Convertible top switch removal

burdar said

Crackedback on this site makes relay kits for convertible tops. I have one of his headlight relay kits too. I mounted the convertible relays back by the pump.

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Just ran across this. The late 1990's Mustang conv motor-pumps bolt in place and look identical. They have relays near the motor because wired differently, with one coil where current flow reverses. Early Mopar motors have 2 coils, each flowing to ground, with one energized to go up and one to reverse. Besides flipping the current, the relays take current load off the valuable dash switch. I used one but w/ 2 Bosch relays under-dash so I didn't have to run a new power wire to the rear.

If the relays are at the rear, your thick factory red and yellow wires would now just flow tiny coil currents from the switch. Is nicer for less dash clutter. For that, I would double-up the red and yellow for power and run a new 3-conductor small cable for the logic wires from the switch (or 4 wires? would have to draw it out).