Luke,
I know, I should be used to it by now, but I still spend hours trying to fix
something that ends up working regardless of what I do and it drives me
nuts! Lately I've been using the lists just to vent my frustrations. I'll
try to find some positive things to post about.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Luke Lewis" <lukage@rogers.com>
To: "Spitfire List" <spitfires@autox.team.net>; "Mike Ross"
<mikeross@Prodigy.net>
Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 1:10 PM
Subject: Re: British wiring...an enigma!
> 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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