Re: Power tap for relays..

[Peter Golledge <petergg@mincom.com>]

Stephen Bigelow
> 
> Found a Bosch relay package in the part store yesterday. Finally got me
> perusing around under the hood for a power point for my Bosch quad
> H4/H1lights.
> 
> 1) the back of the alternator. Looks like tiny nuts ("snappables") all
> rusted to hell hold on the water shield or whatever that thing is on the
> back. They ALSO seem to hold the halfs of the alternator together, so I'd
> rather leave them alone for now, until alt. replacement is required. Phooey
> on that.
> 
> 2) the jumper post. Looks more do-able...but how do I get into it? Will a
> wrench on the bottom flats and a wrench on the top flats open it up?

On my 200TQ the post is screwed into a bolt mounted in a plastic insulator
which is in turn screwed onto the windscreen washer bottle.  Mine
was corroded, and would not budge easily so:

*  Disconnect battery
*  Unscrewed the insulator from the bottle
*  Applied penetrating oil
*  Clamped insulator to a block of wood
*  Applied _small_ impact wrench on lowest setting

Got the post off without damaging anything in the end.  I manufactured
a "terminal ring" from a piece of copper.  Quite happy with the end
result, I used three relays and fuses (one for low beams, one each for
high) the voltage drop between the alternator and headlight is
negligible.

Cheers
-- 
Peter Golledge