On Dec 23, 2008, at 6:34 PM, Jerome & Elizabeth Moos wrote:
> So I cut away the
> portion of the rear light ground terminal plate that contacted the
> mounting
> bolt, thus eliminating the grounding to the frame. Voila, both
front
> an
> d rear light worked again, this time with the rear bolted to the
> rack. I
> f anyone else encounters this problem, you may want to try this
> solution.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jerry Moos
>
The moral of this tale is, as anybody who ever owned a British car with
Lucas electrics knows, is that almost any electrical problem can be traced back to a grounding problem. Phil Brown Drinking warm beer from my Lucas refrigerator in Berkeley, Calif.