Must be a virus or something going around. I had a dash fire the last
time I drove my Alpine. Jim
steven Kirk wrote:
>I had a similar problem on my series 2. A short behind the dash damaged some
>of my wiring. I had just parked the car in the garage and was fortunate to
>see the smoke coming from the dash before closing the garage door. If I had
>closed the door and not seen the smoke the car might possibly have burned. I
>have since fitted quick release battery terminals and always disconnect one
>from the battery when I am not using the car.
>
>Steve kirk
>1962 series 2
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Ian Spencer <SpenceIC@Healthall.com>
>To: <alpines@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 9:36 AM
>Subject: Where there's smoke, there's fire!!
>
>
>>Well, I managed to fry the wiring harness on my Series IV automatic this
>>
>weekend. Looks like the ignition switch shorted out and as a result melted a
>good portion of the harness. So, I'll be replacing the harness and ignition
>switch sometime soon.
>
>>I was thinking it would make a fun project for the Invasion this June.
>>
>Sort of a tech session, or something like that. Do you guys think that might
>be something that people would find interesting?
>
>>On the bright side... at least the car didn't catch fire and burn to the
>>
>ground.
>
>>Ian
>>
>>Ian Spencer
>>Client Services
>>University Hospital
>>Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati
>>(513) 584-0365
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