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["Bill Mounteer" <bill@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mitch,

It's really important to make sure the gold box is well grounded to the
firewall and that the engine is well grounded to the body (firewall). Most
electrical problems with Scouts can be traced to rust and poor grounds.

Cheers
Bill

78 Traveler with terminal rust :(


> Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 19:49:08 -0600
> From: "Mitch and Jena Carl" <mjcarl@domain.elided>
> Subject: [ihc] gold box questions
>
> hi all, after some intermittent problems w/ my scout ('77, 345) suddenly
> dying and then being fine, i replaced the gold box.  after replacing the
> gold box (napa #tp85) the truck starts, but runs really  rough and won't
> stay running at idle.  does replacing the box effect the timing?  is there
> something else that needs to be checked after replacing it?  i took the
box
> back and received a new one to eliminate that, and it does the same thing.
> thanks.
>
> mitch