Mike:
Very similar problem on my '74. Not sure how applicable my
experience will be, but I will pass it along....
My 74 has two courtesy light sockets. Both were empty when I
purchased the car. I installed fresh bulbs, and they lit as
expected, but would never shut off. I guess I learned the reason
the DPO had pulled the bulbs out.
Solution was simple, rewire the courtesy light switch. It seems
that the DPO had put in a CD player, which meant the courtesy light
switch in the console had to be disconnected and the reconnected.
it has three terminals, but only 2 wires. Needless to say the
switch got miswired, and so the lights would not shut off.
I recall vaguely that the courtesy light switch was added
at some point through the years, but don't remember when. If you
have the switch (dead center in the console, below the radio)
then start there, and look for a wire connected to the wrong switch
terminal.
Cheers,
Vance
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net]On
Behalf Of DaCRANEz@aol.com
Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2003 5:23 PM
To: 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: wobbly column
Thanks to those that responded to my posting on wobbly steering column. I'll
check it when I pull the speedo for repair. I found the best way to work
under the dash is to remove the seat so that I can lie on my back. Here's
another poser that I ran into. There is an under dash courtesy lamp socket on
the
driver's side. It is not shown in any of the wiring diagrams of the repair
books I have. I put a bulb in it and with the ignition off it lights when the
door is opened and goes off when the door is closed as a courtesy lamp should.
The problem being that when the ignition is on the light stays on . I guess
this is something else to look at while under the dash. Any ideas? Thanks
Mike C '71 TR6
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