You wrote:
>
>
>Firstly, thanks to people who responded a few weeks ago to my
>Alpine electrics problem. I believe I've isolated the problem
>but before I attempt to fix it I'm looking for confirmation of
>my investigations.
>
>The car is a 1962 Series II Sunbeam Alpine. The problem I am
>having is a consistent blown fuse.
>
>>From information supplied by members of this list and a
>wiring diagram I belive the following to be true: there are
>two fuses, one switched and one permanent. The permanent is wired
>to the cigar lighter. The switched fuse is wired to
>(a) the instruments,
>(b) the indicators,
>(c) the stop light and RH horn,
>(d) the LH horn.
>
>In order to find out which of the above was causing the problem
>I connected each in turn individually and replaced the fuse as
>necessary. I found that (a) (b) and (d) of the above worked fine
>and didn't blow a fuse. (c) however when connected caused the fuse
>to blow. I then tried (c) connected but with the connection to the
>RH horn removed - the fuse still blew. I then tried (c) connected
>to the fuse holder but the connection to the stop switch removed.
>In this case the fuse didn't blow, neither did it blow with the
>stop switch bypassed and the wires joined together (the stop lamps
>worked fine).
>
>I assume from all of the above that the problem is caused by
>the stop switch - I tried cleaning it and the connections but
>this made no difference. As anyone experienced anything similar
>and is it possible to remove the stop switch without losing
>brake fluid?
>
Your deductions seem to make sense although I have never heard of a
brake switch shorting to ground but ????
If you remove the switch, you will lose some fluid, but it will not
come gushing out, so be quick.
By the way, you seem to have gone through a few fuses; if you had
replaced the fuse with a lamp, the lamp would have illuminated
indicating that, had a fuse been there, it would have blown. (Just a
comment)
Keep us posted
John Series IV
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