Hi Mr. T: Best I can tell from comparing my MK2 with my Daimler,
electrically they are the same. The only differences I can detect is in the wiring
harness up under the bonnet–
the dist. and coil are at the back of the engine, the oil and temp. senders
are in different places, as is the generator. Inside the car, the rear
interior light is different from MK2, but I think that is about it.
When the wires inside the dash of my Daimler shorted out, the car caught
on fire, so you are lucky that all you experienced is general elct. failure.
But, the different fuse size will not be keeping your fuel pump from working.
You most likely have either a burned through wire or a corroded connection.
My wires shorted out inside the dash, just above the shifter and below
the wooden dash cap. (mine is a left hand drive car). After I took things
apart, discovered that either the metal choke cable (or maybe a heater cable, do
not recall which) had been rubbing against one of the large unfused cables from
the generator into the instrument panel. While there were no flames, there
was a lot of smoke from smouldering cloth insulation on the wires and the jute
material up inside the dash. I had lent the car to a friend to drive his
sister’s wedding. He first tried to put the fire out by disconnecting the
battery- continued smoking. Next, he used a dry chemical fire extinguisher. This
did not stop the smouldering either. He next used a garden hose. Of couse,
this put out the smouldering, but the combination of chemical and water is BAD
NEWS. It is very caustic, and the wet chemical destroyed any bare metal it
touched. I had to replace all switches, instruments, and other elect.
components. As I got the chemical off pretty quickly, it did not do any damage to
painted surfaces, or to my leather or wood. While not all wiring was ruined, I
went ahead and put in a new main wiring harness. A lot of work, but well worth
the effort, as it all looks very nice, but everything on the car now works–
which is not the case prior to the short circuit, what with bad connectors,
frayed wires, etc. As I could not get a Daimler harness in the US, particularly
one for a lhd car, I went ahead and used a lhd MK2 harness. Only changes was
as noted above- I modified the harness for the location of the coil and
distributor. The other unique locations took some planning, but no major changes.
All is well now, and insurance paid for all the damaged parts, so all in
all, other than my time in doing the work, my car is much better in the long
run. Do caution everyone, though, not to use a dry chemical extinguisher
around your cars. Get either a CO2 extinguisher or whatever they use to replace
the Halon extinguishers. Once the dry chemical in a home or office type of
extinguisher gets wet around bare metal, the metal is history.
Regards, Bob McAnelly
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