I kept having intermittent ignition light glowing and depleted the battery
on a couple of occasions. I check my alternator belt and it seemed to be
tight enough. Then a fellow lister mentioned to check to see if the sides
of the V-belt were glazed (they were). He said that if the sides of the
belt are worn down and the sides are glazed the belt is probably bottoming
out in the pulleys and slipping at speed. A new belt cured my woes.
Bill Mills
'74 'BGT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bud Krueger" <bkrueger@ici.net>
To: "Greg Bass" <gregbass@atlantadental.com>
Cc: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 12:26 PM
Subject: Re: Ignition Light
> Greg,
>
> The "...only seems to come on while giving the accelerator gas..."
sounds
> an awful lot like a slipping fan belt. I'd start there if I were you.
>
>
> Greg Bass wrote:
>
> > The ignition light on my 78 B has started to "flicker" while driving. It
> > started Friday and only seems to come on while giving the accelerator
gas
> > and never seems to be fully lite. At idle it is not on at all. I don't
think
> > the engine is missing, but I am somewhat hard of hearing so it might be
> > doing something I just don't hear.
> > Could it be a faulty wire/connection? ( OK, I hear ya out there
screaming
> > incredulously... "Never on a Lucas System!" :-) Anyone have any ideas or
a
> > good place to start to look for the cause?
> >
> > Greg Bass
> > '78 B - a 3 times a week driver-
>
> --
> Bud Krueger
> http://home.ici.net/~bkrueger/
> 52TD
> 77MGB
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