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FW: Unplanned release of BLUE SMOKE (i.e., The day went badly)

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Subject: FW: Unplanned release of BLUE SMOKE (i.e., The day went badly)
From: "Smith, Brian" <brian_s@deq.state.la.us>
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 14:36:33 -0500


If this get posted twice...my apologies in advance

> List,
> 
> I could of just sat in the driveway and cried...  The weather has been
> perfect and I wanted to get my electricals in order to get the Spitfire
> inspected.  While trying to get the connection to the middle fuse to work
> properly the unfused portion of that circuit (ie The Brown Wire) shorted
> against the body.  Instantly, the blue smoke was released.  Now I have a
> Fried Circuit...and the worse part,  this was a NEW WIRING HARNESS
> salvaged from a parts car.  I am sick at my stomach...just needed to
> share.
> 
> PS, anybody got an extra 1972 spitfire IV wiring harness....
> 
> Brian H. Smith
> 1959 TR3
> 1972 Spitfire IV
> 1977 TR7
> Lake Charles, LA
> 

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