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Re: Help ! 4runner electrical
"TOM" <tomjc@catz.org> wrote in message news:ABAqg.852$Gv.485@fed1read09...[color=blue]
> Keyser Soze wrote:
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>> "Coyoteboy" <coyoteboyuk@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1152037496.178618.192930@l70g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
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>>>roger61611@yahoo.com wrote:
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>>>>[I used to drive old Fords (Fairlane and Mustang) and the solenoids
>>>>were right on the fender well, you could replace one in no time. Which
>>>>helped since the electricals on old Fords rivaled those of the British
>>>>manufacturers.]
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>>>Ford - fix or repair daily.
>>>
>>>Not sure i know of any GB cars that have electrical problems, except
>>>maybe the early new-model rangerovers or TVRs?
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>> I used to have a MGB. Probably the biggest POS I EVER owned. I spent more
>> time under the hood than in the drivers seat. It had a Lucas electrical
>> system. When I finally had to bring it into the shop, the mechanic would
>> say "Oh yeah, Lucas-- the price of darkness".
>>
>> Alas, I knew Lucas all too well having had the headlights go out on me
>> twice at 55 mph.
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>> I do own an 89 4 by 4 sr5 pickup. It had all the symptoms that the
>> original poster stated. It WAS a bad battery. Once replaced and equipped
>> with new terminals all was well.[/color]
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> Nope, no known GB cars with electrical problems... :>))
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> [url]http://www.gomog.com/articles/lucas.html[/url]
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> [url]http://www.gt40s.com/forum/showthread.php?t=18294[/url]
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> Tom - Vista, CA[/color]
Thanks for the link Tom. I had a good laugh. Believe me I wasn't laughing
over 30 years ago at the "Prince of Darkness." or at the British Leyland
Group.
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