Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jerry, We are both partially correct. The prominent Lucas label and part number seen when the hood is raised is on the vacuum booster assembly of the power brake system, not electrical at all. Most of the electrical components are buried so deeply that it is impossible to determine their origin. The alternator appears to be by Bosch. The Delco battery, installed "new" by the local Caddie dealer when the car came off lease program, was my main source of frustration. After recharging the battery a number of times when the car had been unused for a couple of weeks, and blaming the problem on the On-Star system and other things that stay powered on full-time, I dumped the Delco battery and installed a high quality replacement from AutoZone. The problem went away permanently. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Lehrer" <glehrer@san.rr.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 10:39 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG AstonMartin > Jim, > > Strange, but all the Opel/Cateras that I have seen had Delco electrics. > > Y'know the best British car that I ever owned, an AC Bristol with a D-3 > engine, had a Delco distributor. Flawless > > Jerry > > > Jim Nichols wrote: >> Jerry, >> >> Lucas isn't dead, just hiding in other places. I drive a 2000 Cadillac >> Catera which is a rebadged Opel, and it has a lot of Lucas electrical >> components as well as a peppy 3-liter British V-6 of 200 hp. I just wish >> the steering was as good as the rack and pinion setup of the wife's old >> Volvo 740 wagon. >> >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Lehrer" <glehrer@san.rr.com> >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> >> Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 7:29 PM >> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG AstonMartin >> >> >>> Chris, >>> >>> Are you OOYFM? Remember they all had Lucas Electrical systems! >>> >>> Jerry >>> >>> >>> Chris Saganich wrote: >>>> If I were ever to own a car again, I'd like it to be one of those. >>>> Chris >>>> >>>> A >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >