<div dir="ltr">One time I had the main ignition - coil wire fail in my BJ8 harness... much smoke was released and I was not able to put the smoke back in the wire. turned off the battery switch, disconnected it, then ran a separate main wire , turned switch back on and drove home...<div><br></div><div>!!</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 6:47 AM Michael Salter via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Tom, it is very unusual for a wire to fail, as I'm sure you know.<div dir="auto">I would suspect the bullet connections on the dip switch cable where it joins the main harness.</div><div dir="auto">They are near the overdrive throttle switch as I recall.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">M</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue., Oct. 26, 2021, 6:13 p.m. Tom Felts via Healeys, <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div>BJ8 had power from the blue HL sw wire to the dip switch--all WAS well. All of a sudden no power thru the hL sw blue wire to the dip sw. HL switch is good. Ran a wire directly from the HL switch to the dip sw-----have power--all works.</div><div><br></div><div>Ohms's reading seems quite a bit higher thru that original wire than a reg wire i used. Guess it is possible that the resistance is so high that it won't allow voltage to pass?? Anyone who has tried to trace that wire will know it is impossible to see the full length since it is encased in wrap.</div><div><br></div><div>I'm down to disconnecting the original wire and running another power wire from the HL sw to the dip sw and moving on. Of course that won't help me determine what caused it but I'll have lights. </div><div><br></div><div>Anyone have any other ideas on cause?</div><div><br></div><div>Anyone know what gauge wire I should use?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks</div><div>tom</div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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