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RE: South African Triumph adventures

To: "'Randall'" <randallyoung@earthlink.net>
Subject: RE: South African Triumph adventures
From: Chris De Wet <DeWetC1@sapo.co.za>
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 13:53:43 +0200
Randall

Thank you very much for the advice . Will give it a try .

My '56 TR 3 ( TS 10795 ) is equipped with only two 35 Amp Lucas fuses . One
fuse is good and I have panel lights , tail lights ( no brake lights ) ,
head lights ( dim and bright ) and wipers .  One is blown and I don't have
indicators , horn , brake lights ( but tail lights do work if lights are
switched on ) and my fuel gauge reads empty . Already ran out of fuel once
:-( , but actually it was a big laugh . Scared my wife silly :-) :-) :-)
Kind regards .

Chris de Wet
PO Box 472 , Ifafi , 0260 , South Africa
One '56 TR 3 with o/d , two Heralds and four early Spitfires without o/d 

-----Original Message-----
From: Randall [mailto:randallyoung@earthlink.net]
Sent: Monday, July 03, 2000 4:10 PM
Cc: 'triumphs@autox.team.net'; 'spitfires@autox.team.net'
Subject: Re: South African Triumph adventures



Chris :

One way to look for shorts is to temporarily wire a load of some sort in
place of the fuse (an old dual filament headlamp bulb with one filament
burnt out with makes a good one) and then use a cheap hand compass (the
kind with a magnetic needle that points North) to follow the circuit. 
When the compass gets close to a wire that is carrying current (ie
between the fuse block and whereever the short is), it will deflect from
North.

Also, the horns are supposed to be on a fuse by themselves.  If they are
rusty inside, or mis-adjusted, they can draw considerably more current
than normal.

Randall
59 TR3A TS39781LO

Chris De Wet wrote:
> 
> One 35 Amp Lucas fuse blown . Replaced and blew
> again . I guess open / loose wire somewhere , but the DPO made a bit of a
> mess with the wiring , so tracing the short is not so easy . Will find it
> eventually , but until then watch out , no horn , turn signals or brake
> lights :-)


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