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Re: [Healeys] Nearly Smokeless

To: robertduquette@sympatico.ca
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Nearly Smokeless
From: Alan Seigrist <healey.nut@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:18:01 +0800
Robert -

Electrical connections on any Healey can be prone to microscopic films of
corrosion on terminals, connectors, screws and wires.  It sounds to me that
you simply have a few problems with how stuff is connected.  I would check
the following:

1) All lights in the front of the car and your wiper use a common ground.
 If that wire is not grounded properly, that could be your problem.  I don't
remember where that circuit is grounded on the car, but you can put a jumper
at any of the lights where it is convenient and it will flow through the
rest of the circuit.

2) If the brake lights aren't working, that suggests the 5-way connector
(located somewhere under the fusebox/OD throttle relay) probably needs to be
taken apart and put back together.  This is pretty easily done.

3) The Brown wire that goes from the control box/voltage relay (B terminal?)
to the fuse box may not be connecting properly.  unconnect and reconnect the
terminals to see if that helps.

Generally speaking if you disconnect and reconnect all terminals /
unscrew/rescrew all connections in the various circuits, you should be able
to get it all working again.  This really doesn't take much time and even a
complete novice can do this.   You'll find after you've done this once or
twice, and you drive your car regularly, you won't have any further
problems.

Alan

On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 9:10 AM, <robertduquette@sympatico.ca> wrote:

> Someone let most of the smoke out of my Subaru and my Healey.
>
>
>
> For those who like the story ( others skip to the next paragraph )
>
> just the facts:
>
> My headlights/taillights fail to work after having used them the night
> before.
> Following that drive, I reattached the gearbox tunnel.  I'm challenged in
> the
> electrical dept.  Fuses appear to be good.  I followed the wires from one
> headlight back to the fuse box, with no apparent smoke release holes.  Same
> for under dash.  As I write this, I realise that I didn't check tail light
> wires behind the gearbox.  I'll also confess that I haven't consulted the
> schematic ... yet.  I did crawl under the car to see if somehow I might
> have
> compromised a wire with the screws.  I don't think that that's a
> possibility,
> ... except 'possibly', the wire(s) from the gearbox that goes up behind
> that
> panel fore of the tunnel.
>
>
>
> Where do I start?
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