Help needed, V6 relay location!

[sinbrad]

Ok guys need help here. Have tried to locate the relays situated behind the internal fuse box. I have managed to find it but it is impossible to get to! I have tried to get my hands up inside the area to see if I can see if there are any relays missing. From what I can tell there are vacant holes where there should, I believe, be relays? How can I get to them to check and see what is there and what is not?

[RobbieV]

You can unscrew the whole panel and take it out for a better look.

[sinbrad]

Cheers, how do I go about that?

[RobbieV]

Cheers, how do I go about that?

Undo the screws, remove the four screws from the fusebox aperture and then you pull the whole fasial panel to the right and it should drop out.

[sinbrad]

Thanks again, will get it done tomorrow

[sinbrad]

Well had a go but it's still almost impossible to get the relay holder (if u want to call it that?) out from it's location! had a feel about and to be quite honest I don't know what relays should be there and which shouldn't? Looked at V6calibra and had a diagram of the relays and still none the wiser. Did notice that the only area where wires terminated and didn't have a relay in place was at location 3 of the relay diagram. That was listed as following...

sensor - bulb control trailer hitch p39 up to MY '90 or
relay - wash/wipe system, headlamp k9 except model B5 or
relay - compressor k90 except model B5 or
relay - fan, air conditioning K84 (see B7, B11)
relay - headlamp wiper K97 (as of MY '91)

Now I was hoping that I could eliminate most of the above and it would hopefully leave me with the compressor relay? The reason I say this is because my aircon doesn't work, stated on another thread, and the guy who regassed the system said I had a probable electrical problem as when he ran a direct wire from the compressor to the battery the compressor kicked in and the aircon worked. If it was this relay that was the problem then that would be ideal. The only other thing is knowing what relay to put in the blank space? Got a handful of spare relays lying around in different colours but no idea which one should be fitted? HELP!

[RobbieV]

Was this the diagram you looked at ?

[sinbrad]

No, that's the one in the engine compartment. The one I looked at is located up behind the main fuse board under the dash. The info was taken from the Holden Calibra doc's at the bottom of the page. I'm unable to open the specific one at the moment but I'm pretty sure it's the wiring harness diagram, it also gives the location and description of the various other locations of fuses and relays. I checked it alongside the fuse/relay list which as you probably know is at the bottom of the main list? Seemed to tally in together?

[sinbrad]

This is the relevant section taken from the wiring harness document. As you can see relay number three has the description of the details in my previous post.


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[RobbieV]

So how are you going to get to it ?

[sinbrad]

That's exactly my point and why I asked for help in the first place?

[RobbieV]

That's exactly my point and why I asked for help in the first place?

Well the only way i know to get to it is as i posted earlier.

[sinbrad]

Yes and much appreciated. Still can't get to it to identify/remove or replace due to it being such a tight area to work. Spent most of the day yesterday upside down trying everything I could. Still no joy. Don't know how the garage manages to do it? I could maybe try and fit a relay but as said I don't know what colour or part number the relay is that is missing. As the relays come in different colours it's not easy to do something almost blind?

[sinbrad]

Oh well, looks like I'm on my own again