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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>In fact I very much enjoy wiring. I have built entire wiring harnesses from scratch, carefully following the color scheme. I will admit on one car I changed it from a 4 fuse system to a 10 fuse system. Everything had its own fuse and everything was grounded directly. Never an electrical problem on that car!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am now restoring 2 mga’s, albeit one at a time. I will be emulating the factory harness in every way possible, building it from scratch. That takes a lot of research and questions, and Barney has been extremely helpful. Get the right color through the right holes, use the connectors in the right places, all a challenge. Fortunately the one is my reference as I do the other.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>And, btw, I didn’t start out to restore 2. Someone offered me a deal I couldn’t refuse on the second one, which needed a new throw out bearing. But the paint was wrong and so awful we were going to clean it up. and then . . . . shipwright’s disease totally got me. The wiring was so bad (the DPO pretty much just used red and blue wires) that I cut it out and threw it out.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Today I hope to make some big progress on the chassis (it is half restored, as in the back half), and I’ve got parts hanging in the side yard that I painted this morning.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Mgs <mgs-bounces@autox.team.net> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Richard Lindsay via Mgs<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 21, 2020 7:43 AM<br><b>To:</b> mgs@autox.team.net List <mgs@autox.team.net><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Mgs] dashboard install<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal> Perhaps I'm the only guy who enjoys wiring and electrical systems! I just find it rewarding to get everything connected correctly and the harness bits aligned. Go figure!<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal> My TD is simplicity itself but the other LBC project takes some thinking. It's a US specification 1975 TR6. And as we all know, the '70s was a time of turmoil for our LBCs; None the least of which was the electrics! Part of my goal with this car is to create a CORRECT wiring diagram with CORRECT color codes! Nothing I have found published matches my car, including the schematics labeled 'U.S.A. Only'.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> Still, for a guy like me who builds and restores cars rather than driving them, this is a perfect challenge (storm?)! There are other projects in the queue too, but they are even further OT than Triumph talk...so I will leave Volvo, Lancia, and Jaguar words for others.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Rick, in Houston<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>