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Re: TR4A flash to pass

To: ARhodes@compuserve.com, triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: TR4A flash to pass
From: DANMAS@aol.com
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 22:12:09 EDT
In a message dated 4/26/99 10:01:38 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
ARhodes@compuserve.com writes:

> My owners manual says nothing about flash to pass.  I tried it
>  and found that the lever does pull toward the driver.  No lights came
>  on in my car.  However, this car has had some very nasty DDDDDPO wiring
>  changes.  I still have not sorted it all out.  It seems that I have
>  one more thing to set right in the wiring department.
  
Tony,

When you do, you might want to wire differently that the factory, so the 
flash-to-pass operates the high beams, whether or not the low beams are on. 
You should never need to flash-to-pass when the high beams are on, as you 
will have already dipped the lights to the low setting when you got behind 
the car you are trying to pass.

The way the factory wired it, if my diagrams are correct, the feature won't 
work if the lights are on - high or low beam.  IOW, you can flash to pass in 
the daytime, but at night, you need to blow the horn. Odd, isn't it?

Dan Masters,
Alcoa, TN

'71 TR6---------3000mile/year driver, fully restored
'71 TR6---------undergoing full restoration and Ford 5.0 V8 insertion - see:
                    http://members.aol.com/danmas/
'74 MGBGT---3000mile/year driver, original condition - slated for a V8 soon
'68 MGBGT---organ donor for the '74

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