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tommylg Mon May 26, 2025 6:19 am

'72 Super

I did a search but did not find any reference to the 4 way connector for the wiper motor wiring to the main harness.
I have checked all the usual retailers and all I found was a shaded/shrouded one way with a male terminal on each end.

The one I am sourcing has a long male spade on the wiper motor harness that slides thru the shroud to connect the female spade.

The front lights have the 4 way - I need one more.

Hope this is not too confusing.

Have a great Memorial Day,
Tommy


The front lights have a 4 way.

Edit: the connector connects 4 wires from the wiper motor to the main harness ie. 8 connections.

ashman40 Mon May 26, 2025 9:38 am

tommylg wrote: I did a search but did not find any reference to the 4 way connector for the wiper motor wiring to the main harness.
Edit: the connector connects 4 wires from the wiper motor to the main harness ie. 8 connections.
I'm guessing from your description you are looking for a wire junction like this?

This one is from the left rear taillight junction tucked behind the tar paper on the left side of the engine. It allows a junction point for 4 separate wire circuits.

I don't know where you can find anything like this from the aftermarket. If you really want something that look like the OE part you will need to find a used one.

If you don't care if it looks original and are only concerned with functionality...

Use four of these junctions to reproduce the connection:
https://www.jbugs.com/product/WW-CON.html
Note: JBugs sells a 4-way junction but these do not keep the wires separate. It creates a single junction where all 4-wires come together. That is not what you are looking for.

Alternatively, a "terminal block" can be used as a junction point for separate circuits. Here are some options.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BBLX5H67/ (This one can be cut to size the number of circuits you want)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09VT1KHZL/ (This one is common and uses ring or spade terminals at the ends of the wires.

Neither is stock looking but functionally they get the job done.

OldSchoolVW's Mon May 26, 2025 11:28 am

ashman40 wrote: I'm guessing from your description you are looking for a wire junction like this?


I don't know where you can find anything like this from the aftermarket. If you really want something that look like the OE part you will need to find a used one.

From the Samba classifieds:

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2696504

Not exactly like the original, but you can trim to how many attached connectors you want.



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