RE: [doc] Re: Gaydon open time (MXI 4811......DASH FIRE nearly!!!!!)

["Richard" <dickyh11@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Alan

Purple/Blue & Purple/White - in the driver footwell?
They're the wires for the buzzer box door switch. The washwipe
intermittent unit sits very close to it... perhaps a misconnected or
shorted connection...

It shouldn't be necessary to remove the whole dash. Removal of the
instrument binnacle gives good access to that area.

I doubt it's very serious, just a bit scary seeing all that smoke!

Rich H
DOC 365 VIN 1274




> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan Hammond [mailto:vin569@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 18 June 2004 7:13 PM
> To: doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [doc] Re: Gaydon open time (MXI 4811......DASH FIRE
> nearly!!!!!)
> 
> Well, not really, James I nearly had a heart attack last night :o(
> 
> I went to the car last night with the battery that I took of it (all
> charged up!). and connected it all up, after that I thought that I
would
> just check the lights and make sure that they all work ok.
> 
> Checked all lights apart from the rear fog (for that to work you need
the
> ignition on!). so I put the ignition on, didn`t get a chance to look
if
> the fog light worked, as the wipers came on and I couldn`t turn them
off!!
> I also heard a funny noise coming from under the dash, next thing I
know
> theres smoke coming out of the pipes each side of the dash!!!!!, OH
S**T I
> thought!!.  first thing was to disconnect the battery and then grab my
> FLAME BEATER fire extinguisher, by that time the smoke had stopped!
(fire
> extinguisher still not used!!!), but I sat in the thing for 3/4 of an
hour
> to make sure that it didn`t start up and burn my pride and joy!!.
> 
> looking under the dash I could see where my problem was, two wires
> (pirple/blue and  purple white) were totally burnt with no covering on
> them at all!, must be a short somewhere under the dash (I will remove
the
> whole dash next, is this a hard job James, I know you`ve done it to
your
> car to get it re-covered)..
> 
> so MXI 4811 (or smokey as it`s now known) will be unable to come along
to
> Gaydon.... I would love to bring it up but theres always something
happen
> to my car!!!...
> 
> I will hopefully see ya at Gaydon on Sunday James, once I can trust
smokey
> I will come over to some shows.
> 
> but for now smokeys grounded!!!!.
> 
> all the best
> 
> Alan hammond and Smokey!
> 
> jamesrguk <James_rg@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Alan,
> 
> Your car now ready for gaydon then?
> 
> 
> James
> 
> 
> --- In doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Alan Hammond <vin569@xxxx> wrote:
> > Hi all, just wondered what time Gaydon opens on sunday....
> >
> > See Ya all there
> >
> > all the best
> >
> > Alan and mxi4811
> >
> >
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