[Healeys] Overdrive Relay

[Ron Huseman]

I'm finishing up the wiring on my  BJ7. I am using two diagrams provided by
List members and both have been nearly 100% identical as I've gone through
the entire car. When I came to the overdrive relay, the drawings conflict.
They differ in the terminals used for ground and 12v power from the fuse box
through the dash switch to the relay. 

 

I have pictures of other BJ7s and one of them has a relay that has the
bakelite side with screw-down terminals facing forward, toward the motor.
Mine is a metal-enclosed enclosed relay with spade tips facing down.
Terminal identifications are stamped on the relay and correspond to both the
drawings, but as I said, the terminations differ.  

 

Does someone have a working BJ7 that can tell me how this model should be
wired? Color-coded wire connections to the terminal number would be perfect.
I hate to try one method and burn out the relay by having the ground
attached incorrectly. You can reply off line using my email below. 

 

Many thanks, again.

 

Ron Huseman

ronhuseman at sbcglobal.net