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Re: TR6 Electrical Help

To: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Subject: Re: TR6 Electrical Help
From: Rod Randle <randle@concentric.net>
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 19:18:26 -0800
Cc: scott suhring <suhring@lancnews.infi.net>, triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
References: <3515E97B.710B@lancnews.infi.net> <3515CF8A.2F1053B@concentric.net> <3515D1D2.FC0E5E5E@gte.net>
My life is so boring that any excitement is appreciated.  I don't know what the
other drivers think though when I'm on their side of the road!  I know their
horns work.

Rod Randle
'78 Spit

Joe Curry wrote:

> Rod,
> YOu're living in the wrong place to have such a problem.  My suggestion
> is to get it fixed or move out of Seattle!!!!
>
> Joe Curry
>
> Rod Randle wrote:
> >
> > I have a '78 Spit.  Every time I check the wipers they work fine.  Every
> > time it rains they quit after about 15 minutes.  After I let the car dry
> > out a bit and check out the problem the wipers work fine again.  What a
> > pain in the ass!  I have a feeling water is getting into the fuse box and
> > shorting it out although everything else seems to work fine.  Then again
> > when the wipers quit I'm usually so busy trying to see the road and make
> > it home in one piece I don't really look at anything else on the
> > instrument panel.
> >
> > Rod Randle
> > '78 Spit
> >
> > scott suhring wrote:
> >
> > > For those who have tamed the Lucas beast, I have a question.
> > >
> > > I currently have my speedometer out of the dash (had it rebuilt
> > > and will be installing it next weekend with new cable).  I drove
> > > the car back from the garage on Friday after some minor follow-up
> > > work was completed on the frame. It was raining and my wipers
> > > didn't work.  When I got the 6 in the garage I started checking out
> > > why this was. I then noticed that the temp gauge as well as the
> > > fule gauge were not working.
> > >
> > > My question is would these be effected because the speedometer
> > > is not in and thus the voltage stabilizer is not connected. In
> > > reviewing the wiring diagram, the common thread between these
> > > instruments is they all have a green wire connected. The green wire
> > > also runs through the voltage stabilizer.  I know the guages as well
> > > as the wipers worked previously and this is the only explanation
> > > I can come up with without having to run through a complete diagnostic
> > > check of the electricals (which I do not savor).
> > >
> > > Any thoughts would be muc appreciated.
> > >
> > > Scott Suhring
> > > Elizabethtown, PA
> > > '70 TR6
>
> --
> "If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort."
>
>  -- Dave Weinbaum in National Enquirer




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