I've had enough of the British Roadster experience. I had a student in a TR6 at a January track day. To make the car track legal he had an extension hoop on the rollbar which prevented the top from being up. The weather was nasty cold in the 20's. We were lapping top down and no heater. I asked why we couldn't have the heater on and he pointed to a big black X of electrical tape over a switch on the dash. He explained if he turned the heater on it would blow the fuse for the fuel pump and at this time he only had 1 spare fuse left and needed to be able to drive the 4 hours home that night.
Sir Lucas at his best! Larry Alster 91 Miata White Knight 92 Miata Silver Bullet 92 Miata Honey B 04 MSM MX-5 Whooosh 06 WRX STi Subie From: Eric McCord [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 4:00 PM To: Larry Alster Cc: derf; Bill Cardell; Miata Power List Subject: RE: 94 Dies, What's up? These electrical problems must be Easter eggs planted to give us the full British Roadster experience. On Jun 7, 2011 2:35 PM, "Larry Alster" <[email protected]> wrote: > The difference is you have a 17 year old Japanese car giving you some > issues. If it was a British car it would have done it by 17 days. And the > problem your having would be manifest by the wires losing all the smoke > running through them. > > > > > Larry Alster > > 91 Miata White Knight > 92 Miata Silver Bullet > 92 Miata Honey B > 04 MSM MX-5 Whooosh > 06 WRX STi Subie > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of derf > Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 2:13 PM > To: Bill Cardell > Cc: Miata Power List > Subject: Re: 94 Dies, What's up? > > I did that, wiggle, disconnect, reroute, reconnect. The tach twitch > seems to lessen as it warms up. > Any idea where the black wire from the coil goes to ground? Could the > loss of coil ground caused my engine fuse to blow? > This Japanese car is seeming more British all the time. > > > On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 1:09 PM, Bill Cardell <[email protected]> wrote: >> Do a wiggle test on the wires going from the body to the CAS, coil, etc. >> This harness gets flexed every time you shift or get on/off the >> throttle. Wiggle things while the car is idling, if the tacho jumps >> around or car dies, slice that harness open and start looking. >> >> >> Bill Cardell >> TurboDog's Dad > _______________________________________________ > Miatapower mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower > > _______________________________________________ > Miatapower mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower
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