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Re: [TR] Panel switch - TR3

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Subject: Re: [TR] Panel switch - TR3
From: "oliver" <sumton@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 14:13:10 -0600
imho leave well enough alone, but bypass it.  I've always thought it was 
silly since as others have pointed out its rather useless.  mine is 
bypassed.

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From: "Joseph Laurito" <trglory@verizon.net>
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 12:49 PM
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [TR] Panel switch - TR3

> It's hard to find a TR3 with a push-pull switch except for show cars; most
> have been retrofitted with the rheostat. I can't figure out why, though,
> because the dash lights are pretty dim at full power and after the 
> resistor
> wire gets a little corroded the dash goes dark every time you hit a bump.
> Don't know if the push-pull switch will fit in the d-shaped hole, but if 
> you
> find out, let us know.
>
> Joe
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net
> [mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Andrew Uprichard
> Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 12:29 PM
> To: triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [TR] Panel switch - TR3
>
> Thanks to all who replied.  The consensus is that a previous owner 
> converted
> the car to use a centrally located rheostat (got a panel with the larger,
> D-shaped, hole).  I need to decide whether to leave alone or go back to 
> the
> on-off system.

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