Are you sure that the cars reportedly without "flash to pass" really
were wired, switched, or built differently?
Isn't it more likely they maybe had bad bullet connections, frayed
wires, burned out switch contacts, etc, more along typical
Prince-Of-Darkness lines?
I take it from the diagrams and switch parts that all 4s and all 4As had
this in one or other form, and for that matter, all the later TRs as
well although the switching details changed, and of course the wiring.
So, are you SURE that these cars were wired NOT to have flash-to-pass,
or just not working properly??
(BTW I think Adrian's car is a solid axel with CT- not CTC prefix, and
he's also a Brit without the "L" but this could be a "whole nother"
story)
January
66 TR4A CTC 74217 LO
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Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2004 22:06:26 -0500
From: "Anthony Rhodes" <spamiam@comcast.net>
Subject: RE: Flash to pass - more info?
I have an interesting tidbit of info. Adrian, the owner of CTC64xxx had
NO flash to pass function in his car (4A). It appears to have been like
a TR4 in this regard. I also own CTC64342, and it has NO flash to pass.
I always assumed that either the switch on the stalk was broken or that
it was not hooked up correctly when it was rebuilt 22 years ago. I
never bothered to check it out.
Maybe these two cars are telling us that the wiring loom for the 4A had
at least two versions. One without any(?) flash to pass, and one with a
flash on high beam only. Maybe there were even some which had the flash
energizing either the highs or lows, as the factory diagram suggests.
I think that we can say that in the general range of CTC73000 and up had
the high only.
It appears that up to CTC64500 there was NO flash to pass function, but
this needs to be confirmed. So, Dan Masters and I really need more info
from TR4A owners, particularly the early cars Any owners with cars in
the 50K range?
How about cars in the 65000 thru 73000?
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