It's been raining, often rather hard, since Tuesday morning. Fortunately, I went up on the roof and repaired some minor shingle damage from the high winds on Monday.
Wednesday evening I went out and started the car - NO WINDSHIELD WIPERS!
There were lulls today, so I was able to drive down to Burbank and got a repair manual. Sure enough, a square box marked "Solid State". It's about a $6 part, so of course they want $125 for it - but no-one has one - special order. It's raining NOW and I have a "must go" install in the morning.
Sawed the old one up for the connector. Windshield Wipers are now controlled by a switch from an old PC power supply. Just one speed, but that's the only speed I ever used anyway.
So, how am I? Wet and overworked, and waaaaaay behind schedule, but otherwise just fine.