German engineering vs British Eng - was German eng poll.

[palace_master@yahoo.com (Chris Jung)]

I had 2 MGB's one '67 and one '72.  One time , the
license plate light burned out and my turn signal
lights  and one or two other things stopped working. 
After changing the license plate light, it all worked
again.  Almost every electrical item on the '72 had
dirty contacts; the turn signal light sockets, the
fuel pump, the fuse box, the headlight switch, the
turn signal switch, the heater fan, and the ignition
switch.  It was a nice looking car and it was fun to
drive, though

Chris J.
'83 Scirocco GT
'82 kawasaki KZ550 (with broken valve spring or
something)
--- Scirocco-Al <scirocco-Al@insight.rr.com> wrote:
> There was a guy I worked with who had an 72 MG.  One
> day it wouldn't start.
> He spent a month going through it and couldn't
> figure out why.  The guy was
> a mechanical engineer and a damn good mechanic too. 
> Finally he called this
> dude who was a MG "expert".  He said "I've seen this
> before, go out and turn
> your hazard lights on and off 50 times and then try
> to start your car.  Call
> me back when your done" .  He figured what the hell
> so he went out and did
> like the guy told him.  SOB the thing starts.
> 
> He calls the guy back and says it runs, whats in
> there that causes the car
> not to run?  The dude says "I don't know, but never
> hit that switch again."
> 
> True Story.
> 
> I much prefer my Scirocco's electricals to something
> like that.
> 
> Alan
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "'Cheapass' Ron Pieper" <rapieper@yahoo.com>
> To: "Brian McGarvey" <brianm@earendel.org>; "Larry"
> <rocco16v@netzero.com>
> Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 6:40 AM
> Subject: Re: German engineering poll
> 
> 
> --- Brian McGarvey <brianm@earendel.org> wrote:
> > Anybody complainin about the VW electrial hasnt
> had the pleasure of
> > working on a BRIT car. with Lucas electronics :-)
> > BTW i complain...
> > brian
> 
> 
> I'm with you, brother.  At least on VW electrical
> systems the drawings
> are superb and you can actually find the faults.  On
> old English cars,
> they're just a plain damned mystery.  And the
> positive ground just made
> it more weird. ('64 and '65 Triumph TR4's)>
> 
> 
> =====
> Cheapass Ron
> '87 Scirocco 16Victor
> Pet Peeve du jour:  It's GTI not GTi!!  Read the
> nameplate!  (US only)
> 
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