[TR] Not good with electrical

[John Mitchell]

Not true, the 76 trunk light requires the headlight switch be on to work 
and it's stated as such in the late manual.     John Mitchell  76 TR6  
72 Stag

Mark J Bradakis wrote:
>> Not to state the obvious, but on my '76, the parking lights need to 
>> be on
>> for the boot light to work.
>>   
> Someone in the past has mucked with your wiring.  The trunk light 
> should come
> on when the trunk is open, regardless of the position of the lighting 
> switch or
> whether or not the ignition is on.  Same as the glovebox light, or horns.
> The power comes from a fused feed directly from 12 volts via a purple
> wire.  Sounds like someone decided to not actually fix your wiring some
> time ago but just fed the trunk light circuit  off a taillight wire.
>
> mjb.
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