Can a relay go bad? (heat soak related)

[ats at longcoeur.com (ATS - Patrick Bureau)]

If your aut-starter does not have a heat shield, get one of these for the
starter (http://www.thermotec.com/products/full/14150/14150.html)
then clamp one of these on the down pipe that is so near to the starter and
block the heat from the down pipe with clamp on heat shield
(http://www.thermotec.com/products/full/11600/11600.html)

This is what I did on the cabrio, seems to work nicely.

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ATS - Patrick Bureau - Canuck in Texas
ATS A1 Parts on ebay - http://tinyurl.com/22e5b

-----Original Message-----
From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org] On Behalf Of T Berk
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 1:47 AM
Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: Re: Can a relay go bad? (heat soak related)



Man, I missed that the thing was an Auto- heat soaked starters are de 
regulare'. (sp)


Heat shield is a must. In fact, if you don't have one, fabricate one.

Also, it might be a good idea to fab a piece of tin to 'scoop' cooling 
air up against the starter while you're driving.

Premade tin parts in the Home Depot flashing section and some dryer 
hose might do wonders.

Contact me if you want a quick sketch and materials list.

Also, in the further interest of removing the Fascist yoke of 
Resistance from the shoulders of Freedom loving Electrons everywhere 
you should invest in the cheap upgrade of larger ground strap and 
starter cable(s).

Big ol honkin' 0 Gauge will eliminate _part_ of the problem.


TBerk


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