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Darren Groves

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  5. Intermittent Wipers

    in Electrical System

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    I must admit I like the idea of the intermittent wipers.... can someone post, or send me the full details?

     

    Hi Colin,

     

    I wrote about how I done this a couple of years ago for The Courier using a kit from Maplins, but if you CLICK HERE you can find the same article.

     

    The Club Shop sell the Smart-Screen kits which seem good, but a little pricey. Couldn't find them on the online shop, but they were advertised in the Mag that's just arrived or go direct to the manufacturer here: http://www.smart-screen.co.uk/contents/en-uk/d13.html

     

    I have overcome the problem I initially posted, I am using the delay relay to switch a standard 4 pin relay as these can be switched as positive or negative, seems to work fine.

  7. Intermittent Wipers

    in Electrical System

    Posted

    A year or 3 ago I added intermittent wipers to my Herald using one of the build it yourself jobbies from Maplin and it has worked pretty good but it was a bit of a bulky solution. I decided to swap it out for a Universal 5 Pin relay which gives a 5 second delay. The relay works by switching through terminals 3 & 4, however with the wiring as suggested it's switching a positive circuit, whereas our wiper motors switch on the negative side.

     

    I had a very quick play to make it switch the negative but couldn't get my head around it, so is there anyone out there that knows how I can wire it so terminals 3 & 4 are negative rather than positive.

     

    Thanks

    Darren

     

    wiper001.jpg

    Recommended wiring from supplier

    wiper002.jpg

    How our wiper motors are wired.

  10. Dashboard Instrument Lighting

    in Electrical System

    Posted

    Is the bulb holder a 1 or 2 wire type? If it's a single wire it's earthed through the gauge, so ensure the gauge has a good earth, if it's a 2 wire then check continuity in both the live and earth. Should it be a green or white light? Some gauges have a little green plastic dome on the inside where the bulb goes, unless that has got very dirty or covered not sure why the light wouldn't come through to the face.

  12. Voltage Regulator

    in Electrical System

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    Thanks Clive,

                     I'll check out what my local garage has. He usually has a few scrap motors lying around. Since the Herald is negative earth I presume it's just a straight swop?

     

    The feed back to the battery will be a cable with around a 25amp capacity for an original dynamo set-up, I suspect any alternator off a scrapper will produce more than that so do ensure the cable(s) back to the battery are man enough. I used both the large spade connections on the back of my Lucas unit to double up the cables as it was rated at 45amp.

  14. model based threads again

    in Forum Help and Suggestions

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    Hi all

     

    Just rejoined the club after a few years off, but had previously been a member since 1989. First time I've signed up to the forum and surprised and disappointed not to see model specific threads as used on other forums I frequent. Some of the subjects apply to other models but I think triumphs enthusiasts are well aware of that and will browse accordingly. The layout just feels clunky and awkward in comparison. Great to be back in the TSSC though.

     

    Mark  

     

    Hi Mark,

     

    This was my initial thought, but stick with it as after a while it makes sense and you'll see the benefits of being set up this way.

     

    Darren

  15. car fires

    in General

    Posted

    Got to be electrical on older cars due to the lack of fuses. I saw the wire from the ignition to dizzy melt in front of me on my car some years back (see pic), I now have several fuse boxes and all circuits are protected. Someone like http://www.autosparks.co.uk/ sell everything you'd need, and it would definitely reduce the risk of your pride & joys going up in smoke. 

     

    melted_wire.jpg

  17. Speedo Cable for Herald Overdrive

    in Gearbox & Overdrive

    Posted

    Hi Pete,

     

    Good idea.

     

    I'm just about to fit a Spitfire 1500 Speedo so was trying to work out which cable to order. I remember having to buy a longer cable when doing the OD conversion but no hope of remembering which length. The Spit Speedo has a different connection on the back so hence the need for a different cable.

     

    I know the speedo won't read correctly, but then again neither does the standard Herald one so it's just a matter of using the Sat-Nav to see which way and by how much it's out, or stumping up to have it re-calibrated.

     

    Darren

  21. Voltage Regulator

    in Electrical System

    Posted

    Also note that the regulator comes in 2 and 3 wire versions. I'm told you only need 2 of the 3 wires on the 3 wire version to make it work. However having been fooled before I was careful to replaced to like for like.

     

    Thanks, I did spot the difference, so should get the 2 wire version.

  24. Voltage Regulator

    in Electrical System

    Posted

    I'm guessing the back of the voltage regulator of my alternator shouldn't look like that. You can see where it's melted and run down the casing.

     

    regulator.jpg

     

    After a day of intermittent charging, it's now completely died. Hoping a new one will fix the problem.

  25. Rough Running

    in Engine

    Posted

    you should have two springs to maintain the hysterisis and inlet and exhaust have different collet

    collars a one peice and two peice,

     

     

    I've googled hysterisis and I still don't understand what it means.... :unsure: 

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