millerlite Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 one problem i just found no headlights all other lights work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve AKA vitessesteve Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 Have you checked that they are actually connected? Did they work before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosbif Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 Last year mine suddenly stopped working. Traced it down to faulty earth connection, so ran a new wire. Problem solved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy Wade Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 4 hours ago, millerlite said: one problem i just found no headlights all other lights work I notice from a previous post you've got an early TR6. What position is the column switch? Assuming it's the same as my Spitfire which is a similar age, top position is sidelights only, middle is high beam & bottom position is low beam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millerlite Posted September 1 Author Share Posted September 1 2 hours ago, Amy Wade said: I notice from a previous post you've got an early TR6. What position is the column switch? Assuming it's the same as my Spitfire which is a similar age, top position is sidelights only, middle is high beam & bottom position is low beam. no mine is top off 1 down sidelights 2 down headlights dip/main is floor mounted push button 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millerlite Posted September 1 Author Share Posted September 1 6 hours ago, Steve AKA vitessesteve said: Have you checked that they are actually connected? Did they work before? not working when i got car Saturday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glang Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 Does the mainbeam flash work? If not the problem is likely to be on the earth side of the lights as the flash works using a completely different power supply to the normal function... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard B Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 First try the wires to the foot switch, blue -main feed should have 12v with headlights on. Could be a cable broken/unplugged or the switch. If the foot switch is ok, there should be a join in the wires at the front valance; where the feed splits to both headlights. Break out the multimeter and see if you have 12v there. should be 3 sets of cables. Blue/White - Full Beam, Blue/Red - Dip, Black - Ground If the ground is faulty or coroded then none of them will work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millerlite Posted September 2 Author Share Posted September 2 13 hours ago, glang said: Does the mainbeam flash work? If not the problem is likely to be on the earth side of the lights as the flash works using a completely different power supply to the normal function... yes flashes ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millerlite Posted September 2 Author Share Posted September 2 2 hours ago, Richard B said: First try the wires to the foot switch, blue -main feed should have 12v with headlights on. Could be a cable broken/unplugged or the switch. If the foot switch is ok, there should be a join in the wires at the front valance; where the feed splits to both headlights. Break out the multimeter and see if you have 12v there. should be 3 sets of cables. Blue/White - Full Beam, Blue/Red - Dip, Black - Ground If the ground is faulty or coroded then none of them will work. thank you very helpful will check weekend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glang Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 1 hour ago, millerlite said: yes flashes ok Great as Richard says theres a power loss somewhere between the column switch and floor switch including the switches themselves. Earth looks ok as flash works👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millerlite Posted September 11 Author Share Posted September 11 the blue wire from switch to dip /main beam switch was corroded and broken in the bullet connecter under dash must have got wet sometime cut back new bullet connector and fine now 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glang Posted September 11 Share Posted September 11 Success! But were there any other connections in the same area that might have suffered as well? How about some preemptive maintenance on those - theres nothing worse than forgetting all about it until you suddenly remember in a few years time just as you find a similar fault in the same area🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millerlite Posted September 13 Author Share Posted September 13 did look but all the rest looked good , but speedo angle drive now gone bottoms up cheap crap ebay one i think like most are now days, just waiting for them to come in at trgb they're having them make in uk by engineering company and give a two warranty with there's not cheap though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glang Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 Ive heard of the possibility of doing away with the angle drive completely and just have a rerouted longer cable but never tried it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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