[DeTomaso] Junction Block? was Relays, Fans, Ammeter, etc.

[Guido deTomaso]

Recap: On the Pantera I have three "relay sockets" where the mounting tab is on 
the socket not the relay.  I still believe I got these from JC Whitney years 
ago, complete with high-quality wire pigtails.

Turns out these are a fit, form, function interchange with those I bought 
several years ago:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/290685058786?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649


A refreshing respite from the usual "they don't make those anymore", the story 
of my life.  But no pigtails.

At a glance, the 70 amp relays are only available with tab on the relay, not on 
the socket.  Would prefer the tab be on the socket.

But what's got me momentarily stumped is, where is that notorious four-circuit 
junction block on the car, the one with the screws holding the wires?  I know 
I've seen it before and even tightened the screws, but now can't find it.  Is it 
perhaps under those plastic covers on the side of the steering column / do I 
need to drop the column to see it ?

Thanks,

GD




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From: Guido deTomaso <guido_detomaso at prodigy.net>
To: "DeTomaso at realbig.com" <DeTomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Sun, October 14, 2012 3:07:56 PM
Subject: [DeTomaso] Relays, Fans, Ammeter, second thoughts and project expansion



Years ago on this forum I made note of a Bosch relay with a "locking socket", a 
socket that would snap onto another socket, you can create a line of relays of 
unlimited number and length.  I've got a couple on the Pantera and about six 
snapped together on another car. I put the JC Whitney PN on the forum.

But someone threw out all my JC Whitney catalogs, going back to '68.  So I don't 

know what JC Whitney part number to order anymore.  They kind of look like this:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/12V-30-40-AMP-BOSCH-STYLE-RELAYS-LOCKING-SOCKETS-5-PK-/140346676886?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item20ad505696&vxp=mtr



Note these are "Bosch style" but look like they might interchange with what I 
already have.

Starting to question the wisdom of adding another wire to the ammeter to feed 
the fans, now that it's installed of course.  Why not tap off the pink wires at 
the fuse box, which are on the same circuit and likely a shorter path to the 
alternator?  I think that was the approach in "Volts of Confidence" too.

Generally, there's one huge red wire coming from the ignition switch, powers the 

fans, AC, other things.  Is the consensus to put everything powered by the big 
red wire on a relay, or just the cooling fans?

Well, I'm not going to move until I locate some more snap-together relays, maybe 

someone saved my input from so many years ago, or knows another source of 
these Bosch snap-togethers.

Thanks,

GD 
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