Lucas

[murray arundell]

Actually before we all get carried away with the "short"comings of the products Joseph Lucas, I can assure you all that as a previous owner of several Italian cars that Joseph's distant cousin, Count Magneti Marelli taught him everything he knows....... Lucas products are like a bright beacon on a dark night in comparison....... Actually most nights are very dark when driving either a Fiat or Alfa... Murray Arundell

On 21/12/2011, at 1:46 AM, mcnarryjr mcnarryjr wrote: > I have been driving vehicles with Lucas equipment since the mid 1960's. In > every case that a wiring problem occurred it was due to high resistance > connections and or poor grounds. The quality of switches etc is on par with > any other manufacture of the same time period and better than some. > Like most things they aren't difficult if you take the time to understand > them. It seems a lot of folks just threw their hands up when it came to + > earth. > General motors built GMC with "+" ground and Chev with "-" in the late 40's > and early 50's. How come we never hear of people bitchin' about the > blankety blank GMC "+" ground? > It seems our beloved cars and Lucas are just plain fun to tease. > By the way the fuel injectors in my Ford Powerstroke are Lucas badged and > they have not been touched for 400,000 kilometers about 10,000 hours > running. That's about 600,000,000 cycles given averaged rpm. Not Bad Lucas! > > John McNarry > TC6338 > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > Murray G. Arundell Managing Director GHS Pty Ltd Glaziers Hardware Supplies Brisbane, Australia Phone: +617 3277 1255 Fax: +617 3875 1256 Email: arundell@ghs.com.au [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]