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To: 6pack@autox.team.net, triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Hazard circuit follies
From: Mickylong@aol.com
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 21:16:29 EDT
Got a couple of questions directed at those with both Dan Masters book and 
Bentley shop manual (and others who'd like to chime in with thoughts)... 

After refinishing my dash and gauges and starting the reassembly I discovered 
a broken hazard switch. Bought a new one through VB and followed the Bentley 
manual for reconnecting.  End result...no flashers, no turn signals, etc.  

Assuming I had connected something wrong, I rechecked Bentley and all looked 
right.  I did discover that I have a bad hazard flasher (they're not supposed 
to rattle, are they?!). I followed Dan's book's approach to jump the flasher 
and did get lights to burn. But then I noticed that it looks like the wiring 
schematic in Dan's book for a 72 TR6 differs from Bentley Diagram II.  Looks 
like Dan's schematic connects flasher (LG/K wire) to terminal 4 and Bentley 
shows 
it on terminal 3.  Am I reading this wrong? I did check and switch is 
installed correct (base of triangle at bottom).

Would the lack of an operational flasher cause other problems in the circuit? 
 I noticed the other day before jumping the flasher that I appeared to get a 
glow from the trans tunnel light as though there was too much resistance in 
the circuit. For a while I got all courtesy lights to burn but couldn't get 
them 
to shut off even with doors closed, ignition off and key removed.  Could this 
be flasher going bad?  Or too many Corona's during reassembly?

Tomorrow I'll try the rest of Dan's troubleshooting steps but would like to 
be sure the switch is wired correctly so I don't have to do everything twice.  
Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Micky Long, Atlanta
'72 TR 6

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