I don't know whether there's anything wrong with the car (if not, you've
made a great discovery, especially with the tachometer). But there's
something wrong with your girlfriend. She should be doing the maintenance
at your direction, and not driving at her own.
Daryl
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> From: J6879758@emu.bendigo.latrobe.edu.au
> To: spridgets@autox.team.net
> Subject: dumbfounded
> Date: Sunday, September 06, 1998 10:03 PM
>
> On friday last week my cheeky girlfriend decided to take my sprite
> for a spin. She removed the battery from my old valiant and put it in
> the mkII and off she went.
> The next day after starting the car and fiddling with a few things I
> opened the bonnet to discover she had put it in the wrong way i.e
> poles reversed. I was amazed that
> a> it ran
> b>nothing started to smoke,pop,fizz etc
> c>the clock even started to work
> It used to be +ve earthg but when I got it it had been changed (I
> assume) to -ve earth.
> It is electrically stock as far as I know. Still generator etc
> Does anybody know if something has been fried and I just dont know
> yet?
> When I accidentally did the same to my old car (alternator) the
> diodes in th alt. fried.
> thanks all
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