Re: [TR] color coding of wires used in Triumphs

[Randall <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>]

---- John Macartney <flywheelcoventry1@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: 
> As a general rule of thumb, what Randall and others have said is correct. But
> with the passage of time and cars being bought by enthusiasts around the
> world, beware the car that first went to Italy for sale as a new vehicle. 

Also beware modifications by previous owners.  The second Stag had a big black 
wire under the dash that had been cut and left to dangle.  Normally black is 
ground, so it was tempting to tuck it under a bolt head somewhere.  Fortunately 
I resisted the impulse, as I later discovered that it was twisted together with 
a brown wire somewhere up behind the panel.  The car also now has circuit 
breakers protecting a lot of the brown wires, after one of them shorted to 
ground inside the steering column.

Randall

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