>bad earth
I doubt it ... the car was on concrete and asphalt during the whole thing.
The bad earth is in the backyard where the dog reigns. Of course you may
have a point, though ... perhaps I have an as-fault (asphault)?
Robert D.
-----Original Message-----
From: Angela Hervey-Tennyson & Peter Westcott <toobmany@bigpond.com>
To: Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: April 18, 1999 6:27 AM
Subject: Re: An easy one ... ?
>Two words...
>
>bad earth
>
>PW
>
>----------
>From: Robert Duquette <RobertDuquette@Sympatico.ca>
>To: Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>Subject: An easy one ... ?
>Date: Sunday, 18 April 1999 8:48
>
>Hey!
>
>This should be an easy one for you guys! Signal light behaviour: part way
>on my journey to the grocery store, my signal light indicator light (on the
>dash), flashed once and then stopped. Looking back, I could see that the
>rear signal light was flashing fast. I assumed that the front signal would
>not be working, as I had seen behaviour like this with other cars when a
>light was burned out. I was wrong! Both lights flash fast on the one side
>and normal on the other side. (The right, is of course, right.) The dash
>indicator did not burn out, as it will flash once every time I set the
>signal switch. I could have sworn that I heard a noise (small 'doing')
>when
>it first happened?? (This could be a red herring, as I am not sure, but
>something made me look.)
>
>Guesses?
>
>Another bit of information, probably related, but I'm not sure. I had
>taken
>the front signal light fixtures out this spring to clean them up and I
>turned one of them upside down (or right side up) so that the flashing
>light
>would be on the outside on each side. These lights had been tested before
>recently. And I had tested them yesterday and verified that they worked.
>Now for the really bad memory part. Now the clear light flashes on that
>side and I could have sworn that the amber light did before?!? I did not
>change any wiring. It would have had to for the safety check. But I can't
>say for certain what I saw yesterday ... only that it seemed normal. I'm
>scaring myself.
>
>
>I know I'm going to embarass myself on this one. (Oh! I did already?)
>
>Robert Duquette
>Ottawa ON Canada
>http://www3.sympatico.ca/robertduquette
>RobertDuquette@Sympatico.ca
>'65 RHD BRG Sprite
>
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