[DML] Re: wrong terminal ends

[ROBLAMROCK@xxxx]

In a message dated 03/04/2000 6:03:38 AM GMT Standard Time, ragill@xxxx 
writes:

> Here is a strange find. The courtesy light in the engine compartment has
> never worked on my Delorean. Thinking it was just a bad bulb I never gave 
it
> much thought . I went to change the bulb, removed the lens cover and found
> the wires had never been connected to the light socket but also found the
> wires have the wrong terminals on them. I am sure this is a factory mistake
> and not the work of a former owner. My Grandfather was the original owner
> and I have been the mechanic on this vehicle since it was new. I've deiced
> to leave the wires the way I found them , I think it adds to the 
strangeness
> of the car in general. Has anyone else noticed this factory glitch. 

Some years ago I had a fire in my engine compartment, fortunately a local 
taxi driver stopped and allowed me to use his fire extinguisher.
I suspect that the coutesy light in the engine compartment was on all the 
time (faulty switch/metal tag on cover not hitting switch right), and the 
plastic lens cover melted and dropped down on to my hot muffler and then 
ignited. From there the flames hit the wiring loom, the rubber belts, the 
plastic A/C tubing etc - there's a heck of a lot of combustible material when 
a fire gets going.
Now I've disconnected the courtesy light switch to be safe and only use it 
when required.

Robert