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RN558
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- Model of Car: 1.8i (1996)
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by RN558 » Wed Oct 14, 2020 3:11 pm
Hello, help needed as per usual here.
Bought a hardtop and getting ready to connect up HRW. Purchased relay and switch as per the advice from everywhere. Relay arrived today, went to slot it in and there is no socket there
. Had a look around and can't see anything hanging around loose. Anyone got any ideas as to why it is not there or where it might be ? Oh and how to solve the problem !
The car is a Mk1 MGF.
Thanks in anticipation.
Roger
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jonaf
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by jonaf » Wed Oct 14, 2020 6:03 pm
Fusebox under dashboard lh side: Bottom right relay socket.
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RN558
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by RN558 » Wed Oct 14, 2020 7:17 pm
I looked in the place shown on all the images I could find but there is no socket there. There are 2 filled sockets and then nothing. Going to have a good look up behind the fuse box tomorrow as a quick look showed nothing.
The connection for the switch is behind the centre console as expected and the link on the rear shelf. So I suppose I just need to look harder up into the footwell.
Roger
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RN558
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by RN558 » Wed Oct 14, 2020 7:56 pm
The second picture in that thread is exactly what I see. Need to dig around behind the fuse box. Pleased I am not the only one. Missed that thread when I was looking !!!
Wonder how many don't have the relay in the 'expected' position ?
Thank you
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RN558
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by RN558 » Thu Oct 15, 2020 4:46 pm
After a bit of twisting and turning I found the socket well hidden in the wiring behind the fusebox. Both relay and switch now fitted.
Relay put back in where the socket came from with a cable tie to hold it in place (see picture). Wonder when this was attached to the fuse box panel rather than hidden away ? As Roverlike said above I am not the only one, just don't see it mentioned. Maybe all the early F owners don't bother with hardtops. Thank you.
Roger
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Roverlike
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by Roverlike » Thu Oct 15, 2020 4:51 pm
Glad you found it and it is working!
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Rob Bell
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by Rob Bell » Thu Oct 15, 2020 5:37 pm
RN558 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 15, 2020 4:46 pm
After a bit of twisting and turning I found the socket well hidden in the wiring behind the fusebox. Both relay and switch now fitted.
Relay put back in where the socket came from with a cable tie to hold it in place (see picture). Wonder when this was attached to the fuse box panel rather than hidden away ? As Roverlike said above I am not the only one, just don't see it mentioned. Maybe all the early F owners don't bother with hardtops. Thank you.
Roger
I was late to the party, but what you did was what I was going to suggest!
All MGFs have this relay socket. But whether it was clicked into its fuse box bay depended on whether the car was ordered with a hard top... The vast majority were not - although dealerships sometimes ordered cars with a hard top only to use that hard top on another car as a dealer-fit option (ask me how I know that!
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