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Re: TR4A wiring question

To: Joe Curry <curry@wolfenet.com>, "Peter J. Thomas" <pjthomas@snet.net>
Subject: Re: TR4A wiring question
From: Cliff Hansen <chansen@exis.net>
Date: Fri, 02 Jan 1998 09:50:44 -0500
Cc: Triumph Mail List <triumphs@Autox.Team.Net>
References: <3.0.5.32.19980102032137.007d1980@mail.snet.net>
At 01:02 AM 01/02/98 -0800, Joe Curry wrote:
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>
>Peter J. Thomas wrote:
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>> Now I have hit a problem.  To remove the grill, I have to remove the turn
>
>> signal lights.  For the life of me, I can't figure how to remove the
>> lights.  I have disassembled the light housing and can't figure how to
>> disconnect the light from the wiring harness. The grounding (positive)
>> connection has a connector.  The hot wire (negative) runs straight into the
>> wiring harness without a connector.  Am I missing something?
>>
>> I tempted to just cut the wires and reattach them later with connectors.  I
>> kind of like the idea that the wire doesn't have a connector to fail.  Any
>> is there someway to disconnect the lights without cutting the wires?

On my car the turn signal pigtails run back to female Lucar connectors,
in the wire bundle that runs across the front, just behing the grill.
I believe this part of the wiring is original on the car (my evidence -
the turn signals have a short in them :-). 

Cliff Hansen
chansen@exis.net

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