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Re: NO MORE CLICK click CLICK START..ONLY START!
I just bought a relay and installed it. Took about 15 minutes. My car starts every time now
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Re: NO MORE CLICK click CLICK START..ONLY START!
Ok... I just spent an hour under the dash of my SVX looking for this daggum thing... and I didn't even see it.
I saw an orange relay and plug, that I put back on it's mounting tab, as it was hanging... I saw a rubber covered sort of relay screwed to a point under the steering column. But only three leads... didn't look like the right thing. Lots of plugs, lots of wiring under there, but I didn't see a bosch-style relay. I just went back and looked at Eric's posted pictures.... and it looks like it is near a white sliding linkage assembly... just to confirm, that is around the top of the brake pedal, and the white linkage is the hood release, right? Or is it on the gas-pedal, and HVAC side? I suppose tomorrow, I should take back the 4-pin relay, and get the 5 pin relay, anyway. It all gives me an excuse to put on the new ignition light ring, and a better-condition steering wheel shroud, anyway.
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"What you plan, and what actually happens ain't exactly ever been similar..." ------------ 1992 Claret SVX. Rescued from certain destruction, and still on the road, where it belongs. Waiting for a bit of a makeover, when I can afford it. 2005 Garnet Red Pearl Legacy GT Limited 5-speed. - The late great Subaru sport touring sedan. 1999 Classic Red Miata, Preferred equipment package 5-speed. Fun, fun, fun, in the Sun, sun, sun. |
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Eric Rebuilt P/S pump info... http://www.subaru-svx.net/forum/showthread.php?t=50918 If your car wont start info... http://www.subaru-svx.net/forum/show...ighlight=click |
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Re: NO MORE CLICK click CLICK START..ONLY START!
ok...
I'll have to take another look. The bit that was screwed to the steering column looks like a relay, with three pins, not four or five... although it had a metal mounting tab, which could have served as a ground, instead of a fourth pin for ground. The odd thing is that it was covered in a rubber square sleeve, with a slot at the top for the mounting tab to come through, and just the electrical plug coming out of the other end. It almost looked weather-proofed or something. It had a Mitsubishi/Subaru part number on the rubber sleeve, but I didn't jot it down. It is fairly easy to get to, so maybe I'll take it off, and snap some pics tomorrow. I did take it down, and disconnected it to investigate... then put it right back. The car did start a bit easier, afterward... BTW... what is the little footwell light bulb supposed to attach to down there? it was just hanging on it's wire, and I didn't see a place to fasten it to...
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"What you plan, and what actually happens ain't exactly ever been similar..." ------------ 1992 Claret SVX. Rescued from certain destruction, and still on the road, where it belongs. Waiting for a bit of a makeover, when I can afford it. 2005 Garnet Red Pearl Legacy GT Limited 5-speed. - The late great Subaru sport touring sedan. 1999 Classic Red Miata, Preferred equipment package 5-speed. Fun, fun, fun, in the Sun, sun, sun. |
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Re: NO MORE CLICK click CLICK START..ONLY START!
Mine was mounted to the steering column. Its on the left side of the steering column if you are looking at it from the outside of the car.
It's on the right side of the steering column if you are underneath the dash lying down.
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Tim 92 Liquid Silver SVX 5MT 2009 BMW Z4 (Gone) 2012 Camry V6 SE |
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Re: NO MORE CLICK click CLICK START..ONLY START!
the three pin is for your blinkers/hazards. Don't mess with that one they are fragile.
There is a 4 wire harness going to a 5pin relay connector. Yes it still uses 4 wires but the relay must be the 5 pin style Tom |
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I was wondering what it did. It did not like to still be connected when I dropped the steering column. A little super glue and solder and I patched her up. Must have done a decent job, my signals all work. Well, that doesn't explain why my airbag light is on now. I was hoping that little gadget was what did it.
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Gotta love this site!
This thread just saved me a whole pile of heartache and expense. I had this same problem and, with the information in this thread, I fixed it an 15 minutes. Before I found this thread I had planned to replace my starter when it wasn't the problem at all.
Thanks to all who contributed. |
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Re: Gotta love this site!
Eric helped me out with this back at the Pumpkin Carve Meet in October at OT's and I haven't had a click since then
Over the summer I replaced the ignition switch which helped to reduce the clicking to an occasional problem, but this has eliminated it completely...
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Re: NO MORE CLICK click CLICK START..ONLY START!
Maybe this thread should be made a sticky for all to easily find in the future...
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At the very least a reference, or better still a link, should be included within the how to stuff.
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Very handy thread, second that this should be kept somewhere handily found.
my car has been starting every time since. Big help in the reliability department. Thanks, SVX World Network, and SomethingElse, in particular.
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"What you plan, and what actually happens ain't exactly ever been similar..." ------------ 1992 Claret SVX. Rescued from certain destruction, and still on the road, where it belongs. Waiting for a bit of a makeover, when I can afford it. 2005 Garnet Red Pearl Legacy GT Limited 5-speed. - The late great Subaru sport touring sedan. 1999 Classic Red Miata, Preferred equipment package 5-speed. Fun, fun, fun, in the Sun, sun, sun. |
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Here we have a fault located and fixed, rather than the application of a band aid. The fitting of a slave relay is a means of overcoming a defective circuit, but when the fault has not been located and fixed, future trouble remains in the waiting.
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