Hans,
One of the major malfunctions with Lucas Electrical systems is corrosion at
the grounding wire and the hot lead into each lamp. But in your case I
would look for corrosion at the back of my switch. A little work with an
emery cloth will take care of the problem, because it doesn't take much to
sever your connection.
Larry Zink
Z Group Racing and Performance
Houston, Texas
----- Original Message -----
From: Hansen, Hans C, III (Red), GLSVC <rhansen@att.com>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 1999 7:50 AM
Subject: Electrical Problems
>
>Fellow LisTRs --
>Well, my recently purchased '74 TR6 is on the road with a temporary State
of
>Connecticut license plate. I have until 4/23 to get it inspected. While
>doing the things necessary for it to pass inspection, I discovered a
problem
>with my lights. Here are the lights that DO NOT WORK:
>Instrument lights
>All 4 side lights
>Back-up lights
>Rear lights (stop lights work)
>So, I open my Haynes book on the TR6 and look for the fuse that runs these
>things, remove each fuse, visually check the fuse out, clean the terminals
>(actually I just wiped them with a small piece of cloth), put each fuse
back
>in, and they still don't work. Okay, I'll replace some bulbs. No help. Oh,
>oh, wiring problem, methinks. Then I went to my friendly Bentley shop
>manual, still looking for ideas. It was then that I noticed that the Haynes
>and Bentley do not quite agree on which fuse controls which lamp. Since I
>don't have the manuals here at work, I can't be specific as to where they
>disagree.
>But, I thought that there might be two things out there in TR Land: an
exact
>idea of which fuse controls which lamp and also some ideas as to how to
best
>troubleshoot this problem. After all, April 23rd is fast approaching and I
>still have some other things to chase down before I go before the ever
>powerful Gods of the DMV.
>Thanks in advance to all of you!
>Red Hansen
>'74 TR-6 (#CF13994)
>'46 Wife (#A1)
>
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