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Re: Oops. Magic smoke escaped from Flivver's ignition. Posted by The Noob Eternal [Email]  (#3049)  [Profile/Gallery]
(more from The Noob Eternal) on Sun, 17 Jul 2011 13:45:45
In Reply to: Re: Oops. Magic smoke escaped from Flivver's ignition., Justin VanAbrahams  [Profile/Gallery]
, Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:11:54
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Looks like it is indeed the ignition lock relay. When I pulled it, one of the pins (sorry, I'm not with the car as I type; it was the aft-most pin) appeared over-cooked at its base. (Hmm. Does that man a relay can sometimes be under-cooked?)
For thoroughness, I nonetheless checked power at the Pin 30 slot. Or tried to, at least. Did I mention I'm not skilled with a multi-meter? This was a borrowed, unknown-condition Cen-Tech 7-function meter. The settings were: Black lead in the COM port; Red lead in 10ADC port; Dial set to 200 DCV. I placed one lead in the Pin 30 slot and held the other to ground. There was an audible spark, but the readout remained at 0. The leads, however quickly grew hot. So at least I know there's current, even if I don't know how to use the meter properly (assuming it was fully functional).
So that's the technical piece. The human piece is that the car is stuck in front of a friend's house. The friend's husband is, um, insistently helpful, apparently confusing confidence for competence. (He was quite irritated, for instance, when I continued to suspect a relay even after he had clearly and repeatedly explained that there are no fuses or relays involved in the circuit, and why it was so.) When I finally did find the burned pin, he insisted on taking me up to the junkyard, never mind that the two Saabs they had weren't the right years. He then himself bought a relay that looks about the same, except that it's not at all the same, and has been urging me to try it out anyway. He figures the replacement's pins are smaller, so if anything blows up it will be the relay, not the rest of my system.
I've searched on the web for specs - especially amperage - for the two relays in vain. My current question is: Can I safely - at least safely for my car - try starting the car with the wrong relay? If not, is there a reasonable way to monkey with the wiring to drive the car half a mile where I can work on it in peace? The two relays are:
Toasted but correct relay: Hella 95 22 061
Incorrect junkyard relay: 003510-06 (I forget whether Hella or Bosch)
Many thanks...
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