[TR] TR6 Wiring Question

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In a message dated 8/18/2007 9:09:40 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
fishplate at charter.net writes:

I have a  1975 TR6, and I want the oil pressure light to 
illuminate...all I can get  is a dull glow....I assume it is meant to be this 
way, but I can't see any way  for the oil pressure lamp to get a full 12V, 
and I see no indication that a  
6V lamp should be installed in place of the normal lamps.

What were  they thinking when they designed it this way?  Is there 
something  that I'm missing?



==AM==
It WAS intentional, in that Triumph simply provided a "cheap and cheerful"  
way to offer a bulb-check upon startup. I don't know about the voltages at each 
 lamp, but what you describe is pretty much exactly how Triumph said it was  
supposed to work on the Mk3 Spitfire (only factory workshop manual I have at  
hand at the moment).  

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