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Subject:Re: 85 Westy radio connection
From:Jake de Villiers
Date:Tue, 31 Oct 2006 12:41:48 -0800

If you want to find the buzzer wire, just open the door and feel for the
buzzing relay.  That's the one I remove right away.    :-)

That could be your power supply.

On 10/31/06, joel walker <jwalker17@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> > 85 West doesn't have accessory position on ignition.
> > Does it hurt ignition etc. to play radio with key on
> > and motor not started?
> how can radio be connected to power when
> > key is off. Move connection on fuse panel?
>
> someone i know got sneaky in his rabbit ... he found the power wire to
> the ignition switch key-left-in buzzer (the one that goes off when/if
> you leave the keys in the switch AND open the door) and used it to
> power the radio. that way, he could just leave the key IN the switch
> (but not turned to any position) and listen to the radio. take the key
> out, and the radio goes off. :)  neat, eh?
>
> now the not-so-neat part: i don't know which wire it is. so i'm
> assuming you'd have to backtrack the color from the little door jamb
> switch and find out which relay it goes to and piggy back power from
> the relay. he just showed me how it worked, not how he wired it. :(
>
> hope it helps. good luck!
> unca joel
>

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Jake
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