That's a weird setup Vance. Quite often I lift the garage door at night to
retrieve something from the car's boot. I don't feel like switching on all the
garage lights, or even worse, hunting about in the cabin to find the headlight
switch. Not to mention, if the car is parked on the street, it isn't a good
thing to have the lights on drawing the attention of nefarious types and
letting them see you putting something away in the car, since their fingers
will start to itch... I wonder what the Triumph designers were thinking with
that change?
Mark
-----Original Message-----
From: Navarrette, Vance [mailto:vance.navarrette@intel.com]
Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 5:58 PM
To: Mark Hooper
Cc: 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: boot light
Mark:
You are correct; I went back to the wiring diagrams for this -
The '69 - '73 TR6s had a trunk light that is wired straight to
the
hot lead of the battery; i.e. The lights need not be on for the light to
function.
Beginning in '74, the trunk light requires that either the
parking or
head lights be on for the trunk light to function. Mine is a 74, so of
course
the light doesn't work unless the parking lights are on.
Go figure....
Vance
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Mark Hooper
Sent: July 22, 2005 1:20 PM
To: John Mitchell; COLIN THOM
Cc: 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: boot light
Hi Colin:
My 72 TR6's boot light does not depend on the headlights.
Mark
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