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Re: Electrical short question

To: "Taylor, Todd S" <todd.s.taylor@lmco.com>, mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Electrical short question
From: Hans Duinhoven <h.duinhoven@planet.nl>
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 18:52:19 +0200
What can be is that one of the wires feeding to the suspect consumers got
lose and is making a short circuit to ground.
Second possibility - from the point where it still is working and you
losened the fault green wire, try to trace the wire to then end.
It might havew happened, that one of the bullet connectors halfway the
wiring loom got lose and has made a short to the car body.

Hope this helps you to fight the Lucas gremlins.
Good hunting!

Cheers,

Hans

'71 BGT

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Taylor, Todd S" <todd.s.taylor@lmco.com>
To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 4:15 PM
Subject: Electrical short question


> I was driving my 1980 MGB the other day when I blew a fuse...  it's the
> second one up from the bottom,
> It runs the directionals , parking light , rear brake lights , rear
> backup lights,  gauges, wipers etc...
>
> I've tracked it down to something in the parking lights, rear brake
> lights and rear backup lights..
> The rest of the circuit works.  I took one of the green wires off that
> blows the fuse,  the other one is fine
> On the fuse box.....
>
> Anybody gone threw this before???  Any ideas on what you think it might
> be???  Thanks ...
>
> Is this a Lucas moment, never had any trouble before with wiring in this
> car....

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