[TR] Triumphs Digest, Vol 13, Issue 262

Wed Sep 30 15:10:22 MDT 2020

Battery Cutoff: I disconnect the battery if the car sits for any more than a week.
Joe Mato62 Wood RoadRedding, CT 06896917 232 1555 

    On Wednesday, September 30, 2020, 05:04:39 PM EDT, triumphs-request at autox.team.net <triumphs-request at autox.team.net> wrote:  

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Today's Topics:

  1. Re: TR4 Ignitions switch AUX vs.ON (Geo Hahn)
  2. Anybody need one of these? (auprichard at uprichard.net)

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Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:03:08 -0700
From: Geo Hahn <ahwahneetr at gmail.com>
To: ptegler at verizon.net
Cc: dave <dave at ranteer.com>, Triumphs <Triumphs at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [TR] TR4 Ignitions switch AUX vs.ON
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X3 on disconnecting the battery when not in use.  I just leave the clamp
loose enough that I can pull it off.

"Now considering the design of these vehicles, there is quite an array of
wiring that sits 'live' all the time, many unfused."

That is why I have also installed fusible links on the brown wire and white
wire circuits.

Without those links the 'fuse' is your wiring loom.  If you ever smell one
burning... it is a scent that stays in your memory.

Geo

On Wed, Sep 30, 2020, 8:48 AM <ptegler at verizon.net> wrote:

>
> Here Here!
> In 2004 I had a dozen of so people in my garage, rebuilding 6-8
> transmissions in a group tech session. One fellow (without a tranny in
> hand) simply drove up in his Triumph for the day's event.  One question he
> posed during the day to those in attendance,  was what might
> be draining his battery when the car was just sitting for a week or so.
> We all told him to just put a battery cut-off switch in to be safe, at
> least until he figured out his long standing battery issue.
>
> Fast forward to  2010? - 2012? time frame...we (our gang) get an email
> telling of the demise of his car and his exit from the hobby.
> As the story goes, he heard a loud crack from the garage (attached). Upon
> opening the kitchen/garage door, he was met with thick acrid black smoke
> that instantly filled the kitchen/house.  both his Triumph and wife's SUV
> were engulfed in flames.  The smoke in the house was bad enough that it
> killed his two large amazon parrots. Needless to say building damage as
> well as the loss of two cherished pets and two motor vehicles was enough
> for the wife to say "you're done! no more cars!"
>
>
> Now considering the design of these vehicles, there is quite an array of
> wiring that sits 'live' all the time, many unfused.  A little vibration and
> chaffing can easily reduce insulation thickness etc. Cracked and brittle
> jackets... the list goes on.
>
> IT CAN NOT BE STATED UNEQUIVICABLY ENOUGH..... INSTALL A BATTERY CUT-OFF.
>
> If for no other reason, the simplicity of safely working on the car as
> needed,.... theft deterrent, etc.
> If for a good reason, peace of mind, and  the story above.  (yes true
> story above..from someone that DID 'have a clue' about what he was doing.)
>
> ptegler
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dave <dave at ranteer.com>
> To: triumphs at autox.team.net
> Sent: Wed, Sep 30, 2020 8:08 am
> Subject: Re: [TR] TR4 Ignitions switch AUX vs.ON
>
> We have battery cutoff switches on all our cars.  Given the dicey
> electrics on these cars I think it?s a pretty important thing to do.
> Pretty much every time we walk away from the car we disconnect it.
>
>
>
> *From:* Triumphs <triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net> *On Behalf Of *Will
> Daehler
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 29, 2020 4:17 PM
> *To:* triumphs at autox.team.net
> *Subject:* [TR] TR4 Ignitions switch AUX vs.ON
>
>
>
> OK, I have in the past inadvertently left my key in the ON position. For
> days and days.  The result was a burned out coil and points which I was
> forced to replace before the car started again. This made me look hard and
> long at my fifty year old ignition switch. Although there was a contact
> available for AUX on the back of the switch, and it was certainly wired
> correctly, there didn?t seem to be a AUX key position. There appeared to be
> only three positions, Start, On and Off. Three clicks, not four.  I was
> able to create a momentary and intermittent AUX effect by twisting the key
> hard to the left and firmly holding it there, the radio would come on.
>
>
>
> It eventually occurred to me that the switch was worn out, and so I
> replaced it with a new one.  Voila, I now have an AUX function, and can now
> listen to the radio at leisure without burning out the ignition circuits.
> This replacement switch also has the feature where you have to push the key
> in slightly when simultaneously turning the key to the AUX position.
>
>
>
> Faithfully submitted,
>
>
>
> Will Daehler
>
> 63 TR4
>
> Powder Blue
>
>
>
>
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Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2020 16:54:42 -0400
From: <auprichard at uprichard.net>
To: <triumphs at autox.team.net>,    <6-pack at autox.team.net>
Subject: [TR] Anybody need one of these?
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Cost of shipping only.  Let me know.

Andrew Uprichard

Jackson, Michigan

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