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Tom -
A 'double throw center-off' toggle switch can be used as a jury-rigged turn
signal switch, in fact my TR3 came to me that way.
Geo
On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 11:38 AM, <pdqtr6@comcast.net> wrote:
> Help!! I'm frantically trying to get ready to go to Armagh for the
> Roadster Factory Summer Party, and I'm in the middle of an electrical
> crisis. My turn signals (front, back and both sides) stopped working this
> year when I started the season. I have used Dan Master's "Yellow Bible" to
> trace the fault. Today I decided to look at the actual switch, and much to
> my horror, I found the wiring at the switch in a mummy-wrap of black tape.
> A sure sign that a DPO has committed some crime there in the past. Sure
> enough, the "common" wire (light green / brown stripe) was just sitting
> there in the midst of the mess with no connection to the switch at all!
> Clearly a new switch is required, but is there anything I can do
> temporarily to get my turn signals to work until I arrive at TRF? It's too
> late to order it now as I'm leaving on Wednesday, but some McGiverish ideas
> would be welcome indeed...
>
> Also, my brake lights are on vacation, but that should be a simple fix
> since there isn't much to the circuit and I can get another switch (if
> needed) at my FLAPS.
>
> Thank you...
>
> Tom Walling
> '73 TR6
>
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Tom -</div><div><br></div><div>A 'double throw ce=
nter-off' toggle switch can be used as a jury-rigged turn signal switch=
, in fact my TR3 came to me that way.</div><div><br></div><div>Geo</div></d=
iv><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 1,=
2016 at 11:38 AM, <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:pdqtr6@comcast.=
net" target=3D"_blank">pdqtr6@comcast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockqu=
ote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc s=
olid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Aria=
l;font-size:12pt"><div>Help!! I'm frantically trying to get ready to go=
to Armagh for the Roadster Factory Summer Party, and I'm in the middle=
of an electrical crisis. My turn signals (front, back and both sides) stop=
ped working this year when I started the season. I have used Dan Master'=
;s "Yellow Bible" to trace the fault. Today I decided to look at =
the actual switch, and much to my horror, I found the wiring at the switch =
in a mummy-wrap of black tape. A sure sign that a DPO has committed some cr=
ime there in the past. Sure enough, the "common" wire (light gree=
n / brown stripe) was just sitting there in the midst of the mess with no c=
onnection to the switch at all! Clearly a new switch is required, but is th=
ere anything I can do temporarily to get my turn signals to work until I ar=
rive at TRF? It's too late to order it now as I'm leaving on Wednes=
day, but some McGiverish ideas would be welcome indeed...</div><div><br></d=
iv><div>Also, my brake lights are on vacation, but that should be a simple =
fix since there isn't much to the circuit and I can get another switch =
(if needed) at my FLAPS.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Thank you...<br></div=
><div><br></div><div>Tom Walling<br></div><div>'73 TR6<br></div></div><=
/div><br><br>
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