Why would someone do this
10-18-2008, 06:52 PM
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Melting Slicks
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Why would someone do this
Two weeks ago while I was tuning my vette, the vehicle dies while idling and there was a plume of white smoke which followed. Here is the picture of the light green wire that was spliced into the pink distributor wire. I have no headlights, lights or any accessories working. The c
ar is dead.
ar is dead.
10-18-2008, 07:02 PM
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Hi O7,
I believe strongly that BUBBA does his best work on things electrical.
Regards,
Alan
I believe strongly that BUBBA does his best work on things electrical.
Regards,
Alan
10-18-2008, 10:34 PM
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Melting Slicks
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Yep it is me. The full story is under the car dies along with everything else thread. I just learned how to post pix on the forum and I mentioned in my previous thread that I will post a pic of this. I just dont fathom why someone would do this. I have not checked for power to any thing yeet as I dont have much time to look at at. Pretty wierd huh?
10-19-2008, 10:33 PM
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Yours is not to reason why Bubba did things. There is no rhyme or reason with Bubba. Looks is not an issue, safety is not an issue, function is not an issue, with Bubba there is no issue that means anything.
10-20-2008, 12:44 AM
#9
Drifting
2 quarters stuck into the radio fuse cost me the behind the dash harness on my 75, I'm not sure what their amp rating is but it's a lot ....
Frank
Frank
10-20-2008, 02:56 PM
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Safety Car
seriously, if you work on British cars, you get used to this kind of thing, not from bubba, but from the factory.
As they say Lucas electric invented the intermittent headlamp
10-20-2008, 04:00 PM
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Melting Slicks
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I found the where the green wire went to the possible cause the short when I took the time to really look at it. The green wire was from the electric choke. I took the vehicle to a repair facility back in Feb 2004 to have the electric choke wired. The technician had spliced wire from the choke into the pink power feed wire to the dizzy. I noticed part of the green wire from the choke was crushed between the dizzy hold down clamp and the intake manifold (my fault for not making sure that the wire was routed around the dizzy hold down clamp) and it shorted out against the manifold burning the insulation off of the green wire. Since the vehicle was running and with the choke wire spliced to the power feed wire being hot would cause the vehicle to stop running. Once I get the vehicle running, I will not use the electric choke. My question is could that technician have run the wire directly to the fuse panel using one of the accessory spaces on the box or some other way?
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10-20-2008, 04:55 PM
#13
Melting Slicks
you may already know this but, without the power wire to the elec. choke, its going to close the choke butterfly and stay closed. the 12+volts slowly opens it ,without it, you will have to loosen the perimeter screws on the choke housing and turn it until the choke butterfly is full open, of course doing this when the car is cold. and that should lock it open. good luck.
10-20-2008, 08:14 PM
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Drifting
10-21-2008, 05:18 AM
#15
Melting Slicks
I found the where the green wire went to the possible cause the short when I took the time to really look at it. The green wire was from the electric choke. I took the vehicle to a repair facility back in Feb 2004 to have the electric choke wired. The technician had spliced wire from the choke into the pink power feed wire to the dizzy. I noticed part of the green wire from the choke was crushed between the dizzy hold down clamp and the intake manifold (my fault for not making sure that the wire was routed around the dizzy hold down clamp) and it shorted out against the manifold burning the insulation off of the green wire. Since the vehicle was running and with the choke wire spliced to the power feed wire being hot would cause the vehicle to stop running. Once I get the vehicle running, I will not use the electric choke. My question is could that technician have run the wire directly to the fuse panel using one of the accessory spaces on the box or some other way?
10-21-2008, 09:12 AM
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Pro
10-21-2008, 11:10 AM
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Safety Car
