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Did the 86 PT come with headlight relays? My blue box diagrams show
them, but voltage at my headlights is low. If these relays are there,
where are they?

Scott Forman
86 PT38

Scott,
Look behind the drivers side front panel.

The headlight system should be upgraded. I forwarded upgrade information
to you. It's the same information that is on the forums.

Curt Sprenger
1987 PT38 8V92 "MacAttack Racing"
Anaheim Hills, Calif.



Scott Forman wrote:

> Did the 86 PT come with headlight relays? My blue box diagrams show
> them, but voltage at my headlights is low. If these relays are there,
> where are they?
>
> Scott Forman
> 86 PT38
>
>

So you are saying that the 86 does not have them? I have the front
panel open, there are many relays in there, but my diagrams aren't
very specific about them. I also cannot find the headlight wiring to
add the relays, where can I get to it?

Thanks

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Curt Sprenger
wrote:
>
> Scott,
> Look behind the drivers side front panel.
>
> The headlight system should be upgraded. I forwarded upgrade
information
> to you. It's the same information that is on the forums.
>
> Curt Sprenger
> 1987 PT38 8V92 "MacAttack Racing"
> Anaheim Hills, Calif.
>
>
>
> Scott Forman wrote:
>
> > Did the 86 PT come with headlight relays? My blue box diagrams
show
> > them, but voltage at my headlights is low. If these relays are
there,
> > where are they?
> >
> > Scott Forman
> > 86 PT38
> >
> >
>

If there is a relay I think it would be behind that door. I looked at my
'87 drawing and I do not see a headlight relay. So maybe there isn't one.

What I'm saying is to upgrade your headlight system. Did you receive the
information I sent to your personal email?

Curt Sprenger
1987 PT38 8V92 "MacAttack Racing"
Anaheim Hills, Calif.



Scott Forman wrote:

> So you are saying that the 86 does not have them? I have the front
> panel open, there are many relays in there, but my diagrams aren't
> very specific about them. I also cannot find the headlight wiring to
> add the relays, where can I get to it?
>
> Thanks
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> , Curt Sprenger
> wrote:
> >
> > Scott,
> > Look behind the drivers side front panel.
> >
> > The headlight system should be upgraded. I forwarded upgrade
> information
> > to you. It's the same information that is on the forums.
> >
> > Curt Sprenger
> > 1987 PT38 8V92 "MacAttack Racing"
> > Anaheim Hills, Calif.
> >
> >
> >
> > Scott Forman wrote:
> >
> > > Did the 86 PT come with headlight relays? My blue box diagrams
> show
> > > them, but voltage at my headlights is low. If these relays are
> there,
> > > where are they?
> > >
> > > Scott Forman
> > > 86 PT38
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>

Mission accomplished. Was able to access the headlight wiring by
removing the entire headlight bucket assembly on the driver's side.
Installed relay right there with wire run to load center for power.
Works perfect now!

Scott

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Curt Sprenger
wrote:
>
> If there is a relay I think it would be behind that door. I looked
at my
> '87 drawing and I do not see a headlight relay. So maybe there
isn't one.
>
> What I'm saying is to upgrade your headlight system. Did you
receive the
> information I sent to your personal email?
>
> Curt Sprenger
> 1987 PT38 8V92 "MacAttack Racing"
> Anaheim Hills, Calif.
>
>
>
> Scott Forman wrote:
>
> > So you are saying that the 86 does not have them? I have the front
> > panel open, there are many relays in there, but my diagrams aren't
> > very specific about them. I also cannot find the headlight wiring
to
> > add the relays, where can I get to it?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> > , Curt Sprenger
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Scott,
> > > Look behind the drivers side front panel.
> > >
> > > The headlight system should be upgraded. I forwarded upgrade
> > information
> > > to you. It's the same information that is on the forums.
> > >
> > > Curt Sprenger
> > > 1987 PT38 8V92 "MacAttack Racing"
> > > Anaheim Hills, Calif.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Scott Forman wrote:
> > >
> > > > Did the 86 PT come with headlight relays? My blue box diagrams
> > show
> > > > them, but voltage at my headlights is low. If these relays are
> > there,
> > > > where are they?
> > > >
> > > > Scott Forman
> > > > 86 PT38
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
>

Scott,

I added the relays to my BB, since I only had about 10-11v to the lamps.
Now I have 13-14V with the relays. If my BB had relays, I never saw them, and
assumed no because of the low voltage...I listened for the usual relay click
before the upgrade, and all was quiet. Oh well...they work great now.

