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Subject:Re: Eric Caron is on the road!
From:OlRivrRat
Date:Mon, 24 Jun 2013 11:35:40 -0600

David

        Good probably of that being correct ~ someone should find out what
Erics manual actually states & make him aware of what is correct.

                                                                                        ORR ~ DeanB

On 24 Jun , 2013, at 10:32 AM, David Beierl wrote:

> At 12:05 PM 6/24/2013, OlRivrRat wrote:
>> "STOP AT ONCE if the oil pressure warning light comes on while
>> driving. (Brake warning light also comes on due to design of
>> electrical system. In case of brake failure, only the brake warning
>> light will come on.)
>
> That would seem to be a leftover in the manual from the air-cooled
> design, where the brake warning light was tied to the oil pressure
> light as a bulb check.  In the waterboxers they tied it to the
> engine starting circuit instead.
>
> My '89 manual *still* gives totally wrong spec for taillight bulbs,
> unchanged from the '84 manual.
>
> Yrs,
> d