Ric;
I experienced a similar issue. It was caused by the trunk light shorting to
the gas tank.
Dave
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net] On
> Behalf Of Ric Anderson
> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 12:55 PM
> To: 6pack@autox.team.net
> Subject: overheating rheostat
>
> Hello all,
>
> The other evening I was out driving my 76 TR-6 with the headlights on
> and
> noticed the smell of overheating wire. A quick exam resulting in
> finding the
> panel light rheostat on the dash heating up. I reached up and
> disconnected
> the wires from the rheostat which of course turned off all of the panel
> and
> guage lights. My first thought was that the rheostat had gone bad, but
> after
> replaceing it with a new Lucas and then turning on the lights, it too
> started
> to heat up. There are three wires that go to the rheostat, 2
> red/white and
> one red. According to the schematic in my Haynes manual ( which is
> really for
> a TR 250) the 2 r/w go to one side of the rheostat and the single red
> goes to
> the other side. Any advice on what might be causing this problem
> would be
> greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Ric
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