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RE: Intermittent electrical problem -- help!

To: gordonbird@flashmail.com, wisem@db.erau.edu, mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: Intermittent electrical problem -- help!
From: "Gordon Rice" <gordonrice@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 09:29:02 -0700
I had the same exact guages go out on me this weekend. Annoyingly they
would come back to life occasionally when I hit bumps in the road. Are
you referring to the 2nd from bottom (of four) in the engine compartment
or a different fuse?

>Mark,
>I just went through a similar situation onthe way to Brit car show in
>Wadsworth, Ohio last weekend.  Same gauges too.  I found the fuse (second
>one from bottom) had just enough corrorsion to prevent contact.  Clean the
>fuse and the little copper spring clips that hold it in.  It's a pretty
>common problem.
>HTH
>
>Safety Fast!
>Gordie Bird
>'62 MGA
>'80 MGB LE
>'86 Audi 4kq
>
> > Some of the dash instruments and switches are not working -- however 
>it's
> > not all of them, and it's not all the time.  The items that do work all
> > the time are: the clock, oil pressure gauge, horn, and speedometer.  The
> > ones that do not work (about half the time) are the temperature 
>indicator,
> > tachometer, fuel gauge, turn signal switch, and windshield wiper switch.
> > Also, the cooling fan does not come on when the instruments aren't
> > working.  I'm sure that there is some common switch or fuse among these
> > intermittent items, but I can't seem to find it.

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