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Re: Mystery component

To: "M. E. Foster" <foster_m@swbell.net>
Subject: Re: Mystery component
From: Vic Whitmore <vicwhit@home.com>
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 23:07:44 -0500
Sounds like the relay for the overdrive. Do you have an overdrive?

Vic Whitmore
76 Spitfire
Thornhill, Ontario

"M. E. Foster" wrote:
> 
> I'm trying to identify a module on my '76 spit that is
> mounted on the right side of a bracket on the firewall
> inside the engine bay just to the left of the brake master
> cylinder. On the other side of this bracket is a similar
> module which is the horn relay. The module in question
> has 5 lugs, two above, two below, and one in the middle.
> The lower left lug has two black wires, one which
> comes from the wiring harness and another which
> connects to the middle lug. Both of these wires are
> fried. The wires at the top are black/purple on the
> left and green/white on the right. On the bottom
> right lug are two white/orange wires. I can't find
> any of these wires in the wiring diagram in the
> Haynes manual. I think this thing may have something
> to do with a short in the panel lights that burned out
> the panel light rheostat, but I'm stumped so far. There
> are similar looking modules in the TRF and VB catalogs,
> but they have 4 lugs, not 5. Can anyone tell me what
> the heck this is? Thanks!

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