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This has come up a few times- I remember the old Hoover having a alternative theory than the ford selenoid solution, and him saying something along the lines of the ford selenoid taking almost as much energy to work. Any one remember? -rj >---------- >From: Bill Niles[SMTP:beel@avicom.net] >Sent: Saturday, April 24, 1999 4:44 PM >To: T3 List >Subject: [T3] horn relay? > >So, all of a sudden my notch doesn't want to start this morning. > >Batteries fine. > >When I turn the key I get a click but that's it. > >Rolled under the car. Put a screwdriver across from the battery terminal on >the starter to the switch terminal. Starter takes off without a hesitation, >(scared the crap out of me), the solenoid engages fine and the engines >tries to turn over. > >Now what? > >So I'm looking at the whole starter setup and I realize there is some other >gadget that has been added to the mix. From looking at Muir's book and his >description it sounds like the horn relay that o—to use if you aren't >getting enough juice from the ignition switch to the solenoid. > >I began to wonder if this thing had gone bad so I bypassed it. I simply >took the wire from the ignition and connect it to the started instead of >the gadget. Car started right up. > >Soooo... What is this device? Horn relay? > >Why is it there? Do I need to replace it? > >The car starts fine without it, no hesitation at all. > >I'm sure glad I'm able to start it but a little confused by this >development. > >Any light that can be shed would be appreciated. > >Bill > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------- >List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org > >