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Post Wed Mar 08, 2017 1:28 pm

BackinBlack wrote:Thank you for updating what the issue was. I have been experiencing a similar issue with mine - when I checked my strap i checked: it was there and it was connected at each end. I'll be checking it more thoroughly at the weekend.
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Connect a meter or a 12 volt bulb between a rocker cover nut/stud and a rear bonnet bracket or the earth terminal on the RH suspension turret, and try to crank the engine. If you read any voltage or the bulb lights, then the engine to body earth is the problem.
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Post Wed Mar 08, 2017 1:36 pm

Slightly off topic but still strap related, what's the function of the earth(?) strap that links the bonnet to the bonnet hinge mount? Mine vanished years ago to no ill effect that I can notice.
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Post Wed Mar 08, 2017 1:53 pm

Cloggy Saint wrote:Slightly off topic but still strap related, what's the function of the earth(?) strap that links the bonnet to the bonnet hinge mount? Mine vanished years ago to no ill effect that I can notice.
Radio interference.
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