Ok guys, I'm trying to follow this thread. My lights are a bit screwed up
too. The flashers don't work now at all, used to then I played with the
wiring in the tail lights. I am pretty sure the grounds are not right. I
have a switch in the middle of the dash that runs the head lights and dash
lights. I also have stick (or used to until the kids broke it off) that
comes out of the stering column on the right side that must run the
dimmer,and running lights. I don't have foot button. The wiring is
similar to the Spit, I'm using my Auto press book that I thought had the
right diagram for the car. Maybe not from what I've read. Any way I will
be looking into the mess this weekend. If you have any info on wiring for
my car, let me know. Thanks
Jane
'67 GT6 Mk1
>On 13 Nov 1996, Vincenti, Ross wrote:
>
>> Hmmmm. Interesting. Boy, I hate to say it but I am still a little
>> confused.
>>
>> My Spit is the Mk I, US version left hand drive. It came with a three
>> position column stalk that controls the headlamps (off, parking lamps,
>> headlamps on low beam), and a floor mounted high beam switch. It APPEARS
>> that the pull switch that was mounted to the dashboard next to the speedo
>> simply controlled the instrument panel lights so that one could read the
>> gauges at night - nothing more...
>
>This is correct for U.S.-destined cars.
>
>> ...I was using the wiring diagrams in the Bentley,
>> Haynes and Autopress manuals, ALL of which are for a non-US spec. car
>> (AAARRGGHH!!!!). Thank God Andy Mace found a US spec. diagram in an old
>> Spit owners manual - it saved my day.
>
>I decided to share this with the list, in case others find themselves in
>a similar situation. Even the official factory workshop manual does NOT
>have the correct wiring diagram for a U.S.-spec. early Spitfire. AFAIK,
>the correct diagram appears ONLY in the original owner's handbook.
>
>> If I am correct that the original switch simply controlled the lights for
>> the gauges, then I may be able to make the existing switch work (except that
>> the knob has that funny little diagram of a broken rear axle on it, of
>> course)....
>
>Perhaps this knob is not as readily available as the other
>"pictographic" Spitfire/TR4-style knobs. I noticed this year at the VTR
>national meet in Albany that at least one of the early Spitfires there
>(perhaps more) had the incorrect knob for the instrument lighting
>switch. It should depict a speedometer face, more or less. In other
>markets, where this switch was the main lighting switch, the knob would
>show an illuminated headlamp or similar, as I believe is commonly found
>in the earlier TR4.
>
>> ...(This is getting ridiculous - I mean for God's
>> sake these are simple little british cars, not a modern electronics filled
>> luxury sedan bristling with wires, circuits, fuses, relays, computers, etc.
>> I should be able to troubleshoot this thing in a couple of hours).
>
>In theory you're right; it SHOULD be simple. In practice, though, it's
>another story. Goes to what I've said before -- here and elsewhere --
>for whatever reasons, the U.S.-spec Triumphs are nowhere near as well
>documented as are the home market versions. With some research into
>original period manuals (spares, owners and sometimes workshop), one can
>often determine what would be "correct" for a U.S.-spec. car. However,
>so many of the current histories, guides to restorations, "original"
>descriptions, etc., seem to have at least somewhat ignored the
>specifications for what in many cases constitutes a majority of the total
>product sold.
>
>Oh, Ross, BTW, does your column lighting switch have the flash-to-pass
>feature built in? Just thought I'd complicate your life still further! ;-)
>
>--Andy
>
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