Bobby Sykes writes:
>My original post was obscure in that I called the mystery component
>a "lamp test relay". Although that is the function of the component,
>it is not the name used in the manual. I should have mentioned that.
>I don't like it, but "Starter Relay" it is...
Ah! I suppose I must jump in and take credit (or blame) for
designating the "mystery component" as *lamp test relay*.
Hayne's term, "Starter Relay", is no doubt a carryover from the
earlier Federal Spits where a similar relay was used to interrupt the
start circuit. That was the infamous seat belt interlock thingy.
Anyone interested in seeing a diagram for 1976 Federal Spitfire
FM50855U will find it here:
http://web.meganet.net/~tomomalley/spitpr76.jpg
This is a 1 meg image so be prepared. :-)
>I cannot take all the credit for figuring out the correct wiring. A
>fellow named Tom O'Malley did most of the work. Some of the "old-
>timers" on the list may remember him. I don't think he lurks on the
>Spitfires list anymore.
No so, Bobby-O! :-) I lurk from time to time but the volume makes
it hard to real all the messages.
> He took some complete wiring harnesses from
>his parts cars and reverse engineered them. No easy task. We did
>quite a bit of collective "head scratching" trying to make sense of
>the conflicting information in the manuals.
Yes! That was fun, eh? I still can't believe you agreed to start
dismantling your functional (previously) cars so we could trace the
wires. WATTAGUY! :-)
Cheers!
Tom O'Malley!
'74, '77 Spits
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