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Subject:Load Reduction Relay/X-Contact Info
From:Jay L Snyder
Date:Wed, 27 Feb 2002 15:40:01 -0500

Looking for a basic primer on the Load Reduction Relay and the X-contact
ignition switch.  How does they act when the go bad?  Do they become
intermittant or do they just fail?  I know the relay kills high load
circuits when the ignition switch tells the starter to crank.  How could
you tell if the ignition switch was going or if is the relay?   Just
curious.  The Bentley is less clear for some reason for the '85 model year.
86+ have nice pictures of the fuse box and relays--'85 Nothin'.  It is not
even clear to me what circuits are controlled by the  X-contact.

                                                            Jay  '85 Westy