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RE: Weird electrical short burned throttle cable

To: "Brian Hollands" <bholland@hayes.ds.adp.com>,
Subject: RE: Weird electrical short burned throttle cable
From: Ronnie Day <ronday@home.com>
Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 13:43:08 -0500
>Opps - I meant to say grounded to the Block - Typing faster than my brain
>works

I think that's what causes the over heated linkages and cables. Not 
typing too fast <grin>, but all of that current goes to the block via the 
starter motor and if the proper returns (ground wires) are missing or too 
resistive due to something or other, the current has to go somewhere. It 
follows the path of least resistance back to where it came from. In this 
case, the choke and or throttle cables.

If there's no ground leg in the circuit at all it just won't function at 
all. However, if there's even a minimal ground path, it trys, with often 
unpleasant results.

Ron

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