Ken Waringa wrote:
> oh, incidentally why were the electrics fried in the first place?
>
> cheers
>
> Joe
>
> Joe, I've been thinking a lot about what may have started the DPO on his
> cutting rampage. My theory is that he had either the dash lights or the
> fuel and temp gauges stop working. In his efforts to fix it he shorted out
> something major, resulting in the melted brown wires under the hood. I did
Guys, if there was ever a candidate for a replacement dash harness,
it is this one. If I needed to get the car back into operation quickly, I
would opt for the replacements commercially available. Otherwise,
make your own. Either way, you need to get rid of those melted wires.
I had a similar problem with a TR6 as a kid. The lighting circuit melted
the wire bundle when a floor mounted dimmer switch broke through to
the metal floor pan. The lighting circuit wires melted through into the
ignition and starter wires resulting in a car that started itself and take off,
it also wouldn't disengage the starter and basically did A LOT of damage.
Haven't owned a Triumph since. :-P
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