Alan:
Most likely your anti-run on circuit is miswired at the oil
pressure switch. If it is miswired or the oil pressure switch is
defective, you can get the alternator light staying on and the battery
will drain through the alternator lamp and/or the anti run on valve (ask
me how I know).
There are six different ways to hook up the oil pressure switch,
and only one of them will work. In addition to this, the switch can fail
internally with intermittent shorts. The TR engineers *COULD* have put a
polarized plug on the switch so that people like me could only hook it
up the right way. But NO, being the impish pranksters they were, they
decided to let owners figure it out for themselves. Hah-hah-ha. Are we
having fun yet?
Check the oil pressure switch.
Vance
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-6pack@Autox.Team.Net [mailto:owner-6pack@Autox.Team.Net] On
Behalf Of alan g graffam
Sent: August 10, 2007 2:20 PM
To: 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: [6pack] Finding short
To:Listers
From: Lurker
1. I've had tail lights troubles before and was able to fix from the
dash
switch and/or just luck.
2. Brought my car into body shop for minor body work and was informed
they tried to make said tail lights function. I replied, "I'll do it
later."
3. Later that week both alternator and battery failed (checked out at
Auto Zone) and to be replaced after I took the car home! Bummer and
strange.
4. Hooked up new alternator and battery and car runs fine, however...
5. My tail/brake lights are now really screwy and my ignition light
stays
on after I turned off ignition key.
6. I took out the bulb and hoped I could live with it. That shows you
how much I know about electrical circuits.
7. Next day the battery was dead.
8. Question: how hard is it to locate a short?
Al Graffam '74 French Blue in CT.
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