Re: [doc] Relay Part Numbers

["jchapelhow" <chapelhow@xxxx>]

Martin.

Tahnks for your response. Since the car is MOT'd to November I can 
afford to put off the fog light rewire whilst I attend to other 
matters.

My local Halford's were less than helpful when it came to anything 
involving the word 'relay', they did however point me towards the 
new 'plug and play' Xenon headlight bulbs. These apparently plug 
straight in instead of the existing halogen ones. Since my car 
already has the replacement Audi 80 lights there is even a handy 
chart telling me which ones to fit.

Any comments why this is/isn't a good idea? OK it is not original, 
but neither is my new fan fail system!

Hopefully I can get to see the fog light wiring from other cars at 
the events before attempting it myself, I am trying to source the 
switch from a Renault Clio as suggested in one of the club magazines..


John



--- In doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Martin Gutkowski <webmaster@xxxx> 
wrote:
> Hi John
> 
> Sorry for the delay in replying - I've just got back to my PC and 
am in 
> the middle of downloading 593 emails.
> 
> jchapelhow wrote:
> 
> >I am looking for the part number for the both the 7 'general 
relays' 
> >and whatever is in the rear of the engine bay. All of mine have 
> >corrosion/residue on making the numbers unreadable.
> >
> These are standard DIN relays and available in Halfords. The 
original 
> ones aren't the highest quality to start with so just buy whatever 
looks 
> nice. Halfords do a nice black plastic one with integrated fuse 
which is 
> perfect for things like the engine bay relay.
> 
> >On a side note I would like to arrange to have you do the mod on 
my 
> >car to wire the fog lights. I am currently looking for a on/off 
> >switch, rather than the spare, unwired window style unit which is 
> >currently sitting in my centre console. At the same time I would 
like 
> >help to put right the side repeater lights, they have beeen wired 
as 
> >indicators but do not come on otherwise. Yes, I know this should 
be a 
> >simple job but I am not particularly keen to experiment with my 
new 
> >car, I would rather give you a donation and have someone with 
> >experience do it!
> >
> No problem at all mate. Houston sell a duplicate defrost switch 
without 
> an emblem which can be used, or just get one from Maplin for £1 - 
they 
> do a nice flat black rocker which can be fitted into one of the 
blank 
> plugs very easily. Make sure it's a DPDT switch. I did 
#2292 "Flopsy"'s 
> foglights over the weekend - it now lights up its Lambda light when 
the 
> fog lights are on. As to the side marker lights - I would be happy 
to 
> have a look, but it _may_ depend on how the modificatins have been 
done 
> before. It's also ten times harder with the front fascia on!
> 
> >
> >I am trying to get the car ready for the filming meet Boeing has 
to 
> >be made waterproof before I will contemplate it. If this can be 
done 
> >could the mods be done on the day, it might even give them an 
option 
> >of filming a car without the bumpers on?
> >
> I would rather not be bogged down working on any particular car for 
any 
> length of time - it takes me about 2 hours to do the foglight 
wiring but 
> much of that's tedious threading of wires through grommets and down 
the 
> centre console etc. It's also a good idea to solder up your tail-
light 
> boards to make them reliable. Having said that however, I'd be 
happy to 
> "direct" the work if you'd like to do it? It's just a case of "take 
that 
> wire, put a crimp on it, attach to that screw which you've drilled 
> through the board to mount blah blah blah"
> 
> Martin