4kq intermittent electrical problems after alternator/battery replacement

Kneale Brownson kneale at coslink.net
Fri Jul 22 06:53:43 EDT 2005


At 12:17 AM 7/22/2005 -0400, Huw Powell wrote:

>
>> Is this problem as simple as crapped out load reduction relay? 
>
>That was my guess.  You could try jumpering it with a heavy fused jumper 
>and see if the problem goes away, before running out and buying one.
>
>Do the headlights work when this probelm is happening?  They are on the 
>LRR too.  So is the radio, I think.
>
>However, I didn't think the radiator fan was...

The other day I was messing with the window switches on my wife's 4kq right
after she came back from driving it and a window wouldn't close.  The
radiator fan was running when I got into the car, but when I turned the
switch to "on" without starting the engine, the fan would go off.  Happened
repeatedly until I got the window working again (need to clean those
switches).  

So the fan also must go through that relay, eh?


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