Hi Ray,
The way yours is hooked up is the way that MG built it.
I agree with you about the waste, however. My solution was to install
an additional socket in the blank space behind the reflector. WIth a
two-filament bulb in there, I now have an additional tail light and an
additional brake light, and these are less directionally focussed than
the originals. The MG way puts the light into a tight area aimed straight
back, but it's far too low for the large SUVs and pickups raging over the
roads today. My rig puts more light up, toward the drivers of those
vehicles.
Bob
On Wed, 13 May 1998 07:50:06 -0400 (EDT) RAY WYGONIK
<RWYGONIK@grove.iup.edu> writes:
>On my 74 B the lower part of the tail lights only appear to be turn
>signals.
>they do not come on when I put the lights on. The smaller top portion
>appears
>to be both tail and brake lights. the wiring diagram seems to confirm
>my
>suspicions, since only one wire goes to the lower bulb. Is this
>correct? It
>seems a waste to for the large lower portion only to be used as a turn
>signal.
>
>with as small as the cars are, any additional identification at night
>would be
>good.
>
>I dropped the car off for its first inspection today (PA) and am
>hoping the way
>the lights work is right.
>
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