Chris
Wonderful... I loved it! <BG> Probably dead on too. You're right about one
thing though, it does only appear on the left hand steer illustration. UK
version doesn't have it.
BTW, I have a slate wire with a purple tracer that has an in-line fuse at
the fuse block (mine is a '75)
Gerard
At 4:59 PM -0400 4/4/00, Chris Kotting wrote:
>Conversation on BL assembly line, circa 1977:
>
>Wot th'ell are >these<, then?
>
>Wot?
>
>These funny litl can thins wot got the 6 prongs out the bot'm?
>
>Bloody 'Ell, I dunno! I'll tel you wot, tho! We'll put 'em on these
>Midgets wot are 'eaded for the States! Grab a bun'le of scrap wire,
>stick it on 'ere, doll it up wi' some loom tape, an' i' loks like
>i'b'longs 'ere.
>
>But wot's it DO?
>
>No'a bluudy thing, 'cept drive some poor Yank right 'roun th bend 20
>years from now!
>
><grin>
>
>Chris Kotting
>ckotting@iwaynet.net
>
>
>Ajhsys@aol.com wrote:
>>
>> Like I said, it may be some kind of solenoid or relay for the wiper motor?
>> You have one, and it isn't connected either? Does anybody have a 1500
>>Midget
>> in concours condition? Are there any concours judges out there who may know
>> what the hel..heck it is?
>>
>> Maybe it's like your appendix. Not really necessary for proper operation of
>> the car. A vestigial item left over from the Austin Healey ancestors!
>>
>> Allen Hefner
>> SCCA Philly Region Rally Steward
>> '77 Midget
>> '92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport
>>
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>> In a message dated 4/4/00 3:24:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>> wmgilroy@lucent.com writes:
>>
>> << I have the same thing as Allen but there does not seem to be a place
>> in the loom that would connect to anything in the area.
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > I don't have any more info at this time. I was investigating what this
>> > could be by examining the wiring illustrations in the Midget 1500 Bentley
>> > manual. It clearly shows this and it's location in the wire loom but
>>I too
>> > am unable to find it in the wiring diagrams. So far I can't find any
>>other
>> > references to it in the book will will looks some more when I have time.
>> > Maybe Perter C. knows...
>> >
>> > I will check for the brown/white wire too, but typically brown is related
>> > to power supply (plus on a negative ground car).
>> > >>
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