To clarify my comment- The sistered wire goes to the high beam indicator- it is paired rather than sisteres- they are both blue and red, I think, with blue/white going to low beams.
If memory serves... Scott ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott A. Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "flinters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Geoff Heyland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 12:05 AM Subject: Re: Mark II Hi Beam Foot Switch > The American spec Spitfires, and Heralds, natch' will have the foot dipper > switch, to conform to US standards of the day. The main lighting switch is > the stalk on the column, and the instrument lights are the knob on the > dash. > > The British spec has the main light switch on the dash, and instrument > lights are part of that circuit- it is a 2 position pull switch- first is > parking, then a twist/pull and headlights come on. The dipper switch for the > British version is on the column, and this is the one Haynes represents. > > For the US, there will be three wires coming out of the stalk switch- should > be blue with a colored tracer- Red goes to parking lights, white is to > dimmer switch, and solid red is power feed. > > From the dipper, one is sistered with a thinner wire for high beams, and the > other is low beams. > > > Something close to that there... I don't have my US wiring guide handy > > Scott > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "flinters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Geoff Heyland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 10:25 PM > Subject: Re: Mark II Hi Beam Foot Switch > > > > I'm not aware that there *is* a footswitch for the highbeam dimmer in > > early Spits. I certainly haven't found any in the ones I've scrapped so > > far, but that might be just dumb luck. /// [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.
