Re: Good news -bad news on PA first drive

["Hiro Nishio" <hiro@octagongarage.com>]

Dear Don,

Congratulations - when I visited you some 5 years ago, your PA was still in 
the basket cases. Good job. Don't worry it is quite normal you now have many 
things to fix. Enjoy playing with your new daughter.

Cheers,
Hiro


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <DB35PA@aol.com>
To: <mg-mmm@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 9:53 AM
Subject: Good news -bad news on PA first drive


> Hello all,
>
> Good _news: Drove_ (news: Drove)  PA 1823 approx. 10 blocks under  her own 
> power for the first time in (at least) 30 years.
>
> Bad news: Car refused to go into reverse, drove like a pig all over the
> road, had to grab hand brake to stop... even after adjusting.
>
> Went switch off after drive and PLC switch seemed to go into reverse. 
> Turned
> key off and low rev lamp went on. Turned key back on and low rev went 
> off.
> Reached under the dash and switch was physically hot and meter showed full 
> 20
> amp dead discharge. Quickly pulled battery lead off.
>
> 20 minutes later I went back to garage and all worked as normal.
>
> Any ideas?...  24 hrs. before leaving for MG 2006.
>
> Don B.
>
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