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Roxy the '71 Panel - So That's What's Wrong With the Engine
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<blockquote data-quote="gvee" data-source="post: 462365" data-attributes="member: 14750"><p>Spent the day with my father trying to work out what was going on with the van. Back to basics on electrics to prove a few points before having to go to the effort of jacking it up and checking the starter motor and solenoid.</p><p></p><p>There was a curious plastic bag wrapped up in gaffer tape under there with a couple of wires sticking out...</p><p></p><p>Opened it up and inside was a relay. The relay was toast. Managed to get to my local motor factors 3 minutes before they closed and got a replacement.</p><p></p><p>Wired it up and: <strong><span style="color: #FF0000">She's ALIVE!!</span></strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>So my understanding is that this is a hot-start relay that should be kept nice and close to the starter motor in order to provide low resistance and high voltage. However I really wasn't happy with having it under there as it's one of those that's a pain in the butt things to sort out when being only a few inches from the ground. So I have relocated the new one in the back of the engine bay.</p><p></p><p>Reset the timing a bit better and toddled off for a test drive with my father. Drove nice. Not perfect, but good! Good enough to get to the tuners next Saturday (I hope)!</p><p></p><p>No pictures today, except for wiring references and somehow I don't think that'd be much fun for you folks :msn4:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm a very happy chap this evening <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gvee, post: 462365, member: 14750"] Spent the day with my father trying to work out what was going on with the van. Back to basics on electrics to prove a few points before having to go to the effort of jacking it up and checking the starter motor and solenoid. There was a curious plastic bag wrapped up in gaffer tape under there with a couple of wires sticking out... Opened it up and inside was a relay. The relay was toast. Managed to get to my local motor factors 3 minutes before they closed and got a replacement. Wired it up and: [b][color=#FF0000]She's ALIVE!![/color][/b] So my understanding is that this is a hot-start relay that should be kept nice and close to the starter motor in order to provide low resistance and high voltage. However I really wasn't happy with having it under there as it's one of those that's a pain in the butt things to sort out when being only a few inches from the ground. So I have relocated the new one in the back of the engine bay. Reset the timing a bit better and toddled off for a test drive with my father. Drove nice. Not perfect, but good! Good enough to get to the tuners next Saturday (I hope)! No pictures today, except for wiring references and somehow I don't think that'd be much fun for you folks :msn4: I'm a very happy chap this evening :D [/QUOTE]
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