[Healeys] Fw: Lucas Issue

[Earl Kagna]

Steve:

You are absolutely right!  Brain freeze or too much vodka - not sure which.
I'm copying this to the list to avoid misleading others.

I'm still betting on battery posts, though.

Cheers,  -------  Earl

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "BJ8Healeys" <sbyers at ec.rr.com>
To: "Earl Kagna" <kags at shaw.ca>
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 4:19 AM
Subject: RE: [Healeys] Lucas Issue


Hi, Earl -

Since the purpose of the black/white wire is to ground the coil via the
switch, and if the wire happens to be grounded somewhere along its length,
wouldn't it be better to disconnect the wire at the coil?  In that case,
disconnecting at the switch wouldn't remove the ground.

I'm betting his problem is the switch.

Cheers!
Steve Byers
HBJ8L/36666
BJ8 Registry
Havelock, NC  USA



Paul:

In addition to the suggestion from Alan:

Likeliest cause - invisible corrosion on the battery posts / cable
terminals.  The exact same thing happened to me a few weeks ago - and that
was with a previously applied coating of dielectric grease.  Cleaning that
area solved the problem.

The other thing coud be the battery master switch itself - they have been
known to go intermittent internally.

If you suspect the black / white wire as per Alan's suggestion, disconnect
it at the switch in the trunk rather than the coil, in case the problem is
somewhere along it's run in the wiring harness.

But I'd guess the battery posts.  Let us know.

Earl Kagna
Victoria, B.C.
BT7 tri-carb
BJ8