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Re: voltage stabilizer?

To: DANMAS@aol.com
Subject: Re: voltage stabilizer?
From: Bob Norway <examiner@scci.net>
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 14:59:53 -0500
Voltage stabilizer on a Spit is located on the back of the speedometer....

Cheers
Bob

DANMAS@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 98-11-21 14:18:45 EST, shmitty99@hotmail.com writes:
>
> > Hi fellow listers.  Today's problem is that my two electrical gauges
> >  stopped working this morning.  I'm going to go out on a limb and say
> >  that the two problems are related.  I know there is a voltage stabilizer
> >  somewhere, could this be the problem?
>
> Ryan,
>
> Do your windshield wipers and your turn signals work? If so, it's probably a
> bad stabilizer; if not, then you either have a blown fuse or a bad connection
> in the green wire to the stabilizer and the other loads.
>
> I'm not sure where the stabilizer is located on a Spit, but you can find it by
> tracing the light green/green wires form the instruments - they will lead you
> to the stabilizer. Check for voltage on the green wire at the stabilizer (the
> green wires will only have voltage when the key is on). If you have voltage
> here, the stabilizer is bad; if not, look for a problem in the green wire
> circuit. Somewhere between the fuse and the stabilizer, you will find a break
> or a bad connection.
>
> Dan Masters,
> Alcoa, TN
>
> '71 TR6---------3000mile/year driver, fully restored
> '71 TR6---------undergoing full restoration and Ford 5.0 V8 insertion - see:
>                     http://www.sky.net/~boballen/mg/Masters/index.html
> '74 MGBGT---3000mile/year driver, original condition - slated for a V8 soon
> '68 MGBGT---organ donor for the '74

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Bob Norway
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