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Good news, bad news - The good news is that it's finally time to get my wife's Spider back on the road. The bad news is, it's been parked outside for nearly 2 years [it's a long and unpleasant story]. Things started off well, a fresh battery and he [my wife affectionately calls 'him' Marcello] fired up at the twist of the key. After a few squeeks and moans, he was rolling through the neighborhood and feeling pretty good. A further shakedown turned up a few minor issues; no headlights, no tail lights, a couple of other small issues. I managed to get the lights issues resolved by pulling the fuses and giving them a little emory board cleaning. But I have one last unresolved problem; the radiator fan relay. At least I think it's the issue. Just before we had to take him off the road, there was a prblem with the fan relay. My wife had call from the side of the road having seen the temp guage rising. We nursed the car home and after some poking around I saw the fan relay looked distinctly 'burnt' around the area of one of the fuse blades. I had to make do in a pinch and after a little dissassembly work I was able to 'repair' the realy, at least to get it functioning and the car roadworthy again. I'm afraid that this time it may be done, I am getting no fan activity at all. I checked the IAP website but I don't see the relay listed for sale at all, anyone have an idea who might carry one? 