The stabilizer is located on the back of the speedo for Spitfires and
GT6s.
Michael
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DANMAS@aol.com [SMTP:DANMAS@aol.com]
> Sent: Monday, November 23, 1998 9:58 AM
> To: shmitty99@hotmail.com; spitfires@Autox.Team.Net
> Subject: Re: voltage stabilizer?
>
> In a message dated 98-11-21 14:18:45 EST, shmitty99@hotmail.com
> writes:
>
> > Hi fellow listers. Today's problem is that my two electrical gauges
>
> > stopped working this morning. I'm going to go out on a limb and
> say
> > that the two problems are related. I know there is a voltage
> stabilizer
> > somewhere, could this be the problem?
>
> Ryan,
>
> Do your windshield wipers and your turn signals work? If so, it's
> probably a
> bad stabilizer; if not, then you either have a blown fuse or a bad
> connection
> in the green wire to the stabilizer and the other loads.
>
> I'm not sure where the stabilizer is located on a Spit, but you can
> find it by
> tracing the light green/green wires form the instruments - they will
> lead you
> to the stabilizer. Check for voltage on the green wire at the
> stabilizer (the
> green wires will only have voltage when the key is on). If you have
> voltage
> here, the stabilizer is bad; if not, look for a problem in the green
> wire
> circuit. Somewhere between the fuse and the stabilizer, you will find
> a break
> or a bad connection.
>
> Dan Masters,
> Alcoa, TN
>
> '71 TR6---------3000mile/year driver, fully restored
> '71 TR6---------undergoing full restoration and Ford 5.0 V8 insertion
> - see:
> http://www.sky.net/~boballen/mg/Masters/index.html
> '74 MGBGT---3000mile/year driver, original condition - slated for a V8
> soon
> '68 MGBGT---organ donor for the '74
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