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  1. sim

    Sprite Brake Lights

    Last April I pulled the engine and rebuilt it, reinstalled and now brake lights do not work. Installed new ignition switch. Ran a jumper wire across brake switch. Pulled all 3 wires from tail light and put a test light to each one and the test light turns on. The wires at the brake switch are...
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    Re: electrical short wiring damage

    Re: electrical short wiring damage I’m writing to ask if others have had a wiring accident similar to mine and to ask how was the wiring harness evaluated and fixed. My car is a 1960 Mk. I with an original, un-modified engine and wiring. My wiring accident occurred soon after a new Moss...
  3. C

    Oil cap shorts Ignition???

    I was tooling down the freeway last night when Gidget my 58 Sprite started to sputter and cough losing power intermittently . I started to pull to the side of the road and she starting running fine again for a couple of miles so I continued on. After a mile or so the sputtering became bad again...
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