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Re: Got a gound Ground but Heater Cable still energized

To: "MG List" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Got a gound Ground but Heater Cable still energized
From: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 12:41:18 -0700
On my 66 there is a ground strap between the left front motor mount 
bracket (engine side) and the chassis. 

Also, are you sure you have a good connection through your cable? Did you 
scrape the paint down to bare metal where you bolted it to the chassis?

FlynShoot@aol.com had this to say:

>I installed a grounding cable between the chasis and the front of the plate 
>where the tranny attaches to the engine.
>
>I still have a current running through my heater cable. It is through the 
>strands that surround the main cable and is evidenced by sparking when the 
>strands come into contact w/the heater valve.
>
>Any other ideas. I'm pulling my hair out. I have taped off the cable so that 
>I can drive the car, but heat would be nice w/o having to lift the hood and 
>manually moving the selector on the valve.
>
>Thanx.
>
>DC Smith
>


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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the red one with the silver bootlid.


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