[TR] electrical-lever/vertical link issues

[Alex]

Switched the wires tonight.......no difference. Reattached the jump to the 
lens screw in the light base from the drivers side and the light doubled in 
intensity. Lights are nice and bright though, much safer, but still not 
right.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Randall" <TR3driver at ca.rr.com>
To: "'Alex'" <ambritts at bellsouth.net>; "'*Triumphs List'" 
<triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2011 7:02 PM
Subject: RE: [TR] electrical-lever/vertical link issues


>> Except when I touched the jumper to the light base,
>> both bulbs shine equally bright.
>
> That sounds like you have the passenger side wired wrong, so the tail 
> light
> filament is coming on for the brakes.  The tail light filament is
> deliberately much dimmer than the brake light.  To double check, just
> connect the two base contacts together with the brake lights on.  If the
> bulb gets substantially brighter, that is the problem.
>
>>  Tried to
>> tighten them and they will not tighten down. They also will
>> not unscrew.
>
> Did you have a wrench on the bolt heads?
>
> TRF supplies HB924 and HB928, which are 3/8" UNF, 3" and 3-1/2"
> respectively.
>
> -- Randall
>
>