Hi Greg
Some Triumphs (Dolomites or 2000 Sedans, one of each and can't remember
which) use bulb holders with an earth tag for a wire and at a guess they are
the same pattern fit so you could use these if you can find some, just make
up a linked ground wire and your ground problem will be solved without the
risk of blowing fuses.
Graham.
----- Original Message -----
From: Greg Ames <greg.ames.90@alum.dartmouth.org>
To: <jfm@ballistic.com>; <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2000 3:31 AM
Subject: Re: New to list, looking for parts
>
> At 10:33 2/6/00 -0700, spitfires-digest wrote:
> >1)The hazard lights only work in the front as do the turn signals(I have
> >already replaced the turn signal switch) and cannot trace down the
problem
> >to the rear, any secrets or ideas would be welcome.
>
> I too had problems with rear turn signals and reverse lights when I
brought
> my '72 home. It turned out the the bulbs weren't getting a good ground.
> The plastic bulb holder has a steel-colored metal ring/clip that is
> supposed to hold it into the reflector and provide a ground connection.
> The ground is carried from the metal ring to the bulb by a small copper
tab
> that is sandwiched between the metal ring and the plastic housing.
> Unfortunately, the plastic has weakened over the years, and no longer
> squeezes the metals together tightly. I stripped less than an inch of
> moderate-gauge stranded wire (18 ga, I think), wrapped the bare wire
around
> one of the tabs so that the bare wire was pressed against the backside of
> the reflector, and fed the end of it into the socket, over the existing
> ground tab.
>
> These pictures probably help:
>
> http://www.ultranet.com/~tga/spitfire/socket_side.jpg
> http://www.ultranet.com/~tga/spitfire/socket_inside.jpg
>
> Also, make sure the wire doesn't extend any further into the socket than
> the existing ground tab. You don't want to short out the socket and blow
a
> fuse as soon as you shift into reverse/apply the brake.
>
> This trick has worked for me so far (since last summer).
>
> Greg
> '72 Mk IV
>
>
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