There is a converter for positive ground cars that has a cigarette lighter
style plug to allow those devices to be used in a Britmobile. I have one in
my +4 which is in the garage so I can't find the name of the company. Found
the ad in Hemmings a few years ago...antique radio repairs etc. Maybe in
Fla? Anyhow I wanted to use a radar detector and needed that gizmo. It works
OK, except there is too much vibration for the radar detector to stay stuck
to the windscreen. Maybe this business about glycerin on the suction cups
may help me there. But Morgans being "stealthy" due to all that wood, means
I am invisible to police radar. Right? C'mon..help me out here, guys.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Blair, John" <JBlair@scn.spawar.navy.mil>
To: "'Manfred Brown'" <m-brown@dircon.co.uk>; "'Steve Gilbert'"
<sgilbert@wpusd.k12.ca.us>; <morgans@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 7:15 AM
Subject: RE: Clairification of ignition warning light question!
> That is the easy solution, but has a hidden parel. If any part of the
> radio/cell phone, antenna, etc, comes in contact with ANY metal part of
the
> car, you have a short and possibly a fire.
>
> I know this from experience. I want'ed to put my ham radio in the Morgan
> for
> a trip I was to take. So I did exactly that, I connected the wires for
the
> 2 trouble light pins on the dash to a connector that would apply power
> appropriately to the radio. I was using a strap on antenna with a plastic
> base on the rear deck. I rounded a corner and the radio moved and hit the
> horizontal stringer the forms the front lip for the seat, all of a sudden,
> there was a ton of smoke!!! I tried pulling the wires from the sockets as
> I watched the insulation burn on the wire. Managed to get the wire out of
> the socket, get a slight burn, and luckily NOT loose the wiring harness!!
>
> John
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Manfred Brown [mailto:m-brown@dircon.co.uk]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2000 1:23 AM
> To: 'Steve Gilbert'; morgans@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: Clairification of ignition warning light question!
>
>
> I've not been following this so excuse what may be a stupid question: why
> not just reverse the connections on the cigar lighter, if that is what you
> connect your phone charger to? Mine is mounted in the wooden dashboard so
> would be easy to reverse.
>
> Just a thought
>
> Manfred
> 1987 +8
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-morgans@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-morgans@autox.team.net]
> On
> Behalf Of Steve Gilbert
> Sent: 3 April 2000 22:38
> To: morgans@autox.team.net
> Subject: Clairification of ignition warning light question!
>
> Dear Morgan Folks,
>
> Thanks for all the replys to my FOOLISH move to change a perfectly
> fine Morgan from positive ground (as Mr. Lucas intended) to negative
> ground (so I could hook up a cell phone charger)!!!
>
> Perhaps I did not explain well. I'll try again.
>
> 1. I did have (new) generator polerized to be negaive ground(this was
> done by shop that rebuilt generator.
> 2. I reversed wires on ammeter. The guage now shows a positive
> movement when engine is reved... and less charge when at idle(looks
> normal to me!)
> 3. HOWEVER... the "ignition warning light" is working backwards. At
> idle it is dim or goes out. At higher rpm's light is on BRIGHT!!!
> Backwards from normal.
>
> Question #1. How can I fix the ignition warning light problem.
> Question #2 What about wires to coil... Info from one source says
> to reverse these. Fred's bedside reader says NO. Leave alone.
>
> Thanks again
>
> Steve Gilbert
> 67 4/4
> Negatively Grounded in Auburn, CA
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