[TR] Not good with electrical

[Bob Danielson]

My AAW harness design reverted to the "old school" way of thinking and the
light comes on when the trunk opens regardless of car year.


Bob Danielson
1975 TR6 CF38503U
Running w/ Throttle Body Injection
Toyota 5 Speed & Nissan LSD
http://tr6.danielsonfamily.org 

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 3:21 PM
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Subject: Re: [TR] Not good with electrical

 I have a 71 so I dont have to worry about this situation, but the biggest
problem I see about having the light only come on when the switch is on for
lights is getting into the trunk at night AFTER you have turned off the
car.? I am not in the habit of coming home from the grocery store after
dark, leave the engine running, unload the groceries then return to shut off
the car?? Or it would be pretty hard to turn off the headlight switch after
you had removed everything from the trunk and your hands were full of
whatever was in the trunk.? So, what do those people who have 74 and on up
cars do in that type of a situation?


 


 

-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Mace <zoboherald at aol.com>
To: triumphs at autox.team.net
Sent: Thu, Aug 27, 2009 9:49 am
Subject: Re: [TR] Not good with electrical










-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Danielson <75TR6 at tr6.danielsonfamily.org>


...So for 1973 and earlier, the light came on when the trunk was opened.
From
1974 -
76, you had to have the headlight switch on for the light to work. It makes
no sense to me but that's how it was done.

==AM==
I suppose one might make the argument that is seems somewhat pointless to
have a trunk light in daylight, i.e., when you wouldn't need lights
anywhere. But given the BLMC corporate bean-counter policies of the time,
perhaps some accountant determined that several pence per vehicle might be
saved by NOT running that extra dedicated purple wire all the way back to
the boot? ;-)

--Andy Mace

*Mrs Irrelevant: Oh, is it a jet?
*Man: Well, no ... It's not so much of a jet, it's more your, er, Triumph
Herald engine with wings.
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