Bradbone(at)aol.com wrote:
>
> Fellow Beamers
> What component of the Alpine electrical system causes the whole system to
> shut down when the system is stressed? For example my 67 Alpine (with a Ford
> 2.8 liter v-6) is storred for the winter. It's cold out, but lights and
> everything look and work fine. I mistakenly try to start it with the lights
> on and the starter strains and then shuts off everything electrical. No
> lights no nuthin. If I wait for 30 min or so everything works again! This
> has happened several times whenever the electrical system is stressed. I
> have charged the battery cleaned terminals and cleaned ground contacts till
> the cows come home. It seems that there is something in the system that is
> improperly acting like a circuit breaker that resets itself after 30 min.
> Any suggestions?
> Brad Watters
> 67 Alpine with Ford V-6
> 96 F-250 crew cab turbo diesel
> 88 Merkur Scorpio (Love those V-6s)
Do you have a fusible link somewhere? It may have been installed to
protect against some chronic electric short.
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