12-11-2019, 04:54 PM
I use three different types of cut-out on my cars.
The green/black screw type.
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The removable red key
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The part ceramic rotary
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The only ones that have ever failed are the cheap removable red key type.
I am always very careful to firmly screw down the screw type. A couple of years ago I took the MGTD to Wiscombe for the VSCC hillclimb. I was leaving at about 4am and reckoned the hill would be clear - so I went for it... I set the car up to tackle Sawbench (a tight hairpin) and just as I turned in everything turned off. Engine dead and lights out in an instant. Hugely disconcerting! In the woods at that hour it was mighty dark and I was lucky to stop without hitting something. You guessed it; the cut out had undone itself. Still, rather there than in the outside lane of the M25 eh?
The green/black screw type.
2.JPG (Size: 9.98 KB / Downloads: 311)
The removable red key
1.JPG (Size: 10.38 KB / Downloads: 311)
The part ceramic rotary
3.JPG (Size: 10.93 KB / Downloads: 311)
The only ones that have ever failed are the cheap removable red key type.
I am always very careful to firmly screw down the screw type. A couple of years ago I took the MGTD to Wiscombe for the VSCC hillclimb. I was leaving at about 4am and reckoned the hill would be clear - so I went for it... I set the car up to tackle Sawbench (a tight hairpin) and just as I turned in everything turned off. Engine dead and lights out in an instant. Hugely disconcerting! In the woods at that hour it was mighty dark and I was lucky to stop without hitting something. You guessed it; the cut out had undone itself. Still, rather there than in the outside lane of the M25 eh?