[TR] Wonky Turn Signal Switch (TR6)

[Dave]

Isn't there a Blue Grass song to that effect?  "I'm my own DPO"

The biggest problem with running into DPO fixes is figuring out what the heck did he do.  When you are your own DPO sometimes you might remember what you did.  That makes it easier (a bit).  The bottom line is if you gotta have a DPO it would be better if it was you.

 

 

Dave Massey


 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate at gmail.com>
To: Thomas Walling <pdqtr6 at comcast.net>
Cc: Triumphs <triumphs at autox.team.net>; NET Member Mailing <net at newenglandtriumphs.org>
Sent: Wed, Aug 3, 2016 12:40 am
Subject: Re: [TR] Wonky Turn Signal Switch (TR6)

The simplest solution would be to get a single pole, double throw,
center off switch and wire it in place of the existing switch...cram
wires in the connectors with wooden pegs whittled to size if you don't
have spare bullet connectors.  Throw a bunch of tape around it, and
mount it somewhere convenient if you have time.

The bonus is that if you leave it that way long enough, you can
eventually become the DPO yourself!

Jeff Scarbrough
Corrosion Acres, Ga.

On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 2:38 PM,  <pdqtr6 at comcast.net> wrote:
> Help!! I'm frantically trying to get ready to go to Armagh for the Roadster
> Factory Summer Party, and I'm in the middle of an electrical crisis. My turn
> signals (front, back and both sides) stopped working this year when I
> started the season. I have used Dan Master's "Yellow Bible" to trace the
> fault. Today I decided to look at the actual switch, and much to my horror,
> I found the wiring at the switch in a mummy-wrap of black tape. A sure sign
> that a DPO has committed some crime there in the past. Sure enough, the
> "common" wire (light green / brown stripe) was just sitting there in the
> midst of the mess with no connection to the switch at all! Clearly a new
> switch is required, but is there anything I can do temporarily to get my
> turn signals to work until I arrive at TRF? It's too late to order it now as
> I'm leaving on Wednesday, but some McGiverish ideas would be welcome
> indeed...
>
> Also, my brake lights are on vacation, but that should be a simple fix since
> there isn't much to the circuit and I can get another switch (if needed) at
> my FLAPS.
>
> Thank you...
>
> Tom Walling
> '73 TR6
>
>
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