I looked under the dash last night. Doesn't look good.
Probably all the dash light (red/white ?) are cooked.
I think I'll be taking the dash off. This may be it for
the car this summer. The other two wires to the switch
look fine. So I think it's just the red/green and
red/white. But, of course, I won't know for sure until
I pull the dash.
And yes, I am the one with the messed up rheostat.
Paul.
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Paul Root
'77B
proot@attbi.com
> The headlight switch, foot or so of wiring and one half of the plug should
> come as an assembly. But you will also have cooked the wire it connects to
> in the main loom, and you haven't found and fixed the problem yet. If you
> are the one with the rheostat taped up behind the dash then it probably has
> come loose and is grounding.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <proot@attbi.com>
> To: "list MG" <mgs@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 3:18 PM
> Subject: dash lights reostat redux
>
>
> > I'd got about 2 miles down the road, almost onto the
> > highway, just turned on the on-ramp. The dash lights
> > blinked off, and smoke started billowing from the
> > steering column. Yow! I pulled to the side, turned
> > off the switch and shut off the car.
> >
> > After a minute or so, the smoke stopped. I tried the
> > ignition. It was light enough that I could drive home
> > on the residential streets I was on. But I had nothing.
> > Not a click. Joy.
> >
> > I pulled cover off the steering column, and the red wire
> > from the headlight switch down to the connector just
> > the dash was melted completely. I disconnected that and
> > tried again. The engine started right up. And I got home
> > without problem.
> >
> > So, does that 3 wire bundle from the head light switch
> > to the connector into the main harness come with the
> > switch? I don't know if the switch is bad, or what other
> > wires may have melted, but want info on what I'm looking at.
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