INT / intermittent wipers?

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AlexArrow
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INT / intermittent wipers?

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Mine doesn't work and would be nice if it did, but I don't understand how it should work. Searching didn't get me enough info.
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Re: INT / intermittent wipers?

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Most of these cars came with an INT setting on the wiper switch. However, I believe it has a single pre-determined interval and usually doesn’t work. There were a few cars that actually included much better intermittent wipers, but they are quite rare.

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Re: INT / intermittent wipers?

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some of the base models only had low and high wiper modes, but most later ones also have an intermittent setting.

However, someone discovered the Same years toyota Forerunners have adjustable intermittent wipers multi switch that will fit into the tercel. a good junk yard find, you will have to trim back the steering column cover a bit so it will fit since the Forerunner stalk and multiswitch is a bit larger. The Highlander switch will bolt into the Tercel column, and the wire connector plug will just plug right into the Tercel wiring harness.
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Re: INT / intermittent wipers?

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Petros wrote: Wed Nov 23, 2022 8:30 pm some of the base models only had low and high wiper modes, but most later ones also have an intermittent setting.

However, someone discovered the Same years toyota Forerunners have adjustable intermittent wipers multi switch that will fit into the tercel. a good junk yard find, you will have to trim back the steering column cover a bit so it will fit since the Forerunner stalk and multiswitch is a bit larger. The Highlander switch will bolt into the Tercel column, and the wire connector plug will just plug right into the Tercel wiring harness.
Here is the info on the adjustable intermittent wiper swap: viewtopic.php?p=47951#p47951
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