Thanks for all the responses. I went to a friend's house at lunch to check out
his
Spit, which has the dash apart. The switch in his car is held in place by a
rectangular piece of off-white plastic that has tabs that project into the
sides of
the switch from the back side of the dash. Apparently, the design changed over
the
years (another one undocumented?) on how the switch is held in the dash. I'm
gonna
try to fabricate something that will suffice. Michael, FWIW, there are signs
that
the bracket you described was once there. The dome light and demister switches
have
just such a bracket.
As to the black/purple wire thing. Joe Curry, keeper of the Spitfire flame,
advised
that his Haynes shows that to be part of the brake light citcuit. Makes sense,
my
brake light only has 1 wire going to it.
Now if I can figure out the crispy wiring, I'm in fat city. Well, not
quite....there's still that head that has been removed for the past 14 years,
and
the interior that the squirrels lived in, and the brakes, and the suspension,
and....... but that's another chapter.
Later and 'ppreciate it,
D.
Michael wrote:
> Hi Dee,
>
> About the switch, there should be a metal fixing plate that screws into the
> dash. Imagine a rectangular piece of flat stock with a corresponding
> rectangular hole in the middle. The switch has two locating tabs on the top
>and
> bottom - these engage (snap in) into the edge of the rectangular hole.
>
> If you don't have the metal plate, then the switch just kinda sits in the hole
> in the dash, but you already know this.
>
> Michael
> michael_bayrock@bctransit.com
> 71 GT6++
> 70 GT6+
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dee Jackson <dee_jackson@gilbarco.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 1998 8:05 AM
> To: spitfires@autox.team.net
> Subject: GT6 Electrical Woes
>
> Fellow small chassis types,
>
> Having recently had a GT6 Mk3 follow me home I'm now in the process of
> straightening out the bodges a DPO left for me. I'm tackling the
> electrical stuff right now and working from a Haynes that does not show
> my particular model, so bear with me.
>
> I've replaced the rotary main lighting switch that was dangling from its
> wires with what I think is the proper one (p/n 30731), but it doesn't
> seem to be affixed in the dash like it should. There are tabs at the top
> and bottom of the switch that look as if they should snap into some kind
> of mount. The back of the dash shows signs of having had some kind of
> bracket, but there's no way the tabs of the switch will go back that
> far. Does anyone know how this switch should mount in the dash?
>
> I also have a black/purple wire with the conductor exposed hanging under
> the dash. Any idea where its supposed to go?
>
> Lastly, the fuel gauge light has had the smoke let out of the ground
> (black) wire. All the insulation is toast and it has been taped up.
> I've followed it up to the main harness, but haven't gone any farther.
> The main harness has several black wires terminated together sticking
> out of it a few inches back from where this wire enters the harness. I
> have a hunch this is a common point for all the gauge light grounds and
> that the toasted wire ends there. My hope is that I can unwrap the
> harness and replace that section of wire. Anyone done this?
>
> I'm planning to tackle this over the weekend and hook up a battery to
> see what else smokes. Wish me luck.
>
> Now where'd I put the Fluke meter?
>
> D.
>
> '78 Spit FM90204UO
> '73 GT6 KF20632U
>
> --
> Dee Jackson Ph. 336-547-5007
> Gilbarco Inc. Fax 336-547-5234
> Greensboro, NC e-mail dee_jackson@gilbarco.com
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