A sheet of paper crossed my desk the other day and as I read it, realization of a basic truth came over me. So simple! So obvious, we couldn’t see it. John Knivien, Chairman of Polamar Repeater Club, an amateur radio group, had discovered how IC circuits work. He says that smoke is the thing that makes IC circuits work because every time that you let the smoke out of an IC circuit, it stops working. He claims to have verified this with thorough testing.

I was flabbergasted! Of course! Smoke makes all things electrical work. Remember the last time smoke escaped from your Lucas voltage regulator? Didn’t it quit working? I sat and smiled like an idiot as more of the truth dawned. It’s the wiring harness that carries the smoke from one device to another in you Mini, MG, or Jaguar. And when the harness springs a leak, it lets the smoke out of everything at once and nothing works. The starter motor requires large quantities of smoke to operate properly and that’s why the wire going to it is so large.

Feeling very smug, I continued to expand my hypothesis. Why are Lucas electrics more likely to leak than, say, Bosch? Hmmm… Aha!!! Lucas is British and all things British leak. British convertible tops leak water, British engines leak oil, British displacer units leak hydrostatic fluid, and I might add British tires leak air and the British Defense Unit leaks secrets so naturally British electrics leak smoke.


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Why do the Brits drink warm beer???

Lucas also makes fridges....

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