Description:
Have you inadvertantly let the smoke out of the wires on your classic Lucas wired car? This, then, is the solution to your problem!
Here is presented for your perusal one Lucas Replacement Wiring Harness Smoke kit, P/N 530433, along with the very rare Churchill Tool 18G548BS adapter tube and metering valve. These kits were supplied surreptitiously to Lucas factory technicians as a trouble-shooting and repair aid for the rectification of chronic electrical problems on a plethora of British cars. The smoke is metered, through the fuse box, into the circuit which has released it's original smoke until the leak is located and repaired. The affected circuit is then rectified and the replacement smoke re-introduced. An advantage over the cheap repro smoke kits currently available is the exceptionally rare Churchill metering valve and fuse box adapter. It enables the intrepid and highly skilled British Car Technician to meter the precise amount of genuine Lucas smoke required by the circuit.
Unlike the cheap, far-eastern replacement DIYsmoke offered by the "usual suppliers", this kit includes a filter to ensure that all the smoke is of consistent size, It has been our experience in our shop that the reproduction Tiawanese smoke is often "lumpy", which will cause excessive resistance in our finely-engineered British harnesses and components. This is often the cause of failure in the repro electrical parts currently available, causing much consternation and misplaced cursing of the big three suppliers.
These kits have long been the secret weapon of the "Ultimate Authorities" in the trade, and this may be the last one available. Be forewarned, though, that it is not applicable to any vehicle built after the discontinuing of bullet connectors.
And some general Info on Lucas:
1. The Lucas motto: "Get home before dark."
2. Lucas: patent holder for the short circuit.
3. Lucas: Inventor of the 1st intermittent wiper.
4. Lucas: Inventor of the self-dimming headlamp.
5. The three position Lucas switch - Dim, Flicker and Off.
6. The Original Anti-Theft Device - Lucas Electrics.
7. Q: Why do the British drink warm beer A: Their refrigerators ahve Lucas wiring
