

| Subject: | Re: '71 Westy On Fire! (what went wrong?) |
| From: | Anton J. Elmquist |
| Date: | Thu, 27 Jun 1996 13:23:46 -0400 |
Maher, Steve (SD-MS) wrote: > In older bugs, the unswitched hot wire from the battery, first goes to > the headlight switch, and then to the ignition. I wonder if this is the > case with your bus? You were close! PO ran the ignition switch wire to a key switch on the RH side of the dash, then to the lights, then to a pushbutton on the LH side of the dash. My new suspect in the fire is the key switch on the RH side - if the case of the stereo touched his less-than-perfectly-insulated connection over there, that could have done it - you win the Smokey the Bear prize for unexplained vehicle fire explanation! - anton -- *********************************************************** * Check out the The Bed-Stuy Network! * * http://www.spacelab.net/~anton * * * * And the OYABANDO page - Surf music links and more... * * http://www.spacelab.net/~anton/oyabando * * * * "Guitar lines that taste like grape jelly..." * ***********************************************************
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