[Mgs] 67 BGT steering wheel play

Charley & Peggy Robinson ccrobins at ktc.com
Thu Aug 30 11:02:04 MDT 2012


I have a '69 MGB, with a stalk switch and the ground is at the horns.  
Guess I should have said, "On my '69................"  Agree that the 
wiring diagrams may contain a few errors. :-)

CR

CR
On 8/30/2012 2:49 AM, PaulHunt73 wrote:
> Not even most negative grounds.  The earth wasn't at the horns and 12v 
> from the switch until the 77 year (although some schematics don't even 
> show it that way then).  Until then the earth always came from the 
> switch, picked up from the column shaft for the wheel centre button 
> except for the 1970 year when it was wired to the column stalk switch.
>
> PaulH.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>> Not if you have positive ground.  Think older MGs
>>
>> On 8/29/2012 5:55 PM, Charley & Peggy Robinson wrote:
>>> Errr, the ground is supposed to be on the other side of the horns, 
>>> not in the column.  IOW,  current flows from ground, through the 
>>> horns, through the switch on the steering column and to the 
>>> battery.   Note:  I don't want to hear any arguments about which 
>>> direction current flows!
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