Replacing my starter relay

SARAHC1135

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1998 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA
4 CYL
FWD
AUTOMATIC
133,333 MILES

Hello, I have a 98 VW jetta GLS and I am trying to replace my starter relay. Is there a trick to getting it out? Because I can barley see under there and there seems to be another 15 32v fuse connected to the top of the relay. Any words of advise? Thank you

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KHLOW2008

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Our database schematics indicates that no starter relay is used. Why do you want to replace it and where did you get info on the location of the starter relay?

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Monday, July 2nd, 2012 AT 2:50 PM

SARAHC1135

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Well I got it from my Chilton book and I went to napa auto supply and they seemed to know what part I was in need of. I thought it was one of those big fuses up at top under my dash where all the other fuses are.

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Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012 AT 12:36 AM

KHLOW2008

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You must be refering to the Park/Neutral position relay.

It is item # 14 in diagram. It is plugged in and a screw driver would be helpful to pry it out of its socket.

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Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012 AT 1:27 PM

KHLOW2008

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Sorry for the error. I had mistakenly posted the wrong diagram. Here is the correct one.

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Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012 AT 1:40 PM

SARAHC1135

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Awesome thank you I was a bit confused with that first one. But that helps me a lot because I lost all the important pages in my manual and my book has a much smaller picture and doesn't tell you the number of the fuses for the small one's at the bottom and I lost the cover to the fuse box years ago. Thank you Sarah