Another thought, are you talking about the ignition (not starter) relay,
part 47 on Haynes diagram, at least in the version i have.
This relay doesn't have anything to do with the starter, what it does is
remove some of the load of the ignition switched circuits from the
ignition switch.
The ignition switch supplys power to terminal 86 (from the unfused side
of fuse 8) of the relay and the relay contacts switch battery power
through to the output on pin 87.
It supplys power to things like the heater motor, wipers etc.
This relay is fitted in the fusebox not the engine bay so i'm not sure
how your comments about feeding another wire through the bulkhead relate
to this.
Jim
On 20/05/2012 16:41, jin wrote:
hi all
ive traced my battery drain down to a permanent live starter relay
where pin # 86 is wired to the battery directly, acording to the Heinz
manual pin # 86 should be wired to fuse # 8 and the ignition switch so
this has lead me to believe that this pin should be switched,
disconecting it certianly stops the battery drain
keen to keep my car logical id like to wire pin # 86 back to fuse # 8
but without the hassle of puttinga wire through the bulkhead to the
fuse box,
so my question is, what other switched items are there, preferably in
the engine bay that also power off fuse #8?
ill then feed into this to power my starter relay as ford intended
cheers
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