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[gingerjon]

Afternoon All,

 

After a small accident involving a hot exhaust manifold and a small yellow plastic block.....i am in need of a new starter relay.

 

I have called Lotus who are out of Stock and AutoVaux seem to take advantage of these little cars and put their prices up!! Having searched the many threads on here i have the part number so pretty sure they are all checking the right thing.

 

Anyone have a spare and would like sell to the needy?

 

Thanks

 

GJ

[FLD]

You can use a regular relay but it won't have the start inhibit function.

[ElizP987]

are these the yellow or grey ones in the boot?

[-Dab-of-Oppo-]

Just be ready to remove your finger from the button sharpish the second the car starts to avoid a screech.

[mbes2]

Middle - 36 RELAY,STARTER,6 CONTACTS (META A116M0032) (YELLOW) 

A116M0032 - Start Inhibit Module

Part No. 9197914

 

Think when i ordered from Lotus was only £16

Edited by mbes2, 25 February 2015 - 01:00 PM.

[FLD]

are these the yellow or grey ones in the boot?

 

It's the yellow one.

 

ETA:

Edited by FLD, 25 February 2015 - 01:01 PM.

[gingerjon]

Thansk Guys, yep the yellow one.

 

£25 from Lotus now....no stock @ Lotus and not any of the order list.

 

Vauxhall and Auto Vaux want nealry £50!!

 

Thanks for the info, will try on the other relays too, if anyone has a yellow one come up, please let me know!!

 

GJ

[Zoobeef]

Try some scrap yards. Motorhog in doncaster usually have some vx220s in, not sure if they will post. Or ElizP on here

[ElizP987]

I have a couple, does nobody look on ebay these days, thats where I list my parts.....

 

http://www.ebay.co.u...?#ht_1548wt_941

 

I thought about posting parts up on the forum but people like to see pictures?

[gingerjon]

Liz, I've had a nightmare

 

I consider myself preeeeetty good on eBay, but i was searching for the part number. Schoolboy error!!

 

Thanks for posting in here.....I have just purchased it.

 

Crafty Plates is even on my list of recommeneded sellers as i view it so much......not really an excuse.

 

GJ

[ElizP987]

lol, tbh I should post more on the forum but figured if its on ebay people alway look?

Both have their pros and cons

I will get it posted asap, as I will need to collect it from our lock-up

 

Plus in your defence I think I've got one digit of the parts number wrong

[FLD]

I've stopped looking on ebay.  I got tired of sifting through all the listings for short aerials, valve caps, new brake discs, seat covers, and other random crap.

[CocoPops]

I've stopped looking on ebay.  I got tired of sifting through all the listings for short aerials, valve caps, new brake discs, seat covers, and other random crap.

This.

[Zoobeef]

In 2008 when i got my first i remember looking on ebay for VX220, Iirc that would pull up between 100 and 150 results. Try it now and i think its over 10k (cant access ebay at work).

[ElizP987]

So you would rather look in the parts for sale section on here or stick a wanted post up?

[FLD]

So you would rather look in the parts for sale section on here

This!

Plus it saves the ebay tax!

[techieboy]

I've stopped looking on ebay.  I got tired of sifting through all the listings for short aerials, valve caps, new brake discs, seat covers, and other random crap.

This.

My ebay saved search. I could still do with another 200 characters to exclude more extraneous sh*t. vx220 -("aerial", "pedal", "LED", "chrome", "BOV", "poster", "xenon", "dump", "knob", "handbrake upgrade", "silver wiper", "flamer", "turbo challenge", "blue tint", "brake hose", "locking", "magazine", "covers", "brochure", "redstuff", "greenstuff", "discs", "mintex", "manta", "caps", "decal")

[Zoobeef]

 

 

I've stopped looking on ebay.  I got tired of sifting through all the listings for short aerials, valve caps, new brake discs, seat covers, and other random crap.

This.

 

My ebay saved search. I could still do with another 200 characters to exclude more extraneous sh*t. vx220 -("aerial", "pedal", "LED", "chrome", "BOV", "poster", "xenon", "dump", "knob", "handbrake upgrade", "silver wiper", "flamer", "turbo challenge", "blue tint", "brake hose", "locking", "magazine", "covers", "brochure", "redstuff", "greenstuff", "discs", "mintex", "manta", "caps", "decal")

 

 

I just get VX220 so have hundreds of bulbs and rear seat covers every day

[smiley]

I use an rss reader with specific search filtering on the bay.

Just create a new entry for every specific thing I look for, and the thing pounds the ebay database every 10 min until I remove it.

 

Very efficient.

 

[gingerjon]

Its so irritating!

 

I also remember when we were lucky to have 200 items linked to the Plastic car!!

 

Now i get offered Snow Chains galore!!!

 

Thanks Liz.

 

GJ