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edoh
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has anyone dared to open....

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The….
Black
box of
doom…
RHS.......Back of the engine bay?….

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Has anyone got the knowledge / time / patience /
Facility to point little arrows that say what’s what/ ?
Useful addition for the wiki if it gets mapped out?

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all suggestions welcome......
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it's all in the Bentley manual - wiring diagrams
no need to reinvent the wheel

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Its just a junction box with a relay for the carb heaters.
As said theres a complete diagram in bently
And haynes has one too.
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Cheers gents -
time to check out the manuals :)
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Its not just a junction box ,people are being restrained in high security institutions because they wandered into there..its not safe !!!
the word 'pissing' is safe

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i'll get the white jacket on before i sit down with the books :ok
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You might eswell just pull the pin and count to 30 :lol:
the word 'pissing' is safe

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I opened mine once out of curiosity ,bearing in mind me and electrics don't get on I nodded thoughtfully, made the noise mechanics make when somethings gonna cost a fortune and carefully replaced it and tried not to think about it !
1983 1.9 dg automatic

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NO! Don't open that black box. The elves are in there. Let them out and all sorts of things will go wrong. :shock:

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