If the red/whites were cooked too that means the short was further along the
line i.e. at one of the gauges, unless all the damage is at one end in which
case it was only the heat travelling along the copper *away* from the short
that caused the damage, rather than current flowing through the copper *to*
the short.
----- Original Message -----
From: <proot@attbi.com>
To: "Telewest (PH)" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
Cc: "list MG" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 2:16 PM
Subject: Re: dash lights rheostat redux
> I looked under the dash last night. Doesn't look good.
>
> Probably all the dash light (red/white ?) are cooked.
> I think I'll be taking the dash off. This may be it for
> the car this summer. The other two wires to the switch
> look fine. So I think it's just the red/green and
> red/white. But, of course, I won't know for sure until
> I pull the dash.
>
> And yes, I am the one with the messed up rheostat.
>
> Paul.
>
> --
> Paul Root
> '77B
> proot@attbi.com
> > The headlight switch, foot or so of wiring and one half of the plug
should
> > come as an assembly. But you will also have cooked the wire it connects
to
> > in the main loom, and you haven't found and fixed the problem yet. If
you
> > are the one with the rheostat taped up behind the dash then it probably
has
> > come loose and is grounding.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <proot@attbi.com>
> > To: "list MG" <mgs@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 3:18 PM
> > Subject: dash lights reostat redux
> >
> >
> > > I'd got about 2 miles down the road, almost onto the
> > > highway, just turned on the on-ramp. The dash lights
> > > blinked off, and smoke started billowing from the
> > > steering column. Yow! I pulled to the side, turned
> > > off the switch and shut off the car.
> > >
> > > After a minute or so, the smoke stopped. I tried the
> > > ignition. It was light enough that I could drive home
> > > on the residential streets I was on. But I had nothing.
> > > Not a click. Joy.
> > >
> > > I pulled cover off the steering column, and the red wire
> > > from the headlight switch down to the connector just
> > > the dash was melted completely. I disconnected that and
> > > tried again. The engine started right up. And I got home
> > > without problem.
> > >
> > > So, does that 3 wire bundle from the head light switch
> > > to the connector into the main harness come with the
> > > switch? I don't know if the switch is bad, or what other
> > > wires may have melted, but want info on what I'm looking at.
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