[6pack] [TR] Electrical Question/Test....of sorts

[Bob Danielson]

What this turned out to be was a bad bulb. The back up light bulb on the
driver side was bad and once I replaced it, everything worked fine. So that
begs the question: Does having a bad bulb create a "back feed" of some sort
that caused the passenger side brake light to come on? It was a frustrating
hour or so of testing and checking that ended up being something very
simple. 

Bob Danielson
1975 TR6 CF38503U
Running w/ Throttle Body Injection
Toyota 5 Speed & Nissan LSD
http://tr6.danielsonfamily.org 


-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Kennison [mailto:peterk0219 at verizon.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 7:41 AM
To: 'Bob Danielson'; triumphs at autox.team.net; 6pack at autox.team.net
Subject: RE: [TR] Electrical Question/Test....of sorts

 
Bob, I am using that switch on my 3A HVDA for B/U. Simple SPST switch. Run
power to one side, the other goes to the grounded light. Put an Ohm meter
across the switch contacts and shifter in reverse if you need to test the
switch.

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Danielson [mailto:75TR6 at tr6.danielsonfamily.org]
Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 8:55 PM
To: triumphs at autox.team.net; 6pack at autox.team.net
Subject: [TR] Electrical Question/Test....of sorts

OK... I'm trying to get the back up lights to work with the Toyota 5 speed.
The tranny has 2 contacts, the TR6 has 2 leads (G & G/N). G is switched hot
and G/N goes to back up lights. Connect it all up, put it in reverse, turn
on the key and nada. Continuity test on switch is good. Voltage test on
leads shows power. Decide to connect G & G/N together to see if lights come
on. What comes on is the right side back up light and the right side brake
light. Go back to hooking it to switch and nothing again. After way more
time than I care to admit, I finally figured it out. Can you or am I the
only dummy?

Bob Danielson
1975 TR6 CF38503U
Running w/ Throttle Body Injection
Toyota 5 Speed & Nissan LSD
http://tr6.danielsonfamily.org 


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