Thursday, August 16, 2007

Fool-proof remedy for saving your Starter relay! (DIY)


You might have read my unfortunate previous post about starter relay.Here is what I have done to stop the water getting into it.Including the pictures as I promised.

1)Open the left side middle panel
2)Look for starter relay on the left side of the battery.Its small, plastic box in black color and bolted onto the inner part chassis.

3)Pull out the cable and plug from bottom of the relay which connects it to battery.

4)Next remove the bolt that holds relay in place.

5)Take any thick plastic sheet which you find suitable.(like the small oil-pouch that you get at fuel stations)
6)Cut a smaller piece of that sheet.Make sure that it can fully wrap the relay.
7)Wrap the sheet fully around relay leaving the lower part exposed(plug needs to go in there!)
8)Put a hole in the sheet with screw-driver exactly where the relay has(there is a small extention on relay's upper part which has a hole and a nut weld behind it to house the bolt).
In picture below look how the plastic sheet has been tucked inside the bolt-housing along with relays holder-

9)Now holding the sheet and relay together with one hand in its proper position,screw in the bolt with other hand.Then you can use spanner to fully tighten it.
10)Insert the plug again.
this is what final assembly looks like-


11)You are done!Fit the panel.

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