Re: C-GT elect. problem solved

[Huw Powell <human@nh.ultranet.com>]

> Grounds, GROUNDS, _GROUNDS!!!_.  Loose connectors, bad contacts,
> corrosion, and bad/intermittent grounds probably account for 60% of the
> electrical problems on these cars.

I was going to chime in and say 90% but...

> Another 20% is probably due to shoddy wiring "repair" done by someone
> in a hurry --- beware of strange electrical tape and odd  butt-splice
> connectors.

You got me there!  for some reason people alway fix electrical problems
the cheapest, quickest, usually sloppiest wya possible and then drive on
like it's as good as new.  This also goes for a lot of stereo and alarm
installations.

> like headlight switches that carry the full current of the circuit

to say nothing of parking light circuits that carry the full current of
four high beam filaments on "flash to pass" - beware coupe/4k type
owners!  Your switch socket and switch are melting as we speak....

just my thirty or fourty cents...

-- 
Huw Powell

http://www.thebook.com/human-speakers

82 (+/-) Audi Coupe