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Thank you! This was it!
My symptoms: wipers won't park / return to "home" position and the intermittent wiper switch doesn't work (I can hear some clicking but nothing happens). HOWEVER - when I push the wiper stalk toward the dash, everything works fine. THIS IS A CONTACT PROBLEM WITHIN THE SWITCH.
The fix was exactly as described above with the excellent photos posted.
For my Momo Prototipo: Remove horn cap, disconnect. 29mm deep socket to remove steering wheel nut. Good tug on steering wheel to remove it.
Remove the two large screws holding the horn contact in place. Let it dangle.
Remove the 4 small screws holding the black plastic shroud in place, but there are also 2 small screws on each side, so total of 6 screws to remove the black plastic shroud.
Remove the 2 small screws holding the cruise and wiper switches to the column.
Pull the cruise switch out of the way and let it dangle.
Push the wiper switch toward the dash and it will free up so you can have a look.
There are two thin metal tabs that make contact when the switch is in off position by a white piece of plastic pushing them together. With time the plastic wears down and/or the metal tabs bend toward the driver, so they no longer make contact unless you push the stalk toward the dash/frunk.
Put the switch into high position (with car off), and very carefully bend both metal tabs away from the driver, toward the frunk. But don't push so much that they make constant contact. Make sure there's about 1mm between them.
You can now test it without putting everything back together. Just turn key until dash lights come on, and test the wipers (with arms pulled away from glass of course). Once you have it adjusted correctly, the wipers will "park" and the intermittent wiper function should work. I also sprayed some Deoxit on all the metal contacts within the switch, as my medium speed wasn't coming on without some fiddling.
Now everything works perfectly! THANK YOU!! This forum is awesome. If you also have issues with your high beams coming on over bumps, this is also due to contacts that have bent over time. Search for that thread - the contacts are on the left hand side and you don't even need to unscrew/remove the switch. Just bend the top of the thick silver metal bar toward the frunk by holding it firmly in the middle with pliers and then using needle nose pliers to bend the top toward the frunk. Worked perfectly!
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