Did you carefully look under the driver's seat for a relay? Lots of 1990 passenger Syncros have a small relay there. The AW campers were built from passenger models. While the AW may not use it it could still be there are partially connected. If that is the case, simply pull the small blue wire from the relay. This blue wire comes from the alternator light circuit. When you rev the engine and the alternator light goes out this blue wire gets 13 volts and passes it through the relay coil to the red/black wire.
Mark
Miguel Pacheco wrote: > My apologies, I did not mention that this is not a Westie, but an AW with an > isolator, so I don't have the relay beneath the seat. I did remove the > red/blk wire which comes from the ignition switch, while the engine was > running, from the starter solenoid, put a meter on it, revved engine and got > 13V. This effectively removed the Cold Start Relay from the picture, as I > see it........?? Or, is the Westie relay approach, as Mark suggests, > applicable? If so, why is it doing this without the Cold Start Relay in the > loop? Thanks! Hope to not cook another starter..............Miguel > |
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