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Car Forum / Honda Cars / November 2005Main Relay!!!!
Does anyone know where i could pick up a main relay for my 89 Honda civic for pretty cheap? I have already spent about $1,200 on my honda and its still got problems, but just like with my fiancee i will never stop loving it. i found a newer model relay on ebay for $9.99 plus $5.00 shipping but i would have to rewire my relay harness for it to work. I have a 89 Honda Civic 1.5L Hatchback 4 speed (yes its canadian manufactured) > Does anyone know where i could pick up a main relay for my 89 Honda civic > for pretty cheap? I have already spent about $1,200 on my honda and its > still got problems, but just like with my fiancee i will never stop loving > it. i found a newer model relay on ebay for $9.99 plus $5.00 shipping but i > would have to rewire my relay harness for it to work. I have a 89 Honda > Civic 1.5L Hatchback 4 speed (yes its canadian manufactured) You may be able to fix your main relay, if you know how to use a soldering iron: http://www.marklamond.co.uk/howto/electrical/main-relay/main-relay.htm Remco >> Does anyone know where i could pick up a main relay for my 89 Honda >> civic for pretty cheap? I have already spent about $1,200 on my [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > soldering iron: > http://www.marklamond.co.uk/howto/electrical/main-relay/main-relay.htm If you don't know how to solder, take yours to the local TV repair shop and ask them to check out the joints and to resolder them. Take a print of Mark's page to give them guidance. Should only take them 30 mins in the hands of a good service tech. -- Graham W http://www.gcw.org.uk/ PGM-FI page updated, Graphics Tutorial WIMBORNE http://www.wessex-astro-society.freeserve.co.uk/ Wessex Dorset UK Astro Society's Web pages, Info, Meeting Dates, Sites & Maps Change 'news' to 'sewn' in my Reply address to avoid my spam filter. > Does anyone know where i could pick up a main relay for my 89 Honda civic > for pretty cheap? I have already spent about $1,200 on my honda and its > still got problems, but just like with my fiancee i will never stop loving > it. i found a newer model relay on ebay for $9.99 plus $5.00 shipping but i > would have to rewire my relay harness for it to work. I have a 89 Honda > Civic 1.5L Hatchback 4 speed (yes its canadian manufactured) -------------------------------- Get it resoldered instead. It takes five minutes / the price of a Cappuccino for the buddy who knows how to use a soldering pencil. 'Curly' Well guys im no dumby so i have already takin it off and resoldered the cracked joint. It was very hard to see until i broke out the magnifing glass. But i hear the main relay click while driving the car and then the car starts to hesitate from not getting fuel to the motor. Then i will hear it click again and the car starts running fine again. So I just need a good cheap price. I have already replaced the fuel pump and strainer, the fuel filter, dist. cap and rotor button, ignition coil, spark plugs and wires, and now the ECU. The car runs fine at idle, it just hesitates while drivin after hearing the mysterious click. > Well guys im no dumby so i have already takin it off and resoldered the > cracked joint. It was very hard to see until i broke out the magnifing [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > and wires, and now the ECU. The car runs fine at idle, it just hesitates > while drivin after hearing the mysterious click. Perhaps next time state what you have done already so we're not wasting time giving you suggestions that you've tried already. It may not be your main relay. It could be because power to it is intermittent -- a bad ignition switch will do that, for instance. I'd do a little more detective work before you plunk down money for a new relay: Since you appear to be familiar with soldering, you must also be somewhat familiar with electrical systems? If so, I'd monitor the input voltage to the relay by means of tying a 12V lightbulb. Do the same to the contact side (basically monitoring power to the pump). This way you can at a glance see if the problem is the supply voltage to the coil or the actual relay (depending on what light goes out when the car dies) Remco > > Well guys im no dumby so i have already takin it off and resoldered the > > cracked joint. It was very hard to see until i broke out the magnifing [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > and wires, and now the ECU. The car runs fine at idle, it just hesitates > > while drivin after hearing the mysterious click. Based on a few of his post the problems sounds so much like a bad ECU ground side on his main relay. > Perhaps next time state what you have done already so we're not wasting > time giving you suggestions that you've tried already. Check out his other post "Major Problems With 89 Honda Civic Hatchback" where he swaps the relay from a rear defroster and possibly rewired it in place of the main relay. Doing this is fine but must tell us that the fuel system relay is no longer stock. > Since you appear to be familiar with soldering, you must also be > somewhat familiar with electrical systems? If he's familiar with soldering he should include the word desolder. Main relays are picky. > > > Well guys im no dumby so i have already takin it off and resoldered the > > > cracked joint. It was very hard to see until i broke out the magnifing [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Based on a few of his post the problems sounds so much like a bad ECU > ground side on his main relay. Yeah, could be a bad ground too. That's why I suggested putting a lightbulb across the relay coil and a bulb across the pump. It will at least eliminate/accuse the relay or whatever is past the relay. > > Perhaps next time state what you have done already so we're not wasting > > time giving you suggestions that you've tried already. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > If he's familiar with soldering he should include the word desolder. > Main relays are picky. I bought used one at $15.. Try savage part. The new main relay is over 40 US dollars. |
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