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RE: Another DPO story

To: "'Ajhsys@aol.com'" <Ajhsys@aol.com>, spridgets@autox.team.net,
Subject: RE: Another DPO story
From: Hans Duinhoven <H.Duinhoven@simac.nl>
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 23:38:43 +0100
Wow,

Appears to end when turning right - the right side of your car ought  to
smoke and when turning left the car's left side should smoke.

Cheers,

Hans

'71 BGT with no DPO electrical alterations

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ajhsys@aol.com [SMTP:Ajhsys@aol.com]
> Sent: Thursday, November 11, 1999 6:09 PM
> To:   spridgets@autox.team.net; mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject:      Another DPO story
> 
> Well, I took a day off yesterday to try to get my turn signals working so
> I 
> can get my Midget inspected.  ('77 Midget 1500)  Here's what I found.
> 
> The circuit for the turn signals is *supposed* to go from the hazard
> switch 
> to the flasher to the turn signal switch on the column.  I had replaced
> the 
> hazard switch because the plastic was broken, and the hazards worked fine.
> 
> So I looked up behind the dash above the glovebox (which I had removed)
> and 
> found the flasher.  Both of them.  The Lucas flasher in it's 
> holder...disconnected, and the NAPA flasher with two wires connected,
> wrapped 
> in electrical tape.  (The tape, presumably, is to keep the smoke in.)
> 
> One wire (lt. green with brown tracer) went toward the driver's side.  I 
> assumed it went to the turn signal switch as indicated in the wiring
> diagram. 
>  The other wire was somewhat suspect.  It was orange, went first to a 30
> amp 
> fuse, then to more electrical tape, and emerged as a black wire that went 
> thru the firewall TO A GROUND!!!!  And it was grounded to a screw on the 
> heater valve control, which is the best place to get corrosion in the
> entire 
> engine bay!
> 
> I can't imagine how they expected the turn signals to work that way, with
> no 
> power source.  Or why they thought it necessary to put a fuse on the
> ground!  
> The black wire was plenty long enough to reach to the flasher.
> 
> I found the green wire with the little black ends that came from the
> hazard 
> switch, and traced it to another small electrical box next to the original
> 
> flasher.  I am not sure what this box is, but I suspect it is the voltage 
> stabilizer for the fuel gauge.  The green wire for the turn signals was on
> 
> it.  I put both wires on a new flasher and the turn signals now work
> properly.
> 
> (Standard DPO disclaimer.  This was not done by the PO from whom I bought
> the 
> car.  Scott is a lister on the MGs list and would never do this sort of 
> thing.  He just didn't get around to fixing it before he sold it.  The DPO
> 
> existed before Scott.)
> 
> For all of you new listers, this is what we endears these cars to our
> hearts. 
>  They have so much character, and they are not without a sense of humour.
> So 
> now I believe everything is in order so I can get the car inspected
> without 
> too much expense.  Maybe next week.
> 
> Allen Hefner
> SCCA Philly Region Rally Steward
> '77 Midget
> '92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport

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