Tom -
Sounds like a short in the brake light circuit to me. After all, what else
could it be? Look for frayed / broken wires especially where the harness
passes through the body (firewall for instance). You might also see what
(if any) voltage you get from the brake light switch. Good luck!
Tom Walling
> [Original Message]
> From: Tom Boggiano <boggiano@charter.net>
> To: Triumph <triumphs@autox.team.net>
> Date: 7/28/2003 8:51:10 PM
> Subject: tr4 electrical - strange happenings
>
> I was driving home tonight and after running for about 40 minutes
something
> very strange happened when I applied the brakes. The ammeter pegged at
fully
> discharging (I could convince myself that I heard it ping), the car
died. So
> I pulled over did a cursory check of things nothing looked abnormal.
Started
> the car and off I went. I did however notice from that point forward any
time
> I applied the brakes the radio turns off, turned back when accelerating.
>
> So since I cannot explain what happened any ideas out there?
>
> Tom
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