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Re: GT6 Electrical Woes

To: dee_jackson@gilbarco.com, spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: GT6 Electrical Woes
From: DANMAS <DANMAS@AOL.COM>
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 15:31:42 EDT
In a message dated 4/22/98 1:28:56 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
dee_jackson@gilbarco.com writes:

> 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.

Dee,

According to the schematics I have, the brake switch on a GT6 should have one
green wire (power in) and one green/purple wire (power to the lamps).  This is
consistant with the color code used in Spitfires, TR6s, MGs, and most other
British cars of this era.  The purple/black wire is for the horn button.  I
would suspect an error in the Haynes manual.

Dan Masters,
Alcoa, TN

'71 TR6---------3000mile/year driver, fully restored
'71 TR6---------undergoing full restoration and Ford 5.0 V8 insertion - see:
                    http://www.sky.net/~boballen/mg/Masters/
'74 MGBGT---3000mile/year driver, original condition - slated for a V8 soon
'68 MGBGT---organ donor for the '74

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