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>>Ahhh. . . what a treat. Driving to work at 5am the last 15 miles with no
>>head-lights! Not all that comforting to know that some of you have trodden
>>here before - OH THANK YOU PRINCE OF DARKNESS, You have lived up to your
>>reputation! Damn that light switch, already 5 miles on the freeway, OK. . .
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>>all right. . . pull over to see if its just a loose wire. Jiggle
>everything -
>>nope, it's dead! What to do, what to do. Aw heck, driven this route for
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>>>Barry, You didn't say which car you were driving, but if it was the '72
>>>Spit, the switch is likely to be Clear Hooters, not Lucas. CH is even
>>>worse for quality than the Lucas reputation. We've learned. We always
>carry
>>>a spare CH switch in the tool kit. Something to think about.
>
>One more trick for you. After my Clear Hooter light switch fell apart after
>a Club Pub night on my GT6 I used the Demist Switch as an emergency
>replacement to get home.
>Richard Ceraldi
>71 GT6 MKIII KF166L
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I was at a Triumph Club picnic and as I was leaving after dark the headlight
switch on my '69 GT6+ simply fell to pieces when I started to turn them on.
It was a simple matter to use the metal connector in the switch to connect
the two female spade connectors to have lights on the way home...
Larry
lesnyd@monsanto.com
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