I have received several off-list emails about this relay. I'm sending
this to the list as it's easier than replying to each person's questions
individually. The relay is indeed the item Joe Curry mentioned [item 24
on page 262 of (blue) Haynes]. Joe and I talked a little about it off-
line. initially, I didn't want to clutter the list with too much detail
about Haynes' errors. However, for those of you who found page 262
raised
more questions than answers, here's something I sent to Joe last night:
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> Haynes has sort of got it right on page 262 except:
>
> 1) They call item 24 a "starter relay" which is misleading at best.
> It only tests the lamps, nothing else.
>
> 2) They don't show what two of the terminals connect to. I would guess
> these go to the brake warning lamp and the EGR service lamp.
>
> 3) They show one white orange wire connected to item 24 (there are two).
>
> 4) Granted, they do show the white/orange wire splitting into two, and
> one branch going to the seat belt timer. That's ok. The other branch
> going to the starter solenoid. That's ok too, except they show it also
> tied to the ignition switch. That's not right. The wire from the
> ignition switch to the starter solenoid is actually white/red and it
> connects to a different terminal on the starter solenoid. It does
> not connect to the white/orange wire, or it's associated terminal
> on the starter solenoid.
>
> 5) They don't show the black/blue wire (connected to one of the grounded
> terminals) at all.
>
> I guess, other than that, you could rely on the Haynes schematic ;-)
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I'm a bit confused though. I thought my original post was fairly
(maybe too?) comprehensive and Haynes was "annoyingly obscure" on
this topic.
It was written:
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> > My OD is J-type and is original equipment. I think the definitive
> > (and annoyingly obscure) answer was posted by Bob Sykes.
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Bob (& Spitfires)
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