Community. I have a good supply on hand. They are identical to the original straps in composition, configuration and thickness. My personal Beetle is a ’67, but these ground straps will fit ’69 and earlier Beetle and Karmann Ghia (and some other applications) 6 volt and 12 volt wiper motors (with some rare exceptions). See the photos for placement of the ground strap. For orders larger than 5, I offer a significant discount.
Status: For Sale
Location: Garland, TX
Price: $6.00 each, shipped
Contact: Jay Salser
Nice piece! Good job Jay.
Attention to detail. Jay’s one of the best around.
Brilliant! Thanks, Jay, for providing this part — that I thought was required to be munched and gnarly looking!
It’s funny. Long ago, I removed my old radio and the wiper arms quit working. I had to re-ground probably due to this faulty part. Kudos to Jay to bringing this to the market for the rest of us.