From: Julian Burke (julian@knology.net)
Date: Tue Mar 21 2006 - 19:30:42 PST
A GPR109 relay is not a starter relay. It is a Glow Plug Relay originally
intended for a Ford product. When I wrote an article covering the slow plug
system in a CUCV, I found that relay to be a suitable replacement for the
sorry original. Julian Burke
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>> he fixed the problem. He mounted a Ford style
>> starter relay (the round one same as the
>> replacement relay for the sticky factory glow
>> plug relay) on the passenger engine side firewall
>> and extended the wires from where the plug in
>> relay was under the dash and hooked em up to the
>> new Ford relay mounted on the engine side
>> firewall. Viola!! The starter relay is now
>> capable of withstanding better than 200 amps
>> without damage aka no more sticking relay.
>
> The NAPA number for that relay is GPR109, I think.
>
> Why wouldn't you just mount it under the dash in roughly the same location
> the original GM relay was? The wires are already there; there's enough
> room - and you're not adding a few more feet of wire/ resistance and
> opportunities for those wires to rub/short on stuff.
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