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RE: [T3] Smoking ignition
On Wed, 2008-05-07 at 21:04 -0400, Keith Park wrote:
> Rebuilding involves removing the contact button, cleaning the contacts
> and carving out all the burned bakelite and filling it in with slow
> set high strenth epoxy. You then need to get the current out of there
> with a relay to operate the solenoid. Any high current relay, 12V,
> should workâ a horn relay for instance.
>
>
I use the "X" relay from a water cooled VW. It is rated at 40 amps.
Looking at the top of the relays in the fuse box, it will be marked #53.
It is a 141 951 253B part number, which I think is the Ghia horn relay.
>
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russw <russw@classicvw.org>
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