Yes! Yes! RIGHT NOW go order abuot 8 of those 4-way
female bullet junction blocks, and replace every one
you can find. For starters, there are 2 or 3 inside
the very front of the bonnet, and one or two between
the taillights. The metal part inside those
connectors often cracks and loses all spring tension.
Doug
--- Joe Curry <spitlist@cox.net> wrote:
> Paul,
> As a Spitfire owner you are a charter member of a
> very elite group (Scions
> of Lucas) also called SOL. The main problem that
> causes these issues is
> the typr of unprotected connector that is used to
> get the power and ground
> connections to the various circuits. These bullet
> connectors are very
> succeptable to corrosion and loss of contact. If
> you go through the system
> and replace the connectors with modern ones you will
> likely resolve the
> problem instead of putting them off for a while
> longer.
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