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Hi Vette and Ray
Thank you both for taking time to provide a thorough explanation and guide through this process. Also, Vette ,the diagram was a great help in understanding the circuit.
Ok, so I have now concluded that there is a fault with the trafficator. The green wire is hot but neither the green and blue wire nor the green and yellow wire are hot after switching! As you say, these wires energise the relay so I am getting no power there.
As Vette suggested I jumped green to green and blue and indeed, the flasher worked. So after all that I will follow Vettes suggestion and fit a separate indicator switch on the dash. ( I had this arrangement on my previous TR3 and it was fine.)
So I will leave the brown wires untouched.
I guess I leave the green wire intact as it is needed for the horn but will tap off the connection and take this hot wire to the new flasher switch
I will disconnect the green and blue wire and the green and yellow wire and take a wire from each of them to the new switch.
I will think about what to do with the trafficator and thank glemon for his comments. I will no doubt post a new thread on the trafficator issue later (perhaps much later) on but I do have one question please
Can I just check out the mechanical function of the switch without removing the whole head. I have read that you can remove the bakelite cover by removing the horn push, taking out the two blades and undoing a further screw to remove the cover. Question, aren't there nuts on the end of these screws, are they captive so that you can reassemble?
Thanks once again for your detailed help in resolving this problem, I really appreciate it.
Steve
Thank you both for taking time to provide a thorough explanation and guide through this process. Also, Vette ,the diagram was a great help in understanding the circuit.
Ok, so I have now concluded that there is a fault with the trafficator. The green wire is hot but neither the green and blue wire nor the green and yellow wire are hot after switching! As you say, these wires energise the relay so I am getting no power there.
As Vette suggested I jumped green to green and blue and indeed, the flasher worked. So after all that I will follow Vettes suggestion and fit a separate indicator switch on the dash. ( I had this arrangement on my previous TR3 and it was fine.)
So I will leave the brown wires untouched.
I guess I leave the green wire intact as it is needed for the horn but will tap off the connection and take this hot wire to the new flasher switch
I will disconnect the green and blue wire and the green and yellow wire and take a wire from each of them to the new switch.
I will think about what to do with the trafficator and thank glemon for his comments. I will no doubt post a new thread on the trafficator issue later (perhaps much later) on but I do have one question please
Can I just check out the mechanical function of the switch without removing the whole head. I have read that you can remove the bakelite cover by removing the horn push, taking out the two blades and undoing a further screw to remove the cover. Question, aren't there nuts on the end of these screws, are they captive so that you can reassemble?
Thanks once again for your detailed help in resolving this problem, I really appreciate it.
Steve