[TR] VTR light guy

Bud Rolofson levilevi at comcast.net
Fri Oct 29 15:51:48 MDT 2010


I bought some and installed them at VTR this year.  I got the tail  
light/brake light combination 1157 equivalent LED bulbs.  Found out  
that I can't turn on the tail light/headlight switch on the column of  
a 71 TR6 and use my cruise control at the same time.  I've got a  
message into Jim Thompson at LiteZupp but don't think he's back from  
VTR yet so I haven't heard his diagnosis of this issue.  I'm thinking  
it has something to do with the brake light portion of the LED bulb  
and the brake light switch since my cruise is hooked to the brake  
light switch and shuts off when the brake pedal is touched (just like  
a real modern car).  I just don't know how it could be happening after  
looking at the wiring schematics in Dan Masters electrical maintenance  
handbook.


The cruise works just fine as long as I don't turn the light switch  
(on the column on).  If I try to use the taillights it shuts the  
cruise off just as if I had touched the brake pedal.  Putting the LEDs  
in was the ONLY thing the changed so it has to be something going on  
in there that doesn't happened with regular 1157 bulbs.  Both the  
cruise and the lights work just fine independently but not together.

Any ideas other than going back to regular bulbs?  I wanted the LEDs  
mostly as running lights on the highways but the cruise control is a  
higher priority driving lots of miles and I at least have better brake  
lights when in traffic and not using the cruise control.  I'd still  
like both to work at the same time for night time, and rainy-cloudy  
weather occasions.

Thanks
Bud Rolofson

71TR6 CC57365 (Good 6)
66TR4A CTC57806 (The Wreck-Almost parts)
66TR4A CTC57529 (The Project)
71F-250 Camper Special (Triumph Support Vehicle)
Z-50A Hardly Davidson 1977 Honda Mini-Trail Bike (Triumph Pit Bike)
levilevi at comcast.net




On Oct 28, 2010, at 8:31 PM, Foster, Stan (HP IT) wrote:

> LiteZupp Industries, LLC
> Attn: Chris Reyher
> 1823 Rolling Ridge Drive
> Grapevine,TX 76051
> www.litezupp.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net 
> ]
> On Behalf Of marty sukey
> Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 10:23 PM
> To: Triumph List
> Subject: [TR] VTR light guy
>
> Anybody have the contact info for the guy that was selling the  
> replacement
> tail light bulb at the VTR convention? When I was in the room he was  
> not and
> the opposite also.  There was a business card in my goodie bag but I  
> cannot
> find it.
>
> Marty
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