1977 Triumph Dolomite Sprint - Fixing "All Systems Go" Lamps скачать в хорошем качестве

1977 Triumph Dolomite Sprint - Fixing "All Systems Go" Lamps

Ever since I bought my 1977 Triumph Dolomite sprint last year, the ignition and oil lights have not worked properly. When I picked the car up in Canada, the ignition light didn’t illuminate, and unsurprisingly, the car did not charge the battery well. After asking in the Dolomite community, people told me to make sure that the brown/yellow wire had not come loose from its connector at the alternator. As luck would have it, that was my problem! A simple fix, and I had a working ignition light, and a car that would properly charge the battery (a good thing, as I was about to drive it across North America!). There’s a twist, though - the ignition light in the “All Systems Go” or “pie light” cluster didn’t light. Instead, a big red lamp on the right of the panel did. Everyone in the UK said “that light shouldn’t be there, someone must have added it.” Well, tonight I was finally able to get the car together with the wiring diagram and a bit of spare time. After some initial confusion because I was using the wrong diagram, it all suddenly clicked! These are the fun moments working on these old cars, when a puzzle comes together and reveals how things are supposed to work, and when you are able to get the car up to that next level, working the way it should, and as it was designed to. As it turns out, being an Italian market LHD car, the big red light on the dash that had been functioning as my ignition light was indeed supposed to be there. It's the brake failure warning lamp for the dual-circuit brakes! UK cars didn't have this lamp, so most Dolomite enthusiasts didn't know what it was! Now it's all back and working the way it ought to.