Date:         Sat, 26 Sep 1998 10:52:52 -0400
Reply-To:     John Anderson <janderson@IOLINC.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         John Anderson <janderson@IOLINC.NET>
Subject:      Re: A/C Relay
Comments: To: WLafrades@AOL.COM, vanagon@vanagon.com
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Willie,

What is wrong with yours?  Mine lost speed 2 so I pulled it apart and found
it had "desoldered" itself along one lead as the relay was overheating
because it fit too loosely in some of its socket causing the leads to heat
up.  Resoldered the relay, removed the seperate wires from each socket
location (you must make a little removal tool that is about 3/32" wide from
a piece of steel banding, you shove it down the side of the socket slot from
the front of the relay block and pull the wire out the rear) crimped them
down a bit so they would grip the spade more tightly, put it all back
together with anti-ox grease on the prongs at the beginning of this summer,
has worked flawlessly.  Regarless of the problem I'd pull the cover off and
look for obvious damage, file the contacts with a point file and try it all
back out, VW relays are notoriously well built things IMHO, I've had many a
one full of water, cleaned it up and it functioned fine.  Hell the headlight
relay on the '70 truck I just bought had been full of water for likely 5-6
years and I ressurected it.  Merely replacing the relay would not have
solved the root problem on mine, also a '90 GL.

John