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Re: Amp guage

To: Leigh Ellen Johnson <L.Johnson@mailbox.gu.edu.au>
Subject: Re: Amp guage
From: Frank Clarici <spritenut@Exit109.com>
Date: Mon, 09 Aug 1999 20:26:01 -0400
Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net
Organization: Positive Earth Drivers Club
References: <3.0.1.32.19990809184045.006d5170@kraken.itc.gu.edu.au>
Reply-to: Frank Clarici <spritenut@Exit109.com>
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Leigh Ellen Johnson wrote:
> 
> Thanks to all the helpful folk with suggestions about my running
> difficulties.  Ok, I've found a cause for my Sprite running rough that I
> don't understand.  Why does disconnecting the wire running from the
> alternator to the amp guage in the dash cause the engine to run better?
> When I reconnect it, you can here the engine run down and start coughing.
> TIA
> Cheers
> Leigh Ellen
> 62 MkII Sprite

I saw this on a TR6.
The inside of the amp gauge was all corroded, this also made him think
his alternator was going bad too.
For a sure test, just hook up the 2 wires together and bypass the amp
gauge, if it's all fixed, it's time to disassemble and clean the amp
gauge.
-- 
Frank Clarici
Toms River, NJ
Bugeye Sprite
67 Sprite
59 A40
http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut/

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