Diana and Jackie Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 This explains why Lucas electrical parts found in many older military vehicles have a mind of their own:- http://www.mez.co.uk/lucas.html Diana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatchFuzee Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 Are you speaking from personal experience? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diana and Jackie Posted October 23, 2015 Author Share Posted October 23, 2015 Thats top secret :-) Are you speaking from personal experience? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 I am watching an American car programme on the TV and flicking on to here when the adverts come on, when I flicked back to TV after reading this post the first thing that came on was a Cadillac with burnt out wiring:rofl: Glass houses and stones come to mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diana and Jackie Posted October 23, 2015 Author Share Posted October 23, 2015 Its a well known fact that if you fit a Lucas part to an inferior product (such as the wiring in an American Car) then there will be copious amounts of smoke. This is because American Cars are used to traveling on the wrong (right) side of the road resulting in the electricity being confused over which direction it should go. The solution is simple. Don't fit superior Lucas parts to inferior American products. QUOTE=Degsy;454060]I am watching an American car programme on the TV and flicking on to here when the adverts come on, when I flicked back to TV after reading this post the first thing that came on was a Cadillac with burnt out wiring:rofl: Glass houses and stones come to mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 No you really all have the wrong idea about dear old Lucas. He was trying to help! After all you can't see electricty, so his system allows you to trace the fault by visible menas if you don't have a volt meter. Land Rovers solution was to mark the switches in Braille. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diana and Jackie Posted October 24, 2015 Author Share Posted October 24, 2015 I agree on that - a very quick method, built in at that, of finding out where your faults are. At least Joseph Lucas had a sense of humor. It can be very confusing to the newcomer who can see the smoke, but doesn't know where to look next or how to get it back into the wiring. No you really all have the wrong idea about dear old Lucas. He was trying to help! After all you can't see electricty, so his system allows you to trace the fault by visible menas if you don't have a volt meter. Land Rovers solution was to mark the switches in Braille. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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