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>Had a friend who long ago had a Datsun 240Z. He had a problem
>where his choke cable would heat up and then melt. Turned out
>he was missing a ground strap, and everything in the cockpit was
>grounding through that cable. That was an interesting one.
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When my ground strap got loose on my 71BGT (two times no less!), my
accelerator cable seized up. Apparently, the cable became the ground,
heated up, and started to melt the inner plastic sheath.
So I now check to be sure the ground wire is tightened when I'm checking
under the hood.
David
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