Hi Rande,
The ammeter installation requires that an existing connection in the harness
has to be removed and the ammeter inserted in its place... so if Rootes had
been forward looking enough to pre-wire for an ammeter, there would have to be
a hot link (with appropriate #10 or 3/16" lugs, and securely insulated in the
case an ammeter was not installed) in the area of the ammeter location, with
brown and brown/yellow wires as you noted. I don't have a lot of knowledge
about the OEM Rootes harness or the replacement harness offered by Rick and
others, but I don't think that such a feature had ever been put in. It would
certainly have prevented a lot of botched ammeter hookups.
Theo
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tigers-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:tigers-
> bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of rande
> Sent: April 27, 2012 10:41 AM
> To: tigers@autox.team.net
> Subject: [Tigers] Tiger Mk II wiring
>
> According to the June 1967 parts catalogue, there were LHD and RHD
> ammeter
> 'kits" which seemed to be replaced by individual ammeters for both the
> Alpine
> V (alternator car) and the Tiger Mk II, and the catalogue shows the
> same part
> number used for both of these cars.
>
> In the C.A.T 'Tiger Under-Dash Wiring' illustration, again not
> differentiating
> between Tiger 1, 1A, or II, a brown wire from the ammeter goes to the
> starter
> solenoid, a brown with yellow stripe wire goes to voltage regulator
> terminal
> A, all of this in addition to the illumination light and the gauge
> ground harness.
>
>
> I agree with Ron that routing a wire through the left side of the motor
> and
> around to the other side of the engine compartment is just nuts, in
> addition
> to being pretty sloppy-looking.
>
> I should mention that about ten years ago, I bought a Jaeger ammeter
> through
> the C.A.T. parts department for alternator-equipped Tiger 1A, and it
> just came
> with the wiring and socket for the illumination light, no instructions
> and no
> extra wiring.
>
> Don't gang up on me all at once, and no - I don't do stand up at night,
> but
> is there any likelihood that Rootes included the wiring, like more
> modern manufacturers
> sometimes do, in the harness, making installation easier. I remember
> the 1970+
> Datsun 510 having an optional clock or tach (couldn't do both - they
> took up
> the same location) and some or all of the wiring was already there.
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