I think this may be a "slave" relay which is installed to overcome the
voltage drop in the long wire from ignition switch to starter.  The
starter key switch merely has to operate the relay which in turn has a
short heavy wire to the starter terminal.  Any mechanic can wire in a
VW type relay for this purpose.

  I had to put one on my diesel.  Unfortunatly the relay I installed had
no "clamping diode" so I began to mysteriously fry the glow plugg
relay.  I added the diode and all has bee n fine since.

On Thursday, Jun 24, 2004, at 05:27 US/Pacific, kevin obrien wrote:

> Hello All:
>
> One of the List Members mentioned the solution to my
> Ignition Switch Mystery (see my previous post) might
> be a Hard Start Relay Kit.
>
> Can someone explain what they are & do...and how you
> get one?
>
> Thanks!
> Kevin
>
>
>
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82 Westy Diesel upgraded to 1.9lt. Turbo
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