With the lid off, it's difficult to pull the contacts apart, but the instant they're apart, there's no force pulling them back together. There's definitely a leak somewhere, but I'm not involved at the moment - #2727 is back with Rich and I'm busy on #1458 right now. Thanks for the input Martin #1458 dherv10@xxxx wrote: > Martin, Take out the main relay and hook it up to a bench power supply, and > while it's hooked up turn the power supply off. The coil will let go but > sometimes the contacts won't for a second or two. And it's not because they > are burn't. I'm not an engineer, but this has puzzled me for a while. There > is so much capacity in the circuit, I think it's whats holding the contacts > together till it can bleed of.??? > What do you or someone else thinks. > John hervey > http://www.specialtauto.com/engine.shtml