Welcome Dave. Glad to hear a confirmed Triumph guy out there ( p.s. I have ford as well)
Sorry to be short but I have to leave in a minute to local car club night - go-kart racing...... Hope this helps: No 1 sounds like the old Lucus Opus electronic ignition connector. If you have a replacement ignition system then don't worry. No 2 yes there is a buzzer up under the passenger side that warns when the seatbelts are not fastened etc. May be the leads from that that used to go to the seat switch. No 3 yes, switches go bad. If you take of the trim in front of the handbrake and then the arm rest you can get to the switch. I thought I had mine fixed and it then started to stay on all the time. Now it decides when it wants to work or not. No 4 sounds like it although the senders do go bad. Mine went only to a half reading with a full tank and an OK float. If you short out the correct terminal to ground it should give full range reading. The wiring diagrams at http://www.triumphspitfire.com/wiring.html should help. Regards, Alan ('76 Spitfire) Dave Willner wrote: >Just purchased an 80 Spit a few weeks and new to the list. It's an original >car, right down to the tires, with 31K on the clock. I've owned a TR3A for the >past 20 years and have been active on the "other" TR list for quite some time. >Hoping to be able to contribute and add my .02 here in awhile, once I get my >bearings straight. > >Question1. I'm detailing under the bonnet and have removed the "splash >guards" and noticed a white female connector that was taped up. It's opposite >the distributor and has white, white and blue, and white and gray (slate) >wires attached. It's off the main harness and about 6-8" long. I can't seem to >find out it's purpose? Car doesn't have OD. > >Question 2: There a green and black lead with a female connector that was >wrapped around the steering column up near the wheel. When unwrapping it I >apparently grounded it out, a buzzer went off, no key in ignition, door was >open? Any thoughts, not sure where it goes, and why it's there. > >Question 3: The handbrake warning light is out. I replaced the bulb, still >out. Does the switch go bad, and is it humanly possible to get to it? > >Also last one, fuel gauge reads 3/4 after filling, I'm assuming that I may >have a small leak in the float? The temp gauge reads fine, so I don't believe >it's the stabilizer, but I may be wrong? > >Appreciate the help. > >Dave Willner >Stroudsburg, PA >59 TR3A Apple Green >80 Spitfire Carmine Red >95 Probe GT /// [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list /// Send admin requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive /// Send list postings to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// Edit your replies! If they include this trailer, they will NOT be sent.
