- 1. Acck, Electrical problem, dead short!!!! MGB-GT 1970 (score: 1)
- Author: "John J. Peloquin" <peloquin@cache.ucr.edu>
- Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2002 08:48:10 -0700
- Dear Netters, Near Disaster! My brake lights stopped working recently, then my battery would not hold a charge. I then realized, when I smelled burning electrical insulation, that I had a dead short
- /html/mgs/2002-06/msg00075.html (8,333 bytes)
- 2. RE: Acck, Electrical problem, dead short!!!! MGB-GT 1970 (score: 1)
- Author: "Steve Shoyer" <Steve@shoyer.com>
- Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 22:47:02 -0400
- You can try http://www.mgcars.org.uk/MG_Elec-Tech/, or Paul's site at http://www.mgb-stuff.org.uk/. I've found both to be helpful. --Steve (1980 MGB) .... Could someone suggest a FAQ for electrical t
- /html/mgs/2002-06/msg00090.html (7,870 bytes)
- 3. Re: Acck, Electrical problem, dead short!!!! MGB-GT 1970 (score: 1)
- Author: Marc <smarc@abs.net>
- Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 23:29:29 -0400
- I recently had a similar problem. Had done some electrical work on my mgb (replaced radio). I finished the job, cleaned up, put my tools back in the toolbox in the boot, and prepared for a test drive
- /html/mgs/2002-06/msg00092.html (9,352 bytes)
- 4. Re: Acck, Electrical problem, dead short!!!! MGB-GT 1970 (score: 1)
- Author: "Telewest \(PH\)" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2002 15:38:56 +0100
- A good reason to add an in-line fuse to the fuel pump. A convenient place is where the white in the main loom joins that in the body/boot loom near the junction of the firewall and the RH inner wing.
- /html/mgs/2002-06/msg00096.html (8,814 bytes)
- 5. Re: Acck, Electrical problem, dead short!!!! MGB-GT 1970 (score: 1)
- Author: "Telewest \(PH\)" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2002 15:30:02 +0100
- Almost certainly a brown or a white wire. If switching off the ignition stopped the burning it will be on a white wire. Unfortunately the further away from the solenoid the short is the more wiring i
- /html/mgs/2002-06/msg00097.html (9,964 bytes)
- 6. RE: Acck, Electrical problem, dead short!!!! MGB-GT 1970 (score: 1)
- Author: "Lew Palmer" <lpalmer@roundaboutmanor.com>
- Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2002 17:48:39 -0500
- Another, easier way to test circuits without the danger of burning anything up is to use a battery charger which is protected by an internal circuit breaker rather than the battery. The current will
- /html/mgs/2002-06/msg00125.html (8,459 bytes)
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