Oh come now! You have that many LBC's and this surprises you? When I
picked up my newest Spit my buddy (An MGB/Land Rover guy) and I fired it up,
cleaned out the carb and tried out all the lights and switches to make sure
they worked... Almost nothing did, then slowly things just started working,
and after about ten minutes of not actually DOING anything I had a fully
functional lighting/signal system and musical horns too! (They play a song,
but I don't regognise it, and I'm taking them off anyway)
Luke
'71 Spit "Fireball"
'74 Spit "Baby No-Name"
etc
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Ross" <mikeross@Prodigy.net>
To: <spitfires@autox.team.net>; "spitfire-enthusiast"
<spitfire-enthusiast@yahoogroups.com>; <spit6cgt6@yahoogroups.com>;
<nass@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2002 6:40 PM
Subject: British wiring...an enigma!
> I got my GT6+ engine and gearbox installed and running after rebuild.
However
> my windshield wipers and an electric fan in front of the radiator which is
> wired to the rear window defroster switch were not working. I pulled the
dash
> and checked all the wiring and switches for continuity, checked fuses,
checked
> motors to the fan and wipers....all were OK. I noted that my wiring loom
> appears to be that of a GT6 Mk3, but some of the switches are from a GT6+.
I
> also noticed that a couple of wire colors didn't match either the Mk3 or
the
> GT6+. These didn't appear to be add on wires either; instead of being
white
> and black they were white and green. I couldn't find anything wrong.
Finally
> I decided to give up after about an hour. Just before leaving I turned on
the
> wiper switch and THE WIPERS WORKED! So did the electric radiator fan! I
> guess the only thing it could have been was a loose connection. I swear
> though, everything looks just as it did. I didn't see any corrosion or
loose
> wires. I had retried the switches several times during the search for a
> cause. Truely an ENIGMA!
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