Thanks to all who had some suggestions.
Some follow up.
Electrical:
A number of you suggested that maybe I tapped into the stabilized voltage
that operates the gauges, I am pretty sure that isn't what I did but to be
100% sure I took the hot connection from my cigar lighter and attached that
to the stereo. Unfortunately, I still experience the same thing
Clutch:
The majority think that with the new clutch, too much strain has been put on
the clutch master cylinder, so I am going to overhaul the cylinders this
weekend (I figure I may as well do both the master and the slave at the same
time) I'll let you know if that fixes it...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Kotting" <ckotting@core.com>
To: <william@imag.net>; "MGs" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 8:51 AM
Subject: Re: Two unrelated issues... 1 electrical, 1 clutch
> Sounds like you may have tapped into the voltage stabilizer lead for
> some of the gauges. (I know it seems goofy for a "voltage stabilizer"
> to make the voltage fluctuate, but it's actually more of a "voltage
> limiter".) Try another +12v lead.
>
> Chris K.
>
> > First issue is electrical. I have installed a stereo where my old am
radio
> > used to be, I used my trusty voltmeter to find a good ground wire and a
good
> > hot wire (12V). Now that the stereo is installed, it starts up normally,
but
> > then quickly (3 seconds) So I stick my voltmeter in there with the
stereo
> > and find out that what is happening and see that the voltage starts out
at
> > 12V, diminishes to 9 1/2 (at which point the stereo turns off,) after
the
> > stereo has been off for a second or so, it goes back up to 12V, the
stereo
> > comes on and the cycle continues... This doesn't seem to be affected by
the
> > RPM of the engine (or in fact if it is running or not...). I have been
> > having this problem for a few days now, but because me alternator light
was
> > on, I just figured that is what it was, I have now replaced the
alternator,
> > no more warning light, but still the same behavior with the voltage
swing...
> > Any suggestions?
>
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