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RE: TR6 Electricals

Subject: RE: TR6 Electricals
From: Gernot Vonhoegen <gernot.vonhoegen@stir.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 14:34:00 +0100
Cc: TR List <triumphs@autox.team.net>

nice one, just shows it pays to rtfm ;-))
> ----------
> From:         Peter C.[SMTP:nosimport@mailbag.com]
> Sent:         Friday, May 07, 1999 4:38 PM
> To:   Gernot Vonhoegen; TR: Gernot Vonhoegen; 'Dave Massey'
> Cc:   TR List
> Subject:      RE: TR6 Electricals
> 
> I remember a story, probably an "urban legend" in retrospect, about a man
> whose Triumph (or MG, or ?) wouldn't start. Called a cab to get to his
> office from where he then called a shop to have the car towed in and
> repaired. Shop received the car, found no problem. Man had cab deliver him
> to the shop (now closed) and car won't start. Furious at having to use the
> cab the next day, and having to lug around his brief case full of work
> (hint) , he demands the shop fix his car. Arguments ensued with the shop
> claiming nothing was wrong. The issue was settled when the "gentleman"
> picked up his car on Saturday and it ran fine...... no briefcase on the
> passenger seat. 
> Peter C 
> ---
> At 10:14 AM 5/7/99 , Gernot Vonhoegen wrote:
> >
> >Bet that thing annoyed the s@@@ out of everyone!
> >
> 
> >> 
> >> Gernot,
> >> 
> >> That little box is the seatbelt interlock.  When working properly it
> >> prevents the starter from working if you are sitting in the seat but 
> >> do not have the seatbelt buckled.  Another fine safety feature 
> >> provided courtesy of the safety nazi party here in the US.  Most 
> >> folks unplug the seat sensor and forget about it.
> >> 
> >> This was mandated by the american government for model 
> >> year 1974.  It was so well received that it was dropped the 
> >> very next year.
> >> 
> >> Dave
> >> 
> 
> Peter C.
> MGC-GT  , 100-4, '31 MM8 Cammy, Innocenti S(spoken for),
> '52 Champ, '60 L-R 109 SW, 3 '64-73 L-R 88's
> nosimport@mailbag.com
> 

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