Newer member here, already pulled a lot of good intel from here so thank you for that so far.

I'm running into an odd situation... I have the FSM for the 1996 Montero SR, indicating that the starter relay is behind the radio. I've also read plenty of threads/resources confirming that location for the starter relay. My concern is the following:

When I pull the radio unit, I have no clear relays behind there. I have a blue antenna relay (lower left of the cavity behind the radio) and a slightly smaller black module (low center behind the radio).

Can anyone offer any guidance on this? Wiring in this vehicle has clearly been touched (and not to the benefit of subsequent owners) so could there ever conceivably be a plausible relocation area for this relay or something?

Thank you all for your time.

 

Go LIghtly......Hey, I ran into the same problem that you did. I see that you got no responses, so you may want to go to my thread for shop manual pictures and the final reason why neither of us could find that darn Starter Relay.......In summary, Montero's with Auto Trannies do not get the Starter Relay. See my post for the complete reasons and wiring diagrams.