my experience with those boxes, 2 tried, 1 worked, 1 did not.
John
On 9/19/2017 12:43 PM, Simon Lachlan wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I don?t suppose you remember the generator saga to do with my nephew?s
> BJ8, the one in Paris.....
>
> Well, we got everything working with a rebuilt genny and a new control
> box. That was time ago and we?ve had no charging issues since.
>
> When he bought the car, it came with a very generous ?box of bits?*
> amongst which were 2 apparently new control boxes. The one in the car
> ?looked? new but it was about as much use as a chocolate teapot. So
> that?s gone in the bin. All that?s left are two Indian control boxes,
> one in the car plus one in its box.
>
> PLUS, one ?NOS? ? they said ? Lucas control box which looks pretty
> dodgy to me. That came off French eBay.
>
> AND, one that I bought off British eBay...NOS. It says ?Made in
> England? but not Lucas. It is VERY similar to the Lucas version. Same
> size, same mountings, same weight even. Still boxed.
>
> Anyhow, is there any way of bench testing these wretched things?
>
> I?m tempted to suggest ditching the spare Indian control box and
> carrying my ?Made in England? version as a spare.
>
> If these things are reliable as the water pumps from India...well,
> it?s just trouble in store???
>
> A bench test anyone??
>
> Thanks,
>
> Simon
>
> *The ?box of bits?.....boxes of front suspension parts, king pins, oil
> cooler.....masses of stuff, all new. Plus a load of various additives
> which had to be thrown away as not accepted by the shipping company.
>
>
>
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