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Re: [TR] Dash light dimmer knob

To: Bob Danielson <75TR6@tr6.danielsonfamily.org>
Subject: Re: [TR] Dash light dimmer knob
From: jar@aldermanroad.net
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 21:11:23 -0500
Ah, well.  Forewarned is forearmed.  I'll check on TRF or other sources 
for a new one, once I break this one...  Good to know I'm not he only 
clumsy hammer hand.

Thanks

Bob Danielson wrote:

>James,
>Unfortunately, that is the one dash knob that's almost impossible to get off
>without breaking it if it's been on there a long time. It doesn't have the
>little "release indent" so you just take a putty knife and try to pry it
>off. Then it will probably break, like mine did and like someone warned me
>it would...and you replace it with a new one.
>
>Bob Danielson
>1975 TR6
>http://tr6.danielsonfamily.org 
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]
>On Behalf Of jar@aldermanroad.net
>Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 6:34 PM
>To: triumphs
>Subject: [TR] Dash light dimmer knob
>
>As mentioned on the list earlier, I've ordered a new dash from Prestige
>Autowood.  I started removing the instruments, and got to the light
>rheostate knob.  I cannot see how to remove this one.  Can someone out there
>tell me?
>
>On another note, someone a while back mentioned buying a new wiring harness
>for their TR-6.  This was not an original one, but one with a larger number
>of fuses (how in the name of God did Leyland imagine THREE fuses were
>enough!) and some other accoutrements.  Whoever did this, can they tell me
>how difficult the job was, and where they acquired the harness?
>
>Thanks
>
>James Ruffner


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