Karl,
The infamous Prince is very busy in your car.
Looks like a bas contact in the lines.
Clean all suspect contacts, replace all black receptacles wherein the bullet
connectors fit and check for loose or poorly soldered bullet connectors.
Remember when working in the dash you move wires which might have been
working correctly but now become loose.
I may end up in a long electrical story - see my previous mail.
Perhaps it's time to consider a thorough restore of the wiring loom.
Good luck!
Cheers,
Hans
'71 MGBGT
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Karl Shultz [SMTP:karl.shultz@ibm.net]
> Sent: Sunday, January 24, 1999 17:27
> To: mgs
> Subject: rheostat freaking out...any ideas?
>
> All,
>
> Well I finally managed to fix the "wiring loom of death" and get all the
> gauges right. Found one burnt out bulb for the fuel gauge light...when
> I went to Autozone and the guy asked "what kind of car is it for," and I
> told him an MG, he said, "who makes it?" Arrgh.
>
> In any event...now that I have all the gauges in place and working, and
> the insides of the back of the round ones painted chrome (hoping to
> brighten things up a bit), the bulbs are substantially dimmer than
> before, which I don't get. Playing with the rheostat makes the bulbs
> flicker, and it used to work just fine.
>
> Any ideas on what could be up? Again, rheostat used to be just fine,
> and the bulbs used to burn a lot brighter than this. I'm a little
> disappointed that now that everything's back together, a problem chooses
> now to show up.
>
> Of course...a rheostat on an MG's gauge lights has to be an answer to a
> question nobody asked.
>
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