Are you saying that the power to the cigar lighter (which should be purple,
colours are always useful when talking about electrics) is drifting between
12v and 9.5v? Something badly wrong there. Is your interior light going up
and down as well? It is powered from the same wire. Have you checkd your
voltmeter is OK by putting it on the battery and brown circuits? If they
are OK check the purple side of the bottom fuse. What kind of stereo are
you using, power output wise? If it is a whopper it could be slightly dodgy
connections in the purple circuit that only cause a problem when exposed to
the megawatts of your stereo.
Before you start ripping the clutch hydraulics apart just get the car up on
ramps and measure the travel of the slave piston while someone operates the
pedal. If the slave moves out and then comes back while the pedal is still
down you do indeed have a hydraulic problem. If it is accompanied by fluid
leaking out of the slave it is, well, the slave. If it isn't it is the m/c.
If you are doing the m/c then it is worthwhile doing the slave and replacing
the flex hose at the dame time. No idea if the Midget clutch is as
difficult as the MGB or if this tip works as well on a Midget as it does on
an MGB, but refill the system from the slave nipple using a Gunsons
EeziBleed on very low pressure. Last time I did mine it took just a couple
of minutes and needed no bleeding.
PaulH.
----- Original Message -----
From: Wil Boucher <william@imag.net>
To: MGs <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 10:09 PM
Subject: Follow-UP: Two unrelated issues... 1 electrical, 1 clutch
> Thanks to all who had some suggestions.
>
> Some follow up.
>
> Electrical:
>
> A number of you suggested that maybe I tapped into the stabilized voltage
> that operates the gauges, I am pretty sure that isn't what I did but to be
> 100% sure I took the hot connection from my cigar lighter and attached
that
> to the stereo. Unfortunately, I still experience the same thing
>
>
> Clutch:
> The majority think that with the new clutch, too much strain has been put
on
> the clutch master cylinder, so I am going to overhaul the cylinders this
> weekend (I figure I may as well do both the master and the slave at the
same
> time) I'll let you know if that fixes it...
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Kotting" <ckotting@core.com>
> To: <william@imag.net>; "MGs" <mgs@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 8:51 AM
> Subject: Re: Two unrelated issues... 1 electrical, 1 clutch
>
>
> > Sounds like you may have tapped into the voltage stabilizer lead for
> > some of the gauges. (I know it seems goofy for a "voltage stabilizer"
> > to make the voltage fluctuate, but it's actually more of a "voltage
> > limiter".) Try another +12v lead.
> >
> > Chris K.
> >
> > > First issue is electrical. I have installed a stereo where my old am
> radio
> > > used to be, I used my trusty voltmeter to find a good ground wire and
a
> good
> > > hot wire (12V). Now that the stereo is installed, it starts up
normally,
> but
> > > then quickly (3 seconds) So I stick my voltmeter in there with the
> stereo
> > > and find out that what is happening and see that the voltage starts
out
> at
> > > 12V, diminishes to 9 1/2 (at which point the stereo turns off,) after
> the
> > > stereo has been off for a second or so, it goes back up to 12V, the
> stereo
> > > comes on and the cycle continues... This doesn't seem to be affected
by
> the
> > > RPM of the engine (or in fact if it is running or not...). I have been
> > > having this problem for a few days now, but because me alternator
light
> was
> > > on, I just figured that is what it was, I have now replaced the
> alternator,
> > > no more warning light, but still the same behavior with the voltage
> swing...
> > > Any suggestions?
> >
>
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