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Spitfire Lighting issues on 1980 Spitfire

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I will soon be driving to Western Maine to pick up my 1980 Spitfire. The P.O. has repaired a brake cylinder leak [I'm sure there will be more :smile:] and through pulling it in and out often enough, made the hazard unit function. He reports that I still have no directionals (front and rear, and dashboard indicators), parking lights and taillights (I'm unclear as to brake lights). However, the directionals function, front and rear, when the hazard switch is pulled out. Also, the headlights work, low beam and high beam.

Since I know the power wires to the directionals must be good - or I'd have no hazard lights flashing - I have to assume that the directionals and taillights are fused. Is this correct? Is the fuse mounted on the firewall on an '80 or under the dash somewhere? I need to drive the car home so I'd like to have those working before taking off for a 2.5 hour drive on back roads.

Thanks,

Jeff
 
Yes, the directionals are fused, but if they do work, then the fuse is not your problem. Sounds to me as if there is some messed-up wiring amongst the whole directional / hazard circuit mess. Meanwhile, all running lights (park and tail) are also fused, but it is a separate fuse. Try just wiggling the fuses; often that's enough to break a bit of surface corrosion and get them going again. Headlamps are not fused.

All three fuses are accessible from under the hood, on the vertical part of the bulkhead (where the main wire harness comes through) near the master cylinders.
 
Fuse should be on the drive side under the bonnet...directionals should be the Green circuit and running lights are on the Red circuit.

The fuse box on my 73 will lose contact with one side of the fuse and I will lose part of the circuit..have to make sure the stays in good contact......picture power into one side of the fuse and outgoing circuits on both top and bottom contacts on the opposite side of the fuse....top contact will would shift and i would lose some lights but not the whole fuse..
 
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