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Re: electrical questions

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Subject: Re: electrical questions
From: "Neil McAllister" <neil.mcallister@fvrl.bc.ca>
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 16:49:45 -800
>The more I investigate the wiring in my car the more I realize how 
>screwed up it is.  There are cut off wires in several places that 
>seamingly aren't important.  Some of those probably were original to my 
>O/D which was replaced with a regular 3 rail by a PO.
>
>Anyway as some of you may have read I realeased some demonic Lucus smoke 
>yesterday.  As Joe Curry suspected I "think" this particular wire has 
>something to do with my buzzer.  I didn't even know I had a buzzer.  
>Maybe its with my missing key switch light.  What would a buzzer look 
>like and where should it be?  Maybe mine just doesn't work.
>
>My new problem is that my flashers (which used to work) now don't.  The 
>turn signals work but the flasher doesn't.  Could this have something to 
>do with my fried green on black wire?  The two systems shouldn't be 
>connected.   Also I'm still trying to figure out what a certain part 
>is/does.  Here's its description:  a single black wire comes out of the 
>back of the key switch and goes to a small cylinder  about .5" in 
>diameter and 3" long.  It has a mounting bracket that would suggest it 
>should be attatched to one of the steering column brackets.  This was 
>involved in the smoke incident.
>
>thanks
>
>Ryan Smith
>72 Emerald Green Spitfire (NOW with brakes!)
>
Neil R. McAllister
Acting Adult Services Librarian
Fraser Valley Regional Library
Chilliwack Public Library
45860 1st Avenue
Chilliwack, B.C., Canada
Telephone: (604) 792-1941
E-mail: neil.mcallister@fvrl.bc.ca

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