can anyway i.d. this part??

[benzboy]

i have this relyay, and have no idea where it goes. im restoring a 73911e targa. im sure i cmae from the trunk around the blower motor. when i put theblower motor back in, the motor doesnt work. i checked up in the trunk compartment, and just cant seem to find where it goes. any help would be great

[djpateman]

There should be a part # on the relay, what is it?

[benzboy]

thats the problem, there is no part # on it. just seems funny, the blower doesnt work

[bfunke]

Are there any numbers on the terminals? German relays use numbers like 15, 30, 87, 87a, 49

[john walker's workshop]

a/c relay in the smuggler's box usually.

[benzboy]

theres no #'s on the relay. and not a/c , as the car isnt equipped with a/c. this is driving me crazy. i cant remember where it came from. i have a really good memory. i know i should have taken a pic of where i pulled it from.

[quattrorunner]

Looks exactly like a voltage regulator

[benzboy]

dumb question. what does the voltage regulator do???

[quattrorunner]

Very simply keeps the voltage regulated to max 14volts or so. When they go bad the alternator can boil the battery.
The newer alternators had a VR on the back of the unit itself and most replace the alternator and VR as a unit but early cars, like yours, have it on the panel next to the cd. I like the older ones that are easy to replace, no need to remove the alternator.
When I got a new alternator, I replaced the one with the VR on the back with the external VR for simplicity but most like the newer ones.

[benzboy]

so then this came from the engine compartment?? i know i took it out of the trunk compartment

[quattrorunner]

Well if you took it from the trunk, and it was plugged there, I could be wrong. I checked pelican for the A/C relay or related parts and couldn't find one that looked like it.

[benzboy]

just seems funny. i got the car back from the paint shop. the blower worked before i took a lot of the parts out of the trunk compartment(so the trunk can be painted) i put the blower motor back in, plugged it in, and it wont work. not sure if this relay goes witht the blower motor, and why it doesnt work

[Targalid]

Go to the engine compartment and look for a three blade female connector and see if it fits this part. It looks just like the voltage regulator next to my ignition box.

[kuehl]

benzboy,

Take another picture of the relay to show us the terminal numbers, and ... no camera flash