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Did you fuse the headlight wires? If not, you may want to inspect the
harness too
On Wednesday, September 30, 2015, Ross <rvmaylor@shaw.ca> wrote:
> Gents
>
> On a recent outing I noticed smoke emanating from under the dash when the
> headlamps were switched on. My 13 year old son thought we were going up in
> flames and decided to walk home. With the lights off no more smoke or burnt
> plastic smell occurred and I easily beat my son home. I disconnected the
> what was left of the two red wires, no damage to any other wires. The
> switch is the original Lucas unit for a 1958 100-Six. Should I assume that
> it was the switch that failed or should I be looking for something else.
> The harness was replaced during the restoration but the switches were kept.
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Ross Maylor
>
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Ira Erbs
Portland,OR
Typos and errors are due to my IPad making poor choices
In my name
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Did you fuse the headlight wires? If not, you may want to inspect the harne=
ss too<br><br>On Wednesday, September 30, 2015, Ross <<a href=3D"mailto:=
rvmaylor@shaw.ca">rvmaylor@shaw.ca</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"g=
mail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-l=
eft:1ex"><div lang=3D"EN-US" link=3D"#0563C1" vlink=3D"#954F72"><div><p cla=
ss=3D"MsoNormal">Gents<u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">On a recent =
outing I noticed smoke emanating from under the dash when the headlamps wer=
e switched on. My 13 year old son thought we were going up in flames and de=
cided to walk home. With the lights off no more smoke or burnt plastic smel=
l occurred and I easily beat my son home. I disconnected the what was left =
of the two red wires, no damage to any other wires. The switch is the origi=
nal Lucas unit for a 1958 100-Six. Should I assume that it was the switch t=
hat failed or should I be looking for something else. The harness was repla=
ced during the restoration but the switches were kept.<u></u><u></u></p><p =
class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Thanks <=
u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Ross Maylor <u></u><u></u></p></div=
></div></blockquote><br><br>-- <br>Ira Erbs<br>Portland,OR<br>Typos and err=
ors are due to my IPad making poor choices<br>In my name<br>
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