alexx933 Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 When I was installing my Turbo motor, I was looking for the relay brackets. I found the bracket in the passenger foot area, but the bracket under the fusible links eluded me because there were no relays there. Only this silver box. I found more relays under the passenger seat and the fuel pump relay under the dash. Is there any reason for this? Why the deviation from the standard practice? and what is this silver box? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewZed Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 If nobody comes through with the answer you could take a look at the drawings in the Body Electrical chapter of the FSM. I'm going to guess voltage regulator. Pretty sure it's the standard location. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexx933 Posted September 2, 2013 Author Share Posted September 2, 2013 The fsm states that the relays should be there and not the silver box, hence my confusion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Domzs Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 What year is your car ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexx933 Posted September 2, 2013 Author Share Posted September 2, 2013 It is a 77 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Domzs Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 What motor was in the car , EFI or carb ? I know fact is EFI . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexx933 Posted September 3, 2013 Author Share Posted September 3, 2013 When I had bought it, it had the original fuel injected l28e. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewZed Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 I'm always amazed at the expertise of the illustrators for the FSM's. Wish I could draw like them. You'll need to mentally twist your orientation. It only hurts a little bit. http://www.nicoclub.com/FSM/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Domzs Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Mine before conversion . 78 model . Yours looks like someone messed with it . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexx933 Posted September 4, 2013 Author Share Posted September 4, 2013 Newzed, you were right... I was getting stuck looking at the wrong picture. It still confuses me as to Why the relays are under the seat. Plus the fuel pump relay mounted next to the ECCS. It all looks stock and unmolested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z240 Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 You can't compare the 77 and 78 relay bracket. MUCH was changed in that area for 78 with the fuel pump relay set moving to that bracket PLUS new special FI fusible links hanging on the bracket. Poor Alex is confused enough. The silver thing is the voltage reg. Even that changed in 78, ie no more Vreg, alternators went internally reg'ed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Domzs Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 You can't compare the 77 and 78 relay bracket. MUCH was changed in that area for 78 with the fuel pump relay set moving to that bracket PLUS new special FI fusible links hanging on the bracket. Poor Alex is confused enough. The silver thing is the voltage reg. Even that changed in 78, ie no more Vreg, alternators went internally reg'ed. My bad . Didn't know that much changed between 77 and 78 . That's why I noted the model year , just in case . I'm glad they made the change . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexx933 Posted September 5, 2013 Author Share Posted September 5, 2013 That would explain it! I have a hard copy of a 78 fsm, and didn't realize they had made so many changes between years when I got it. I was looking in my copy of the 78 and finding it to be different than what I was seeing. I had to download a copy of the 77 just to find what NewZed was talking about (not to mention I wasn't looking at the components diagram but at a specific picture that showed relays attached to the bracket). Thanks for clearing up my issue! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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