[TR] TR4A overdrive column switch wire routing?

[Jeff Scarbrough]

I didn't know any better, so I just stuck min under the cover and it worked
fine. 75 TR6.

On Sat, Jul 1, 2023, 18:30 <jerryvvtr4a at gmail.com> wrote:

> Tony I agree with Andrew, it's not easy but they can be bundled with the
> other wires and all clamped together in that cable tray. I've done it. An
> option is to buy some new wire in the correct colors from British Wiring
> which seem to be a smaller overall dia. And replace the wires supplied with
> the new OD switch. They sell wire by the foot in the correct colors.
> JVV
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Triumphs <triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net> On Behalf Of auprichard
> uprichard.net
> Sent: Saturday, July 1, 2023 1:15 PM
> To: Anthony Rhodes <spamiam at comcast.net>; triumphs at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [TR] TR4A overdrive column switch wire routing?
>
> Hey, Tony:  what do I tell ya?  It's not for the faint-hearted!
>
> It is tight, but they will fit.  The long narrow cover you describe should
> be removed first and then replaced after you have fed all the wires through.
>
> Andrew
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Triumphs <triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net> On Behalf Of Anthony
> Rhodes
> Sent: Saturday, July 1, 2023 12:33 PM
> To: triumphs at autox.team.net
> Subject: [TR] TR4A overdrive column switch wire routing?
>
> I am looking for advice, even photos, of how to route the wires from an
> overdrive switch (mounts to the left hand escutcheon) on my left hand drive
> TR4A
>
> I am going to be adding an overdrive to my transmission this fall, and I
> am trying to get the “easy stuff” done ahead of time.
>
> As I look at the column with the original escutcheon halves removed, I do
> not see a good way to get the wires into the column “head” to join the
> other switch wires.   There does not seem to be much room to feed them in
> without pinching against the metal of the column, but if it goes forward of
> the turn signal switch.   And if the wires pass rearward of that switch
> then they could interfere with the self-cancelling mechanism.
>
> And then once the wires are in there, how do they get fed down and out the
> column to go into that long narrow cover on the bottom of the column along
> with the other wires
>
> And those wires already there seem to completely FILL the available space
> inside that cover!
>
> How do I free up that cover to get
> It loose enough to pass the OD wires?
>
> So many questions!!!  Sorry!!
>
> -Tony
>
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