Hi Charlie,
The copper wires must have somethign to do with this, as the TD will
cause radio popping on the MGB radio when the TD is running and parked
close alongside. I suppose that rigging carbon core wires could be done,
though somewhere along the line I was told that resistor plugs or carbon
wires would do the trick, but that one need not do both. Having typed
that, I recall that my S-19 pickup _does_ have both, and its radio and
the CB are always quiet, except when the distributor rotor begins to burn
through--then I hear a popping in the radio and know it's time to replace
cap & rotor.
Both you and Bob Allen mention battery power as working better. Perhaps
some of the noise is from the generator too?
I never hooked up to the old T list, so can't compare to the present
one. If it's quiet, could be that folks are deeply involved in
unanticipated Spring preparations, as I am.
Bob
>Bob and Mark,
>
>I've had a similar problem with my CB in the TD. I converted to
>negative
>ground and installed a "cigarette lighter" socket under the dash to
>plug
>the CB into, later installed something from radio shack that was
>supposed to cut down on static and also put a remote antenna
>magnetically mounted on top of the gas tank and have had no luck with
>using the unit this way. I did install resistor plugs but nothing on
>the
>distributor. Perhaps the type of plug wires(copper wire and not
>resistor
>type) we use are a problem?
>
>When I use the CD with the battery pack there is no problem at all.
>
>BTW, this T-series list is almost too quiet. Maybe a lot of the T
>series
>folks got disgusted as I did with the original MG list and got off of
>it
>and don't yet know about this one.
>
>Charlie
>'52 TD #14552
>York, PA
>
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