What relays to use for Head light relays

[RM]

I get them from my wholesaler and he doesn't deal retail, but any decent
lighting or 4x4 shop that has a Bosch account should have them or at least
be able to order them for you. YES, I myself spend allot of time traipsing
through bone yards. It is a fun experience, but i don't do it to find relays
of all things!! ;-) I'm looking for real odd stuff, emblems, euro-spec
lights (you'd be suprised how many i come home with in one trip, they are
easily passed up) and other doo-dads.

Rolf

----- Original Message -----
From: "SJ" <syljay at optonline.net>
To: <quattro at audifans.com>
Cc: <waves at epix.net>
Sent: Friday, November 28, 2003 12:24 PM
Subject: Re: What relays to use for Head light relays


> Hey! . . . "traipsing though a bone yard" is a serious hobby for some of
us.
> It happens to also be the one place that wives will not follow you to. A
> "boneyard" is a place of repose and contemplation . . . and miracles.
Those
> relays just jump into your pockets . .all by themselves . . . aint that
> sumthin!
>
> Do you have a source for these Bosch relay kits? I like the idea of a
> prewired relay socket. I could have used one of these when I was figuring
> out how the AutoCheck system worked.
> Maybe someone on the list has a source for a "male" lamp socket connector
> that would plug into the existing harness lamp connector.
>
> Regarding longevity of relays . . . I would think that a used Bosch relay
> would outlive a $3.00 Radio Shack relay. The relays that jump into my
> pockets are from relatively late model cars.
> Come to think of it, other than the fool pump relay, I have not read of
any
> relay failures in the posts.
>
> As I mentioned in another post, the double contact design of the Bosch
relay
> is ingenious. The second set of contacts was perfectly clean in the relays
> that I examined. And I always examine the relays before using them.
>
> Well, its time to pack the picnic lunch for my therapeutic visit to the
> "boneyard" . . . adios.
>
>
> SJ
> 85 Dodge PU, D-250, 318, auto
> 85 Audi 4k - - sold but still on the road
> 88 Audi 5kq
> 90 Audi 100q
>
>
> > Message: 2
> > Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 10:53:45 -0500
> > From: "R. Mair" <waves at epix.net>
> > Subject: Re: What relays to use for Head light relays
> > To: "Quattro List" <quattro at audifans.com>
> > Message-ID: <02b001c3b4fe$a5c7e660$06945344 at Dell>
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> >
> > To further detail these Bosch relay kits I'm talking about, they come
with
> > most of the connectors already crimped on, so there is little need for
> fancy
> > tools and extra pieces. These kits are designed for this very
application.
> > They even have a little tang on them in order to run a screw through
them
> in
> > order to mount the relay, AND they come with wiring instructions. $15
> folks.
> > Better than traipsing though a bone yard looking for a relay that
probably
> > has 100k miles and 9000 on/off cycles run through it. And yes, relays do
> go
> > bad, especially ones that have been sitting in a junk yard for months.
If
> > anyone has trouble finding them, I have dozens of these kits here and
will
> > gladly send them to you.
> >
> >
> >
> > Rolf Mair
> > Mair's Continental Motors
> > 610.779.3555
> >
> > 2002 Allroad
> > 1995.5 S6 Avant (for sale)
> > 1995 90q Sport
> > 1990 90 20v turbo
>
>