I think you may be wrong about that one, Joe. I don't have ANY lights
between the speedo and tach. Rather, my directional light is off to
the left of the speedo. Is this the way your is set up as well,
Stephane?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Curry" <spitlist@gte.net>
To: "Stephane St-Amant" <steph71tr6@crosswinds.net>
Cc: "TRIUMPH LIST" <triumphs@autox.team.net>; "Spitfires List"
<spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, August 07, 2000 9:26 AM
Subject: Re: Spit MK3 Dash Warning Lights question
>
> Stephane,
> I may be wrong, but I think you have been DPO'ed. To my knowledge,
the
> only lamp on the dash (aside from those in the gauges) is the one
> between the Tachometer and Speedometer. That of course is the turn
> signal indicator.
>
> Any other indicators were probably added by the previous owner and
> therefore, only he can tell you what it is. My suggestion is to do
some
> wire tracing and see where they lead you!
>
> Good Luck,
> Joe
>
> Stephane St-Amant wrote:
> >
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I am please to report that all my lights are now connected
properly and
> > work! Thanks to all who helped! But this is not the end of my
electrical
> > "quest". Neither my Haynes, Bentley or original workshop manual
seem to
> > indicate the location or purpose of the many dash components. In
my '69
> > Spit, there is two big red warning lights in the top center of the
dash (one
> > between the gas and oil pressure gauge, and one between the oil
pressure and
> > the temp gauge).
> >
> > I already know that the left one is the four-way flasher indicator
(which
> > works now!) but what is the right one for. In my case, it is
always on
> > (when the key is turned). My guess was that it was the brake
failure
> > warning light but yesterday Saturday I found out that my battery
is not
> > being charged by the generator/alternator (which one is suppose to
be in
> > this car anyway?). So now, I think it may also be the warning
light for the
> > gen/alt. Which one is it?
> >
> > Again, TIA
> >
> > P.S. Thanks Jeff for your great webpage. I'm currently doing the
same
> > temporary fix to the floors than you did (which BTW are just a
little worst
> > than Mrs. Jones's were!). I'll let you know how mine turns out.
> >
> > Steph
> > Ottawa, Canada
> > '69 Spit - Hers (Now lighted like a Christmas Tree - until the
battery goes
> > dead!!!)
> > '71 TR6 - Mine (Disappearing slowly under a pile of boxes!!!
:-( )
>
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