XJS Aerial relay

[lilium]

Does anyone know of a replacement relay for the electric aerial relay, the big green one in the boot? I am not a revit counter so just looking for a straight swap with something modern.

[poprivet]

DAC10018 and DAC1820 A couple of solutions,

Search Ebay for those, a couple available in the States.
Search Ebay for Lucas 8DA relay which brings in a few suggestions.
If you don't mind a longer delay from the 12 seconds then it looks like one from a Range Rover *might* be a substitute.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Land-Rover-R ... SwE9lZrqbu



You don't say what the fault is, but I guess the aerial is either constantly up or down?
Stonleigh spares day is coming up soon, that's a good place to hunt down this sort of thing.

[PaulGover]

Do you actually know it's broken? It's a low-tech device and therefore if the aerial doesn't work, it could be the control board inside the aerial - depending on which version you've got fitted. Also, the aerial drive fills with crud washed down the mast past the seals. After a few years, all the beautiful nylon gears and wotsits seize up.

[lilium]

Hi guys, thanks for the help. The aerial goes up fine but won’t go down when turning the radio off. The relay then gets very warm and when I unplug it the aerial goes down as it should.

[PaulGover]

OK, does sound like the relay's sticking. It might be worth taking the cover off (they're usually just bent over slots in the plastic relay base), and giving the contacts a clean. It's possible the contacts have developed a pip and crater, much as the ignition points used to in the days before electronics.
Best way to clean them is to use your significant other's best sapphire-coated nail file. Avoid wet-and-dry and silicon carbide papers as the grit can get into the contacts and damage them. You can use the nail file to slop the bent-over bits of cover back past the base too,

[CliveRothwell]

You have two good answers there from Pop Rivet and Paul.............Both work, I have done both. You might just have to come to terms with the fact that you have a Land Rover part on your car.

[lilium]

Thanks for that, I shall strip it and see what I can do.

[lilium]

Thanks guys, stripped, cleaned and now working