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Re: Electrical Faults - '77 Spitfire 1500

To: "Michael Hargreave Mawson" <OC@46thFoot.com>, <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Electrical Faults - '77 Spitfire 1500
From: "Scott A. Roberts" <herald1200@home.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2001 13:02:02 -0400
Michael-
With the Herald, the ground wires all come to a common point- which on my
car is the clamp nut on the steering column which holds the wire cover in
place over the turn signal and headlight control wires, where they run down
the column. They were black in colour.

Hope it helps :)

Scott


----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Hargreave Mawson" <OC@46thFoot.com>
To: <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2001 11:06 AM
Subject: Re: Electrical Faults - '77 Spitfire 1500


>
> In article <000e01c0bfb1$b1f03540$36cc0818@adubn1.nj.home.com>, Scott A.
> Roberts <herald1200@home.com> writes
> >Michael-
> >Take a look at the back of my dashboard since I've added a real fuse
panel
> >in the back of the glovebox- I reran the wiring in its entirety! It is on
my
> >website-
> >http://www.homestead.com/herald1200/
> >about halfway down the page.
>
> Wow!   I don't think I'm quite ready for the "design your own wiring
> harness" approach. :-)   I tightened the contacts in the matchbox - I'm
> sorry, fusebox - this morning, and although it hasn't cured the problem,
> it certainly seems to have made a noticeable improvement.   I couldn't
> identify the ground cable under the dash, but discovered that I am not
> alone - the Haynes Manual doesn't mention any ground cables at all...
>
> ATB
> Mike
> --
> Michael Hargreave Mawson, author of "Eyewitness in the Crimea,"
> published by Greenhill Books on 28th March, 2001:
> http://www.greenhillbooks.com/booksheets/eyewitness_in_the_crimea.html

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