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    Got these old relays off of ebay from Australia. Thought the history of our cars sharing parts with the Aussie cars was interesting. The ebay ad is cool I think: “These are new never been used they are old parts that have come out of the Holden plant in Dandenong in the early 70s” GENUINE VINTAGE BOSCH STEEL RELAY 12V 30A P/N 0332014406 Pack off 6 Product Description BOSCH PART No: 0332014406 VOLTAGE: 12V NUMBER OF PINS 4 AMP 30A These relays were used by Holden and Ford back in the late 60s and early 70s on their vehicles that they manufactured here in Australia. These relays a new never been used perfect for any collector looking to put original parts on their car. Manufactured in Germany by Bosch Please look at photos carefully Ferntree Gully, VIC, Australia
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    Same on my 73tii except no AC. I added the 80 degree thermostat after doing the 3 core radiator because it was running too cool with a 76 degree 'stat. The tii warm up regulator needs a certain amount of heat, but I digress...
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    Went for a Father's Day drive on one of my favorite local backroads...
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    My wife always jokes when a package arrives that "it's a miracle!". I told her to expect a "heavy miracle" yesterday... Thank you AceAndrew! It's a beauty!
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    Check the gasket around the fuel sender and also the clamps on the rubber boot between the gas tank and where you fill er up. The rubber boot can become brittle and leak. Leaking around fuel sender is common and easily fixed with the proper new rubber gasket .
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    +1 on that. At least on the '73 and '74 US models. Probably only on '73 and later US tiis. I have a different tii air box that is missing that little pipe for connecting the fuel vapor hose. I assume it must be either an early tii air box, or a euro one.
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    My latest batch of CN36's were made in Argentina, prior ones in Turkey. Both sets have been great
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    Good to know having just purchased a new stock 7mm set of wires from Kingsborne. I undid one of their wires and appears to be spiral wound copper. I know Kingborne also offers 8mm, but I tried it before and don't see the need on my relatively stock cars. Shows how much I know about wires. Their wires seem to be good quality though. Thanks
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    I noticed that even with the Igniter I they have a WARNING in the instructions: "Do not use solid core spark plug wires". Does anyone know if the stock wire sets (with resistor boots) from Kingsborne are solid core or not? I've been using the Kingsborne wires along with Igniter I's on both of my cars for well over 15 years without any issues.
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    Sadly this. I wonder what percentage of a new Ford or Chevy truck is made in China these days? I sure do love my Chinese made iPhone though 😆
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    I laughed when I noticed this the other day. The lucky resistor
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    I've had the 1st generation Pertronix in both of my cars for over 15 years and they haven't skipped a beat. I guess with the newer Pertronix, the fact that it can handle more current is a plus? I recon you must get a hotter spark by bypassing the resistor when using the Igniter II which can handle less total resistance than the Igniter I? By bypassing the resister, do you ever have to worry about overloading the coil? It sounds like the 123 folks always bypass the resistor and use a Bosch "red" coil and I haven't heard of any coils overheating or exploding, so I guess it isn't really an issue? I've always wondered about that...
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    Done with that sucker. The most expensive relay I ever bought... All for looks? Ha! 😆 This baby is solid. I filled it with epoxy before sealing it up. I think it weighs 1/3 of the weight of my coil. Solid!
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    Problem solved. I converted that 3-pole relay into a 4-pole. I carefully pried open the little canister and then set a new Bosch general purpose relay in place and encased it all in epoxy. JB Weld is my friend.
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    I had wondered about that. Good to know that the older Delta boxes are smaller. I really don't feel like drilling any holes in my car, but good to know how most folks mount them. Did you run yours with a ballast resistor and the matching coil or bypass it? Thank you, John
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    I think the only issue you might run into is whether the spaced calipers will work with your wheels or not. Especially if you're using 13" wheels.
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    Hi Rich, I couldn't get the three pole relay to work on my '73. I tried as John76 suggested with switching the wiring, but it didn't work and I just swapped back to the 4-pole relay which matches my original wiring. I think you also have a 4-pole relay on your car, so that's what you need, not the 3-pole one. The square one that I found on ebay was oddly enough original equipment on Polaris Snowmobiles back in the day it seems. Weird. Got it from some guy up in Minnesota (Blunt land). You can find them on ebay. But $$'s 😒 https://www.ebay.com/itm/165858301843
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    I'm with you popovm on the design, it reminded me of the old Esso slogan.
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    An ebay relic that I rescued. I've always seen Mike Self mention these. Kinda cool, but where did most folks mount the fairly large box? Do I need it on my stock car? Probably not. Would it make a difference since I already run a Pertronix? Probably not. Still makes for a cool vintage piece. A Flux Capacitor!
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    It's hip to be square so will use the square one. Anyone out there with an early car looking for a nice NOS 3 - pole horn relay, hit me up. I'll make a deal better than even Deal'n Dave 😁
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    I purchased one of those new Hella horn relays from ebay only to realize that it only has three pins vs. the 4 pins on my original horn relay. I found a good substitute for the old round one though. I used an old square style BOSCH 0 332 003 017 relay instead. It has the same mounting as the original round one. It's the same as used to bypass the ballast resistor on my '73. Wanted to be safe so used the square 4 pin style (actually 5 pin because it has the dual 87 outputs). Could the three pin one be used on a car that expects the 4 pins? If so, how would you wire it? New square one works great and mounts to the original holes. Thanks, John
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    Go Team Innova! 😄
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    Those Hella solid state voltage regulators work great. I've never seen a blue one before. I've got a black one on my '74. I did a test of various brands of new external voltage regulators a few years ago and the Bosch units even when new were set to regulate to around 13 volts or so. The ones from Hella were set to a higher output voltage 14+. I even played around with an adjustable one made by Transpo. It's also solid state and encased in epoxy like the Hella ones, but has a little adjustment screw on the bottom where you can adjust the output voltage to where you want it. It works great, but doesn't look so great in my grubby engine bay, too shiny 😄 By now most folks have moved on into the modern era of internally regulated alternators so probably could care less, but I love fiddlin' with this old stuff... EDIT: Went looking in my collection and found another interesting older voltage regulator from BMW made by WEHRLE. Not sure if it's also solid state or not. Most likely an OEM part for an old BMW Motorcycle.
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    I suffered a low speed rear impact on my '74 back in the 80's and those big bumpers saved my car from being totaled. The low speed impact collapsed two of the three rear bumper shocks and I ended up having to get new ones because we couldn't fix the collapsed ones. They did their job. Good luck, John
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