NA 1.6 Headlight retractor relay location

[Purfler]

Hi, Sorry for the stupid question, but I'm looking for the headlight retractor relay location in my 93 NA 1.6. The Rod's guide talks about a relay in the engine bay, but removing that makes no difference (ie the still work).

I'm trying to track a new intermittent problem with the light stalk. The retractor button operates the retractors fine.

Thanks in advance.

Tim

[bruce]

Not a stupid question.
Not sure regards the relay spot, but I do know that the light stalks do wear out and cause such problems.

[Purfler]

Thanks Bruce. I wondered if it could be the switch. There's a fair bit of stuff on the web about relay problems, but I'll test everything - once I find teh damn relay. BTW the relays cost silly amounts of money for reasons not very apparent to me.

Tim

[93_Clubman]

Tim, assuming an ADM NA, the Imasen LA10 relay should be under the dash on the driver side. As Bruce mentioned the issue is usually with the light stalk & collar mechanism - from memory Rolley or someone else on here posted a fix for it, but depending on how bad it is, a lot of owners just live with it. Here's some recent posts on the issue:
viewtopic.php?f=55&t=75948&hilit=collar
viewtopic.php?f=55&t=74659
A number of owners just replace the relay with a used one from a wrecker (doesn't need to be an MX5 wrecker) or ebay.

[Purfler]

Thanks very much for the terrific information. I'll investigate further and see where the issue lies. Of course, it all works perfectly today.
Tim