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Glow plug relay

Post by scots_jon » Mon May 23, 2011 4:01 pm

Hi all,
"Bertha" wouldn't start this morning and a few minutes with a meter has turned up a faulty glow plug relay. However when I went to look for a replacement relay, the only options I could find were over £80! The parts database doesn't list an alternative part. Has anyone found an alternative with the same terminals? Or should I just put in a cheap generic relay?

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Jon.
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Re: Glow plug relay

Post by Northern Bongolow » Tue May 24, 2011 3:31 am

can you post some picies,of the numbers on it and the terminal layout etc,i may have something [-o< :wink: .
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Re: Glow plug relay

Post by scots_jon » Tue May 24, 2011 1:42 pm

Piccie below. It seems to be very similar to http://www.e-jbc.biz/relay-mr8-eng.html It is just a simple SPST relay.
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Re: Glow plug relay

Post by helen&tony » Tue May 24, 2011 4:15 pm

Hi
If anything come of this, let us know...I reckon the Bongo needs new Pluggies, and IF the relay is available cheaply, I'll replace that at the same time and be done with it!
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Re: Glow plug relay

Post by wormey » Tue May 24, 2011 7:51 pm

My brother in law works in the motor trade and searched for a cheaper alternative but failed.

I opened up the relay and found that the copper wire had come away from the soldered joint, I resoldered it and it works fine.

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Re: Glow plug relay

Post by mikeonb4c » Tue May 24, 2011 8:40 pm

wormey wrote:My brother in law works in the motor trade and searched for a cheaper alternative but failed.

I opened up the relay and found that the copper wire had come away from the soldered joint, I resoldered it and it works fine.

Daz
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Re: Glow plug relay

Post by missfixit70 » Wed May 25, 2011 1:01 pm

This may help :wink: - http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... =3&t=49190
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Re: Glow plug relay

Post by scots_jon » Wed May 25, 2011 1:11 pm

Cheers! I'd already stuck in a standard 70A relay, but mine was only £5.54 from VWP... Funnily enough, I was also planning to add an LED in the dash to show voltage at the glow plug rail to help diagnose starting problems in the future.
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Re: Glow plug relay

Post by missfixit70 » Wed May 25, 2011 1:27 pm

The glowplug factsheet in the members area may be of interest, there's a mod in there to fit a glowplug switch with an indicator led so you can see when they are on & switch them off when not necessary - http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/member ... wplugs.pdf
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