I have a 71 so I dont have to worry about this situation, but the biggest
problem I see about having the light only come on when the switch is on for
lights is getting into the trunk at night AFTER you have turned off the car.? I
am not in the habit of coming home from the grocery store after dark, leave the
engine running, unload the groceries then return to shut off the car?? Or it
would be pretty hard to turn off the headlight switch after you had removed
everything from the trunk and your hands were full of whatever was in the
trunk.? So, what do those people who have 74 and on up cars do in that type of
a situation?
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Mace <zoboherald@aol.com>
To: triumphs@autox.team.net
Sent: Thu, Aug 27, 2009 9:49 am
Subject: Re: [TR] Not good with electrical
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Danielson <75TR6@tr6.danielsonfamily.org>
...So for 1973 and earlier, the light came on when the trunk was opened. From
1974 -
76, you had to have the headlight switch on for the light to work. It makes
no sense to me but that's how it was done.
==AM==
I suppose one might make the argument that is seems somewhat pointless to have
a
trunk light in daylight,
i.e., when you wouldn't need lights anywhere. But given the BLMC corporate
bean-counter policies of the
time, perhaps some accountant determined that several pence per vehicle might
be
saved by NOT running that extra
dedicated purple wire all the way back to the boot? ;-)
--Andy Mace
*Mrs Irrelevant: Oh, is it a jet?
*Man: Well, no ... It's not so much of a jet, it's more your, er, Triumph
Herald
engine with wings.
_______________________________________________
Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html
This list supported in part by the Vintage Triumph Register
http://www.vtr.org
Triumphs@autox.team.net
http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/triumphs
http://www.team.net/archive
|