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Correct me if I'm wrong - TRs never put fuses on light circuits
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<div>From: DAVID MASSEY <dave1massey@cs.com> </div>
<div>Date: 4/21/26 4:49 PM (GMT-06:00) </div>
<div>To: Tony Drews <tony@tonydrews.com>, triumphs@autox.team.net, "auprichard uprichard.net" <auprichard@uprichard.net>
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<div>Subject: Re: [TR] electrical issue </div>
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<div dir="ltr">Good point. it wouldn't. But the information offered was a bit sparce. Is it just the tail lights and do the brake turn signal lights work?</div>
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<div dir="ltr">I believe there is a fuse for those lights somewhere in the harness. It was a dealer upgrade at some point. Later TR's have a fuse in the fuse block for that.</div>
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<div class="ydpa5d3f0d2quoted-text-header">On Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 10:40:26 AM CDT, auprichard uprichard.net <auprichard@uprichard.net> wrote:
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<span style="color:windowtext">But how would bad grounds affect the dash lights?</span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:sans-serif; color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:sans-serif; color:windowtext"> Triumphs <triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [TR] electrical issue</span></p>
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<span class="ydpa5d3f0d2yiv8530706335pfptpreheader22494b"><span style="font-size:1.0pt; color:white">I'd check grounds too - if the lights are grounded to the body and the body was painted they may no longer be grounded. Regards, Tony On 4/20/2026 5:38 PM,
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<p>I'd check grounds too - if the lights are grounded to the body and the body was painted they may no longer be grounded.</p>
<p>Regards, Tony</p>
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On 4/20/2026 5:38 PM, auprichard uprichard.net wrote:</p>
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Yes – same circuit. But I’d also expect the front side lights / running lights not to be working and possibly the headlights too.</p>
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Get under the dash and check the wires in and out of the light switch.</p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:sans-serif"> Triumphs
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 20, 2026 4:17 PM<br clear="none">
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<b>Subject:</b> [TR] electrical issue</span></p>
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<span class="ydpa5d3f0d2yiv8530706335pfptpreheaderf0cb7f1" style="display:none"><span style="font-size:1.0pt; color:white">I have a '62 TR 3B. I recently had it painted. The painter took it apart to paint (fenders, doors, trunk, etc.). After bringing it home,
I discovered that the tail lights and dash lights were not working. All other electrical items are working.
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; line-height:150%; font-family:sans-serif">I have a '62 TR 3B. I recently had it painted. The painter took it apart to paint (fenders, doors, trunk, etc.). After bringing it home, I discovered that the tail lights and dash lights
were not working. All other electrical items are working. Are those 2 items, dash and tail lights on the same circuit? Everything was working before the paint job.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; line-height:150%; font-family:sans-serif">Thanks in advance for any help,</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; line-height:150%; font-family:sans-serif">Allan Stults</span></p>
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