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Re: Car Stereo - Ugh!

To: Brad Fornal <toyman@htcomp.net>
Subject: Re: Car Stereo - Ugh!
From: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 10:48:39 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: Spridgets list <spridgets@autox.team.net>
In-reply-to: <37EFA6F7.90929F9F@htcomp.net>
Reply-to: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
Sender: owner-spridgets@autox.team.net
On Mon, 27 Sep 1999, Brad Fornal wrote:

> ULIX!!! good to see you back    Brad

Thank you, thank you.
I'm around but currently I can't do much more than scan through the list
emails and read what looks interesting.  I hope to have more time for
involvement soon :-)

Ulix


> 
> Ulix Goettsch wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, 25 Sep 1999, Charles D. Sorkin wrote:
> >
> > > Dear List:
> > >
> > > How's this for a problem...
> > >
> > > I installed a 5.75 inch Kenwood Radio/Tape player in the '74 Midget,
> > > reassembled the center console turuned it on, and it worked!  Now for the
> > > odd part (perhaps some Lucas demon or a gremlin has posessed the car).
> > >
> > > When I started driving around, the first time I used the turn signal, the
> > > radio started blinking as well.  When the green arrow flashes, the radio
> > > goes off and on in exact sync.
> >
> > Charles,
> > this kind of stuff usually happens when a bad ground is involved.  I
> > haven't quite figured out what happens, but you can see it on some old
> > clunkers driving around.  They'll have a kind of dim tail light and when
> > they set the turn signal, every time the signal goes on, the tail light
> > goes off.  I fixed problems like this by cleaning the grounds of the
> > taillights.  Maybe you have a similar problem.
> >
> >     Ulix                                       __/__,__      ___/__|__
> > ..............................................(_o____o_)....<_O_____O_/...
> > http://students.washington.edu/~ulix/         '67 Sprite     '74 X1/9
> 
> 

    Ulix                                       __/__,__      ___/__|__
..............................................(_o____o_)....<_O_____O_/...
http://students.washington.edu/~ulix/         '67 Sprite     '74 X1/9


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