[TR] signals don't work

[wbeech at flash.net]

Jeremiah,
It will be much easier to run the wires out if you can determine the colors.
Short of replacing the wiring harness and having a fresh start, never a bad
idea when you have lots of problems to resolve, start with a wiring diagram
and check each wire end-to-end and be sure the connections are tight and
clean and there is no shorting to ground.  In a car that has been sitting
for a long time, I would think the wire connections should get a hard look. 

Sounds like a huge undertaking but not too bad on a TR3, especially if you
can talk someone into helping you out.  

Bill Beecher
'58 TR-3A TS/30766 L (On the road in 2009!)
"A Triumph is man's best friend, it always comes when it is called...of
course, some times it is difficult to make it go"




-----Original Message-----
From: triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Jeremiah Curry
Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 9:36 PM
To: triumphs at autox.team.net
Subject: [TR] signals don't work

I have a TR3 that sat for years and I am trying to get road-legal.  I have
almost everything ready (crossing fingers), but I can't get the signals to
work.  It seems like they did when I started the project a few years ago,
but I'm not sure.  

 

Can anyone tell me a good way to troubleshoot or what would commonly go
wrong?  I am thinking either the blinker relay or switch, since none of the
lights work.  What should I expect at the relay?  I have three wires, a
center and one on each side, but none of them are labeled on the relay and
at this point all wires are grease black.

 

Best way to check continuity along the wires?

 

Any help would be appreciated.

 

I don't have the front lights wired up yet, because without the rear ones
working and I can't verify which wire at the front corresponds to the
signal.  All the rest of the lights work. Headlights, running lights, brake
lights, etc.

 

Thanks,

Jeremiah
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