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Old 08-29-2004, 04:48 PM
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Thanks Les for that detailed response.

I had another go at it on Saturday and with the additional help of John Cini found that the spare wire was in fact my starter relay wire. Still not sure why I got 0 ohms across it with the multimeter as a relay should provide some resistance.

Anyway, the wire I had connected to the start terminal was in fact a brake fail lamp test which goes through a relay (hence the click I heard). On the old switch this got power momentarily before the starter would kick over. To fix my problem I connected the brake fail lamp test wire to the ignition, the start wire connected to the start terminal and, voila, she fired up.

Also got my red start button working. I did as you suggested Les and took a line from the ignition to the red button switch and the other switch terminal down to the starter relay.

Thanks for your assistance. At least now I should be able to get to the Nats.

Cheers,
Adrian.
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