Victor and Joe,
>Joe,
>
>My handbook for my 1977 Spitfire 1500 (page 32) shows the following:
>
>35 Amp fuse (position 1)
>
>Windscreen wiper, Fuel indication, Temperature indication, Stop lamp,
>Reverse lamp, Turn signal, Seat belt warning
>
[snip]
>
>So, it looks like you are correct. All of the items you list are
>protected by the first fuse. It appears the electronic Tachometer was
>added to that circuit when it was switched from mechanical to
>electrical.
>
I can confirm Victor's assumption and Joe's observation. I had a dodgy
contact in the fuse box, conclusions: tachometer, fuel gauge,
temperature gauge (and other items) in my 78 Spitfire 1500 appear
to be on the same circuit.
Romano
'78 Spit
Oxford UK
>Hope this helps...
>
>Victor Michael
>
>P.S. I've included the 'spitfires' and 'triumphs' mailing lists as well.
>In case you didn't know they existed. The members are a great bunch of
>people with a lot of knowledge.
>
>joe johnson wrote:
>>
>> Hi, I'm embarrassed to ask this question to you because I think that I
>> know the answer. But, What better group of people could I ask for
>> re-assurance. My 1979 Triumph Spitfire's tachometer, directionals,
>> wipers, fuel gauge and temperature gauge all quit working while I was
>> driving it the other day. Could it be that I blew a fuse? I have had
>> problems similar to this happen in the past and somehow I figured out
>> that it was a fuse. Easy enough to replace so, I did, and no problems
>> since. Except that now with all of the various parts that I mentioned
>> all going at the same time, I think that they must all be related to the
>> same fuse. But I'm not sure. I've been looking around in my Haynes
>> manual to try to figure this one out. Maybe I should spend more time
>> with the manual. Any thoughts or advice is greatly appreciated.
>>
>> joe.johnson@fmr.com
>
>--
>Regards,
>
>Vic
>
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