PHILIPPE TUSLER <TUSLER@mp050.mv.unisys.com> wrote:
>
>Looking to replace our ageing I***u Trooper (the MGs are improving, the
>Trooper is ageing.) we were looking at H***a Odyssey's. All was going
>well, until I lifted the hood. I gave the salesman an attack as I
>exclaimed "Uh oh, this is not good. This is not good at all!"
>Imagine my horror at seeing prominently displayed on the brake booster,
>that dreaded and maligned word: "LUCAS."...
>
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>*Philippe Tusler - Mission Viejo, CA | "MILOU" '57 MGA Roadster *
>* | "TINTIN" '66 MG/MGB-GT *
>*InterNet: Philippe.Tusler@Unisys.Com | N/A '88 ISUZU Trooper*
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Philippe -
Well, as I was replacing the ignition coil (in vain) on Florrie's '92
Cherokee, I looked over at the distributor and saw --- you guessed
it---"LUCAS". The Jeep had an electrical problem - but it wasn't the Lucas
dizzy, nor the coil, but a faulty TDC sensor lead - broken by a careless
shop employee.
LUCAS. Maligned, yes. Dreaded? Not by me. My Nissan PU has constant
electrical problems; my old Peugeot had the same; my Yamaha CD player quit
and can't be fixed because the parts are obsolete; even my Norelco shaver
is intermittent. But the Lucas electrics on the numerous B's I've driven
over the past 15 years have been a model for the proberbial Energizer
Bunny.
I enjoy a Lucas joke as much as the next guy, but 98% of all MG electrical
problems I've seen were created by the DPO.
Allen
Allen H. Bachelder =iii=<
Sinking Creek Home for Wayward MGs
New Castle, VA 24127
USA
540/544-7333
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