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Subject:Re: Yee haw, got my solar setup installed
From:Michael Elliott
Date:Sun, 28 Aug 2005 19:29:28 -0700

On 8/28/2005 7:08 PM Stan Wilder wrote:

>I paid $80.00 for a Bentley manual for my 83 Westy.
>I paid $18.00 for the Hayes manual for my 83 Westy.
>I paid $28.00 for a Bosch Injection for my 83 Westy.
>How the heck will any future owner ever decipher your modifications?.
>I had a simple short in the fuel relay on my 911 Porsche.
>I inquired of the Porsche 911 list and the best advise I had from the
>Porsche list folks was to remove the aftermarket alarm system, remove the
>ghetto blaster amplifier system, remove the FM booster.
>Once I got all the twisted, taped up, over stretched and undocumented wires
>and devices removed I found the fuel delivery (fuel relay) electrical
>problem within 10 minutes using the known wiring of the vehicle in the
>Bentley manual.
>Michael, You're in my prayers. I hope you never have an electrical fire.
>
>

Thank you! As an electrical engineer, I reckon I can at least keep the
fire from spreading.

Besides, all the new wiring is documented, printed out, and neatly
inserted into Mellow Yellow's Bentley. Trust me, it's no harder to
interpret than those wiring diagrams the book has.

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mrjs