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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>I have had good luck using the Ford truck relay. Buy the best quality that NAPA sells. They seem to last me for many years.<div><br></div><div>Brion S</div><div>S. Utah<br><br><div>> From: topnotch@nycap.rr.com<br>> To: type3@vwtype3.org<br>> Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2014 21:34:49 -0400<br>> Subject: [T3] sticky starter revealed.<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> A couple years ago I put a starter relay on he 71 because when the car was<br>> in hot soak it wouldn't engage.<br>> <br>> This solved that problem then it started sticking engaged, I did do some<br>> testing and eliminated the relay from the circuit and still had the problem<br>> but at some point the starter and solenoid got changed over too to no<br>> avail.. I finally had some time to noodle with it and swapped out the relay<br>> and walla! No sticky starter but the engagement was slow. I pulled apart<br>> the relay (old headlight relay with contacts paralleled) and found they were<br>> really whipped, not enough of a relay for this application.<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> So I get an "Automotive" rated 50A relay (solenoid current is about 35A)<br>> from digikey, that works great. for TWO weeks, I got off the Northway on the<br>> way to the camp and stopped to answer nature's call before I hit the bumpy<br>> dirt road with the trailer on there and ended up getting pissed twice, the<br>> second time with a NO start, no click, NOTHING. Reached underneath (NEVER<br>> touch the starter without making damn sure its in Neutral and the E brake<br>> ON) and pulled the lead off the relay and put it back on the solenoid. she<br>> starts!<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Pulled the relay apart. the spring material for the moving contact is spot<br>> welded in ONE spot to the top of the relay frame, that spot weld had failed,<br>> and what's worse is that failure mode can jamb your starter on without<br>> releasing it. I got lucky! I took another one of these relays, (I never buy<br>> just one) and soldered the bloody thing on there so maybe now I can find the<br>> NEXT failure mode of this kind of relay but my warm N fuzzy is gone. Anyone<br>> have a good proven source for high current relays in automotive<br>> applications? Something ROBUST? I really cant be having problems like this<br>> when the car and trailer are all stuffed and Im in the middle of nowhere.<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Keith<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> -------------- next part --------------<br>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>> URL: <http://lists.vwtype3.org/pipermail/type3-vwtype3.org/attachments/20140606/3b984606/attachment.htm><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> VWType3.Org mailing list - type3@vwtype3.org<br>> http://lists.vwtype3.org/listinfo.cgi/type3-vwtype3.org<br>> Contact gregm@vwtype3.org if you need help with the list.<br></div></div> </div></body>
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