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The wire from the brake switch should be a dedicated wire only running from the
warning light to the plug (switch) at the alleged "proportioning valve" looking
thingy.  The brake "warning " light has power all the time and the "switch
(at the valve assembly)" is the lights ground. If you have created an
accidental ground somewhere between the brake warning light , the light will
illuminate even if it is not grounding at the brake valve assembly.  Ok?Â
Now your horn is somehow grounding your brake warning light ground circut. So
the wires from the stalk go to a multi pin molded plug both on the switch wires
and in the dash harness.Lucas horns are hot all the time and they activate by
the stalk completing the ground circut to make the horn " beep". The horns
should be beeping away if you are grounding the brake test light through the
horn ground circut. Right now if my guess is right the horn fuse is either
dirty and not making contact or the fuse is blown.  Oh goodness why do I know
ANY of this stuff....?Just for fun, I completely unwrapped the whole wire
harness for the Midget. I removed all the brake warning light, heater blower,
reverse light, door light , trunk light and interior light 4 way emergency ,
radio , wiper , all 4 side marker and seat belt warning stuff.  I wanted a
dedicated headlight , brake light , park light , turn signal and horn
harness.  I added the ignition and did use the fuel pump circut to the cars
rear. I wanted a lightest harness and still have enough functioning features
to drive the car on a city street and brake lights required for racing
applications. It took 4 turn signal & 1 wiper ( windshield washer switch
became my horn contact) switch to make a switch with high & low beams , turn
signal , headlight "dip" and horn in 1 switch that plugged into the Midget
harness I had.ChuckCut , solder & heat shrink tubing away!!!!Sent from my LG
Mobile------ Original message------From: Michael MacLean via SpridgetsDate:
Thu, Jan 16, 2020 2:17 PMTo: Spridgets via Spridgets;Cc: Subject:[Spridgets]
Not Spridget, but RelevantIn an earlier post to another list (MGs) I told how
my tach in my 69 GT would
die when the headlights were turned on. This is for you guys with later
electrical tachs or MGs. Someone mentioned that the tach
was looking for a ground through the light wiring for the instrument.Â
That turned out to be true, somewhat. To test this I pulled the
instrument to inspect the wiring and found what you see in the picture.Â
One arrow points to the ground connection on the back of the case and
the other arrow points to a common ground just floating around behind
the instrument. For an experiment I slipped the ground wire connector
over the threaded mouting stud of the case back and shoved the tach back
into place temporarily to find out about the missing ground theory. It
worked! You didn't think it was going to be that easy did you? The
light had not illuminated the instrument before either, so after
scraping and sanding the bulb hlder and the tube fitting on the back of
the tach that the bulb shoves into, the light worked too, but wait
there's more! After this hollow victory I had to use the horn on the
test drive. Now the horn does not work, but when I push on the steering
wheel stalk to activate the horn, the brake warning light comes on. I
just love electrical problems. Not in my element here. Any ideas?Mike
MacLean
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<div style="font-size: 10pt;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size:
10pt;">The wire from the brake switch should be a dedicated wire only running
from the warning light to the plug (switch) at the alleged "proportioning
valve" looking thingy. </span></div><div dir="auto">The brake
"warning " light has power all the time and the "switch (at the valve
assembly)" is the lights ground. If you have created an accidental ground
somewhere between the brake warning light , the light will illuminate even if
it is not grounding at the brake valve assembly. </div><div
dir="auto">Ok? Now your horn is somehow grounding your brake warning
light ground circut. So the wires from the stalk go to a multi pin molded
plug both on the switch wires and in the dash harness.</div><div
dir="auto">Lucas horns are hot all the time and they activate by the stalk
completing the ground circut to make the horn " beep". The horns
should be beeping away if you are grounding the brake test light through the
horn ground circut. Right now if my guess is right the horn fuse is
either dirty and not making contact or the fuse is blown. </div><div
dir="auto">Oh goodness why do I know ANY of this stuff....?</div><div
dir="auto">Just for fun, I completely unwrapped the whole wire harness for the
Midget. I removed all the brake warning light, heater blower, reverse
light, door light , trunk light and interior light 4 way emergency ,
radio , wiper , all 4 side marker and seat belt warning stuff. I
wanted a dedicated headlight , brake light , park light , turn signal and horn
harness. I added the ignition and did use the fuel pump circut to
the cars rear. I wanted a lightest harness and still have enough
functioning features to drive the car on a city street and brake lights
required for racing applications. </div><div dir="auto">It took 4 turn
signal & 1 wiper ( windshield washer switch became my horn contact) switch
to make a switch with high & low beams , turn signal , headlight "dip" and
horn in 1 switch that plugged into the Midget harness I had.</div><div
dir="auto">Chuck</div><div dir="auto">Cut , solder & heat shrink tubing
away!!!!</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><div dir="auto"
style="font-size:9pt;"><i>Sent from my LG Mobile</i></div></div></div><div
style="font-size: 10pt;"><div id="LGEmailHeader" dir="auto"><div
dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">------ Original message------</div><div
dir="auto"><b>From: </b>Michael MacLean via
Spridgets<spridgets@autox.team.net></spridgets@autox.team.net></div><div
dir="auto"><b>Date: </b>Thu, Jan 16, 2020 2:17 PM</div><div dir="auto"><b>To:
</b>Spridgets via Spridgets;</div><div dir="auto"><b>Cc: </b></div><div
dir="auto"><b>Subject:</b>[Spridgets] Not Spridget, but Relevant</div><div
dir="auto"><br></div></div><div dir="auto"><div class="yahoo-style-wrap"
style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times,
serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><div
dir="ltr">In an earlier post to another list (MGs) I told how my tach in my 69
GT would
die when the headlights were turned on. This is for you guys with later
electrical tachs or MGs. Someone mentioned that the tach
was looking for a ground through the light wiring for the instrument.
That turned out to be true, somewhat. To test this I pulled the
instrument to inspect the wiring and found what you see in the picture.
One arrow points to the ground connection on the back of the case and
the other arrow points to a common ground just floating around behind
the instrument. For an experiment I slipped the ground wire connector
over the threaded mouting stud of the case back and shoved the tach back
into place temporarily to find out about the missing ground theory. It
worked! You didn't think it was going to be that easy did you? The
light had not illuminated the instrument before either, so after
scraping and sanding the bulb hlder and the tube fitting on the back of
the tach that the bulb shoves into, the light worked too, but wait
there's more! After this hollow victory I had to use the horn on the
test drive. Now the horn does not work, but when I push on the steering
wheel stalk to activate the horn, the brake warning light comes on. I
just love electrical problems. Not in my element here. Any
ideas?</div>Mike MacLean</div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div>
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