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The only things needing to be grounded on the dash panel are the map lamp
and the turn signal indicator lamp. The only switch to be grounded is the
wiper switch which has a black harness wire for grounding. Each
instrument should also have a black wire for grounding (mostly for the
illumination lamps). The only electrical instrument is teh fuel
gauge with power in, signal wire to tank, and grounding through the
mounting stud with a black wire.<br><br>
The dash panel does need to grounded somehow to make the two noted lamps
work. That ground might be through the dash mounting screws and
brackets, or it might be through the instrument mounting brackets in turn
to the black wires. If those two lamps do not light up, you may
need to remove a bit of paint somewhere. If anything else on the
dash doesn't work (like the heater blower or wipers for instance), it's
not a paint problem.<br><br>
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At 06:21 PM 7/25/2018 -0700, Max Heim via Mgs wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">I had time to do a few checks
with a test lamp.<br><br>
With key on I confirmed I have power to the white leads at the fuse box.
I removed the radio blanking plate and was able to test some switches. I
have power to the back of the heater fan switch, for instance, but it
doesn’t come on.<br><br>
Are these switches grounded through the dash frame? If they are, I think
I know the problem — the powder coat is acting as insulation. TThe whole
thing is probably isolated.<br><br>
I was wearing good clothes so didn’t check the fuel pump<br>
--<br>
Max Heim<br>
'66 MGB</blockquote><br><br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">On Jul 24, 2018, at 12:26 AM,
PaulHunt73
<<a href="mailto:paulhunt73@virginmedia.com">
paulhunt73@virginmedia.com</a>> wrote:<br><br>
Ohmmeter is no good, it needs to be voltage when the things are turned
on. If you have a bad connection then by its very nature it will be
variable, and what might look good enough with the microscopic current
passed by an ohmmeter can suddenly get much bigger when you pass
real-world current through it. Paradoxically the reverse can also
be true, when testing a switch that hasn't been used for a long time for
example, it can go high-resistance over time, lead you to think it is
faulty, but will work normally when full voltage is applied which can
burn through oxidisation.<br><br>
Points oxidising is a case in point, although in that case they can get
beyond being 'self-cleaning' when voltage is applied, and need attention.
I've had a new SU pump and in the box was a slip of paper saying to clean
the contacts before returning it as faulty. I've got them going
again simply by bridging the points with the tip of a screwdriver, which
energises the solenoid and opens the points, then when they are released
they wipe together which starts the cleaning process. A couple of
seconds gently prodding with a screwdriver may be all that is
needed.<br><br>
You also need to check the earth to the pump is good, by looking for 12v
on the pump body when the ignition is on. If you see any voltage
there - when you have 12v on the spade connection - then the earth is
bad, it should be zero.<br><br>
As long as the two ignition whites at the tach are connected together the
engine should run. These should have male and female bullet
connections on later versions (a continuous loop of white wound round an
external pick-up on earlier), the 12v fed to the tach should be a spade
and is not needed for the engine to run.<br><br>
PaulH.</blockquote></blockquote><br><br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">----- Original Message -----
<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Thanks, that was the direction I
started looking at. I checked continuity using an ohmmeter between the
4-way and the fuse box, and between it and the ignition switch (pin #2
IIRC).<br><br>
I also found 12V at the fuel pump feed. So that is a little baffling.
Fuel pump is from car A and was formerly working. Maybe the points stuck
in the 2 years it has been out of
service.</blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></body>
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