[TR] TR250 emergency flashers update - fixed

[Roger Elliott]

Just an update - it's fixed.

Well, I did a little more testing and tested for continuity from the 
terminal that connects to the relay and a probe about 5 inches up. There 
was continuity in one of the wires, but not the other.

I couldn't see anything wrong, but I took off the solderless connector - 
destroyed it in the process.  I still couldn't see why there wasn't a 
good connection.

Then I spent about 2 hours trying to find the same kind of uninsulated 
terminal without any luck.  Looked in the Victoria British catalog and 
sure enough they have them.  I drove over picked 6 up (just so I can 
have some at home to lose).

Put one on the wires, hooked it up and the flashers work.

So Dave, you were right.

Roger

On 02/22/2014 11:52 AM, Roger Elliott wrote:
> Thanks everyone for the suggestions and information.  I did double 
> check the wire, there is no continuity between the purple and red wire 
> at the hazard relay and the hazard flasher.  So, I guess I will need 
> to bite the bullet and dig into the wiring harness.
>
> Roger
> On 02/18/2014 09:10 PM, Dave wrote:
>> The red/purple wire provides the power to the relay and the flasher 
>> -  but only when the flasher switch is in the correct position.  If 
>> the flashers work with the jumper then the wire from the switch is 
>> good so all you need to do is fix the wire to the flasher.  I don't 
>> know the relative locations of those two parts on a TR250 but on a 
>> TR6 they are pretty close together.  It should not be too big a pain 
>> to open up the harness and fix the wire.  However, it is more likely 
>> the problem is at the connection points so start there.
>>
>> There is a special harness tape that has no adhesive.  You need a bit 
>> of electrical tape at each end to keep it from unraveling. Since 
>> there is no adhesive the wires can shift about inside the wrap which 
>> makes it possible to manipulate the harness and conform it to the 
>> route it must take.  If you wrap a harness with electrical tape it 
>> will be too stiff for that.  You can buy harness tape from British Wire.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Roger Elliott <elliottr at rmi.net>
>> To: Triumphs <Triumphs at autox.team.net>
>> Sent: Tue, Feb 18, 2014 6:41 pm
>> Subject: [TR] TR250 emergency flashers
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> The emergency flashers on my wife's TR250 don't work.  I was looking at
>> the wiring diagram.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Roger Elliott
>
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