Do NOT snip the bullet connectors off!! (A real pain to re-solder) They
will fit through the stator tube, but must be introduced one at a time.
Each wire in the harness should be just a little shorter about the length of
the connector) than the next one. It's a tight fit, but they will make it.
I used a piece of safety wire and pulled the harness from the bottom of the
tube. As I remember, there is no grounding wire to the brass ring, but it
is grounded through the rivets to the surrounding metal. Check your stator
tube to make sure it is clear. I found a lot of debris from the old harness
inside. I was able to use the wire to clean it out. It is a little easier
to have someone on the bottom of the tube pulling the wire and another
feeding the harness into the tube. Line up the bullet connectors behind
each other as they start into the stator and gently push and pull. Keeping
the harness "centered" as it enters the tube helps a lot. Good luck!
Pete
'56 TR-3
'66 MGB
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]On
Behalf Of John Gillis
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2000 4:11 AM
To: triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: TR Control Head
Those following the thread will know I was rebuilding the control head for
my TR2 project. As part of all this activity I purchased a new loom for the
head from Realey Healey. It is of very nice quality and bound in the
original type material. Two questions though, I presume I will have to snip
off the bullet connectors in order to feed the loom through the stator tube
?. Secondly, should there be an earth wire connecting to the brass ring on
the control head, and if so where does it earth to. It is not part of the
new loom as it has only four wires, should it have the earth wire as well?.
I noticed an earth is shown in the workshop manual at the control head end,
but surely any wire woud have to travel down the stator tube as there is no
where else for it to exit the control head.
Looking forward as always to the collective response
John Gillis
1954 TR2 TS3618. October 1954 (ground up)
1964 Triumph 3TA 350cc (a little gem)
Trinity College
Dublin,
IRELAND.
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