Kevin McKeown
Yorba Linda, CA
1986 38 PT
(reconsidering that colonoscopy my doctor been bugging me about)



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You only used one relay?

Kevin Mc
YL CA
86 38 PT



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Yes...but there is a method to my madness.

I rarely use high-beams, so I did not relay them. In addition, I had
a relay fail in my old FC, which left me without lights relying on my
driving lights for illumination. With these two factors in mind, I
installed the relay on my low-beam only. If it ever fails, I can
still use my non-relayed (dim) high beams to get me home.

Scott

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, krminyl@... wrote:
>
> You only used one relay?
>
> Kevin Mc
> YL CA
> 86 38 PT
>
>
>
> ************************************** See what's free at
http://www.aol.com.
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Scott,

There is a diagram on my photo web site, with a four relay headlight
modification which will solve the issue of just relying on one single
relay for your headlights, it will give you a relay for each light.
You can find it through the link in my signature below.

I recommend using the four relay setup, this is a lot safer method in
my opinion. I do not recommend using just one Bosch relay for all of
the headlights, they are not designed for that. They will work OK
with one relay for the High beams and one relay for the Low beams. If
it was one of my Bosch relays that went bad for you, please let me
know and I will send you a new one to replace it.

John Finn
Finn's Inn Express
'82 35FCRB
BLUEBIRD WANDERLODGE
"ON THE ROAD IN MERIDIAN, MS."
CHECK OUT MY BLOG AT;
http://iamflagman.blogspot.com/
WELCOME TO THE "FINN'S INN Express" REMODELING ADVENTURE
TO VISIT, CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW
http://www.pbase.com/image/24977457
HOPKINS, SOUTH CAROLINA

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--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Scott Forman" <sforman@...>
wrote:
>
> Yes...but there is a method to my madness.
>
> I rarely use high-beams, so I did not relay them. In addition, I
had
> a relay fail in my old FC, which left me without lights relying on
my
> driving lights for illumination. With these two factors in mind, I
> installed the relay on my low-beam only. If it ever fails, I can
> still use my non-relayed (dim) high beams to get me home.
>
> Scott
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, krminyl@ wrote:
> >
> > You only used one relay?
> >
> > Kevin Mc
> > YL CA
> > 86 38 PT
> >
> >
> >
> > ************************************** See what's free at
> http://www.aol.com.
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>

John,

Wasn't your relay, came from JC Whitney.

I now have one relay for low beams and no relays for high. On my FC,
I had one for low and one for high, and that set-up worked fine after
the failure. I just don't need high beams that much, so I'm not
worried about adding the relay for them. I can always go back and
add one if I need to.

Scott

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "John"
wrote:
>
> Scott,
>
> There is a diagram on my photo web site, with a four relay
headlight
> modification which will solve the issue of just relying on one
single
> relay for your headlights, it will give you a relay for each light.
> You can find it through the link in my signature below.
>
> I recommend using the four relay setup, this is a lot safer method
in
> my opinion. I do not recommend using just one Bosch relay for all
of
> the headlights, they are not designed for that. They will work OK
> with one relay for the High beams and one relay for the Low beams.
If
> it was one of my Bosch relays that went bad for you, please let me
> know and I will send you a new one to replace it.
>
> John Finn
> Finn's Inn Express
> '82 35FCRB
> BLUEBIRD WANDERLODGE
> "ON THE ROAD IN MERIDIAN, MS."
> CHECK OUT MY BLOG AT;
> http://iamflagman.blogspot.com/
> WELCOME TO THE "FINN'S INN Express" REMODELING ADVENTURE
> TO VISIT, CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW
> http://www.pbase.com/image/24977457
> HOPKINS, SOUTH CAROLINA
>
> /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Scott Forman" <sforman@>
> wrote:
> >
> > Yes...but there is a method to my madness.
> >
> > I rarely use high-beams, so I did not relay them. In addition, I
> had
> > a relay fail in my old FC, which left me without lights relying
on
> my
> > driving lights for illumination. With these two factors in mind,
I
> > installed the relay on my low-beam only. If it ever fails, I can
> > still use my non-relayed (dim) high beams to get me home.
> >
> > Scott
> >
> > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, krminyl@ wrote:
> > >
> > > You only used one relay?
> > >
> > > Kevin Mc
> > > YL CA
> > > 86 38 PT
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ************************************** See what's free at
> > http://www.aol.com.
> > >
> > >
> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > >
> >
>