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Re: Help! Confusion wiring GT6 ignition switch

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Subject: Re: Help! Confusion wiring GT6 ignition switch
From: "Tod Jones" <todjones@rica.net>
Date: Sun, 26 May 2002 04:45:22 -0400
 Check out this site
 http://www.triumphspitfire.com/wiring.html
 It has a wiring diagram for a 75, 76 & 78 spitfire but the ignition switch
 is basicaly the same in the GT6, it will show you where everything goes. It
 is one of the easyest to understand that I've found.  Tom O'Malley did a
 great job on these. Good luck.

 Tod Jones
 Harrisonburg Va
 67 Spit Mk II

 > It's time to put the steering column back in, and I can't sort out what
 > goes where, ignition switch-wise.  The Bentley says this:
 >
 >    white/red to terminal 1
 >    brown to terminal 2
 >    white to terminal 3
 >    white/pink to terminal 5
 >
 > Wish it were that simple!  First of all, my switch also has a terminal 4
 >   and a terminal 6.  OK, maybe they're unused.  Wish the book would say!
 >
 > But more important, I have six wires and seven spade connectors to sort
 > out.  They are:
 >
 >    white, heavy gauge
 >    white, 2 wires sharing one connector
 >    brown, with two connectors- one at the end, another about 2" upstream
 >    white/red
 >    white/pink
 >    brown/red
 >
 > Can anyone tell me which "white" the Bentley means goes to terminal 3,
 > and what the heck does the brown/red one go?
 >
 > thanks a lot!
 > --
 > Douglas Frank    Compaq Computer Corp.
 > ZKO              110 Spit Brook Rd.       The older I get,
 > 603-884-0501     Nashua, NH USA 03062       the better I was.

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