I dont have a helms or any books for the prelude, so I don't know exactly where the main relay on our cars is. I just dropped in the motor 2 days ago after the car sitting for a year and now my relay goes bad, what are the chances of that? so anyways can someone let me know where it is? thanks and I'm thinking its somewhere along the steering column like other hondas but not sure

 

it's close to there - kind of on the left side of the footwell under the dash. if you get under there and look up you'll see it. i think it's a little grey box.

 

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yeah thats it, i still need to replace mine...its been kicked quite a few times from me being pissed when my car wont start...

 

Yeap i had problems with mine a week ago or so, its actually bolted up in there, i just yanked it out then drill screwed the new one in, little grey box, 7pin plug in it.... mostly yellow/black wires

 

thanks, Now I just have to go find another one to put in

 

where are you guys buying the new relays from?

 

im gettin mine from the Honda dealership, cause i know someone who works parts so i get the hook-ups

 

they're easy to fix. it's a matter of resoldering 4 contacts. They were manufactured defective in that they develop dry solder joints (solder joint cracks and pin doesn't make contact with the board. especially a problem during hot weather when the joints expand)

Saves you $50. Do a search for the write-up.

 

there's this guy on ebay. search under main relay. he re-solder the joints. I believe he sell it for $28.

 

thanks, but I resoldered my own for $0, thanks for the info guys

 

hey no prob. did you find the write-up on h-t for the resoldering fix? i can't remember if it was on this board or another...

 

someone said to resolder the joints, i guess there might be some specific joints, but i said to hell with it and did them all All you have to do is remove the plastic cover and get yourself a nice soldering iron and redo them and now it works fine so far