Need help with rain sensitive wiper installation

[Beecher]

:cursing: I need some help with installing the rain sensitive windshield wiper kit on my 2003 turbo. I got the 996 612 981 00 rain sensor kit from Sunset and tried to follow the instructions in the TSB. I don't have a relay in the #16 position on the relay board. It's blank, no wires or connectors. When I turn on the intermittent wipers, I hear a relay clicking up in the upper dash behind the instrument panel. Where is the intermittent relay? I need to replace it with the one in the kit and run the rain sensor wiring to it. My wiring diagram shows relay 16 on the relay board, but someone forgot to tell my car. Any ideas? :unsure:

[Loren]

The old intermittent relay should be part number 996.615.103.00. It may not be be in position 16 depending on your cars options. There is only one relay with that part number - so if you can find it replace it with the rain sensor relay.

[Beecher]

:( Hi, Loren! Thanks for the quick reply. I couldn't find a relay with the correct part number, so I pulled all the larger relays out one at a time and tried the intermittent function. It always worked. I hear a relay clicking up above my head, when I'm working at the relay board, but I can't see anything. It sure sounds like it's behind the instrument panel. I wish I had looked around in there when I killed the key chime and had the instrument panel out. Oh, well... Any more ideas?

[Loren]

Hmm... intermittent wipers were standard on US cars (this is a US car right?). All of the service manual docs give the intermittent relay location as position 16 on the relay support 1 (the one in the lower left footwell). On my car it is blue and taller than most of the other relays. The part number is on the side.

[Beecher]

:oops: Problem solved: The car had rain sensitive wipers all the time. I was fooled because the first owner said he did not order them and the window sticker did not show them. It hasn't rained here until today when I made the discovery. The rain sensor is very well hidden in the rearview mirror mount. The wiring diagrams on Alldata were a big help in seeing what I had. Sorry for the confusion!