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Re: odd b queestions

To: Wyngaarden@aol.com, mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: odd b queestions
From: jtilton@vt.edu (Jay Tilton)
Date: Thu, 04 Apr 1996 07:59:20 +0500
Wyngaarden@aol.com wrote:
>I was so thrilled I had a Lucas problem to solve. I pulled out my schematic
>and found that the only way this could have happened is that the diode for
>the brake light switch on the dash had temporarily shorted and 12v was going
>thru the emerg brake limit switch and to the starter selenoid. (key was in
>the run position) Has anyone ever experienced this?

That's happened to a lot of 77-80 B's.  Really weirds you out when
it happens.  Gad.  Nowhere but within a circle of MG owners
would you mention such a bizarre problem and get the reply, "been
there done that."

Ya know, just for funsies I think I'll put the bad diode back in
and see how badly it would flummox a regular garage.  Watch them
stand around scratching their butts when they can't find a port
for hitching up the diagnostic computer.  Hee hee hee.
--
Jay Tilton  |  jtilton@vt.edu  | Virginia Tech
http://fbox.vt.edu:10021/J/jtilton/index.html


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