[6pack] UPDATE: Lighting issue - I found out what it is not

[Bill Wellbaum]

On a separate but related issue--a fellow TR-6 owner commented that my TR-6 
headlights had a yellowish look--not a bright, clear white appearance.  His 
suggestion was that I might have a bad ground causing reduced lighting and 
the yellowish appearance.  Two things come to mind:
1.  Old or original lucas headlights which need replacing, or,
2.  A bad ground somewhere. Where would I start looking?

Any suggestions from my fellow listers as to the solution to my problem.

Bill Wellbaum
British Auto Club of Las Vegas

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken" <k_nachman at comcast.net>
To: "Richmond Triumph Register" <rtr at richmondtriumphregister.com>; 
<6pack at autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 9:02 PM
Subject: [6pack] UPDATE: Lighting issue - I found out what it is not


> After a ton of excellent suggestions from the list, I decided to cleanup 
> the
> fusebox. I disconnected the negative battery cable, made a quick diagram 
> of
> the wires, removed the wires and then the fusebox. I found out that 
> someone
> (DPO?) had stripped and replaced bottom screw with something but 
> definitely
> not a match to the top screw.I took out my trusty Dremel tool and cleaned 
> up
> the fusebox. It was pretty cruddy. I reinstalled it putting a couple of 
> well
> placed touches of dielectric grease on the terminals. And... it didn't do
> anything. The lights still do not work. It's late tonight so this project
> will be continued.
>
> Thanks
> Ken Nachman
> Richmond Triumph Register
> 1969 TR6
>
>>All - last night after leaving the Triumph Club meeting, I turned the
> lights on my TR6 and left. The headlights >worked, but I had no gauge
> lights. When I got home I realized that I also didn't have any taillights 
> or
> parking >lights. In checking Dan Master's book it seems these are all on 
> one
> fused circuit.  I put in new Lucas fuses >and still have no working 
> lights.
> Dan Master's book really doesn't say much about losing all these lights. 
> It
>>mainly concentrates on other areas, but in looking at the wiring diagram 
>>it
> looks like the front parking lights >get power BEFORE the switches and 
> they
> don't work either. I checked at the fuses and it seems like there is no
>>power to the fuse?? Anyone have any ideas?
>>Thanks
>>Ken
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