Ajhsys@aol.com wrote:
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> In a message dated 2/20/00 10:43:37 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> paul.hunt1@virgin.net writes:
>
> << f you pull it out to the 'normal' maximum and peer under the dash
> from the LHS with a torch you can see the arc and check whether it
> has the extra segment with cut-out. Watch out for any non-standard
> wiring that may be in that area, and that goes for the usual two
> open positions as well. >>
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> For any listers and lurkers out there who are young, naive, and new to
> the ways of the British, a torch is called a flashlight in the USA.
Not being one who can let a chance to "bash a Septic" go by...
What you meant to say was "young, naive, and new to the ways of the
NON-NORTH AMERICAN". Remember, for most of these terms it is the US
versus the rest of the world. Yes, we call it a TORCH in Australia,
too.
Now the part I was worried about was "you can see the arc" because there
have been a number of times when I have fiddled around under the
dashboard and I have "seen the arc"... it is usually when a "hot" wire
comes off a switch and makes contact with a metal part of the dash or
body.
Pretty blue colours and not so pretty smoke! Where's my fire
extinguisher?
Eric
'68MGB MkII
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