[6pack] [TR] TR6 dimmer ("master lighting switch")

[Alex & Janet Thomson]

Why not try the LiteZupp LED conversion when you do get the dimmer switch
situation sorted out. Much less current draw and much better light. I also
installed their LED 1157 bulbs in the rear of our TR6 - What a difference!
Maybe other drivers will see us braking now.

Alex Thomson
'73 TR6

-----Original Message-----
From: Triumphs [mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
lee at automate-it.com
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2023 6:00 PM
To: Triumphs; 6pack at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] [6pack] TR6 dimmer ("master lighting switch")

Sorry about the confusion - but the second word of my message is 
"headlight". Maybe "dimmer" was the wrong word - "dipper" would have 
been better - but TRF uses the word dimmer in the descriptions.

Anyway, yes, Roger Elliot was right, I was looking at the wrong part in 
the TRF Green Book. So it's ordered, and maybe it won't be on backorder 
too long.

But for now I still think I'll just bypass the switch so that I'm only 
low beams (or maybe only on high beams)! My headlamps are so dim that 
they are barely useful - and the high beams aren't nearly as bright the 
low-beam HID lights (with a sharp cutoff) on modern cars - whose cutoff 
is still too high for those of us who are seated below belt-level when 
driving. ;-)

(And I rarely drive the TR at night anyway.)
  Lee


On 2023-03-22 21:47, lee at automate-it.com wrote:
> My headlight dimmer (late '74 TR6) has ceased to function, and removal
> reveals that the DPO did a number on it. I'd like to replace it. TRF
> shows three different part numbers - but none for post-CF1 commission
> numbers (the three are shown as "up to CC75000", "CC75000 up to CF1",
> and "RHS models". Moss lists one (635-665, Spitfire 1969-76, TR6
> 1973-76) but it's shown as 'backorder'.
> 
> I may actually have one somewhere in my extensive stash - of unknown 
> condition.
> 
> Any other sources?
> 
> For now I may just bypass the dimmer so that I can have lights (don't
> drive it much at night, but I don't want to be out and not have the
> option for them).
> 
> thanks
>  Lee
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