Maff Posted August 17, 2018 Report Share Posted August 17, 2018 Hi all. Any idea's what's going on? Matt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted August 17, 2018 Report Share Posted August 17, 2018 Main and dip are controlled from the stg column stalk 3 positions headlights off , main beam , dip beam The pull switch should be lights first pull and panel lights on second pull Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maff Posted August 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2018 2 minutes ago, Pete Lewis said: Main and dip are controlled from the stg column stalk 3 positions headlights off , main beam , dip beam The pull switch should be lights first pull and panel lights on second pull Pete Aaahh. I get easily confused with levers and pull switches. Knew I'd missed something! Cheers Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NonMember Posted August 19, 2018 Report Share Posted August 19, 2018 Confession time... When I fitted Toby's new harness, I specified relays for the headlights. I went to test them - no actual lights fitted but listening for the clicks - and could not, for the life of me, understand what was going on. Now bear in mind I've owned at least one car with this headlight control arrangement (Vitesse, Spitfire) pretty much continuously for 30 years now. I had two relays clicking when going side to main, only one going main to dip. How? I was baffled. Then I walked over to the Vitesse, flicked the switch, and realised I'd been operating it upside down. In that context, it was all working exactly right. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted August 19, 2018 Report Share Posted August 19, 2018 i love the old off /main/ dip stalk ,, whizzing into a corner a flick ....nope thats off panic,, .......... flick , .........thats better Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave.vitesse Posted August 19, 2018 Report Share Posted August 19, 2018 If I remember only the early Spit had the three position headlight stalk switch. Most had a two position head/dip type. Not counting the TR7 type on the later 1500's. The motor reviews of the time were critical that you could easily go through head to sidelights. Particularly as you had been on dip with a car headlights in your eyes a moment before. So I guess that's why the Spit got the change to the switch. I believe the TR4 also had the two position switch. Why not the Herald/Vitesse? Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted August 19, 2018 Report Share Posted August 19, 2018 Didnt triumph have a why not dept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave.vitesse Posted August 20, 2018 Report Share Posted August 20, 2018 Either they had loads of unused/on-order three position switches plus the respective looms or stuck with the build standard. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NonMember Posted August 23, 2018 Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 On 8/19/2018 at 9:52 AM, dave.vitesse said: If I remember only the early Spit had the three position headlight stalk switch. Most had a two position head/dip type. Not really. All the roundtails had the three-position. The Mk4 and early 1500 had the two position, with re-purposed master switch (off/side/head instead of off/exterior/dash) On 8/19/2018 at 9:52 AM, dave.vitesse said: I believe the TR4 also had the two position switch. No, the TR4 had the three position column switch but it performed the function of the later type master switch (rocker on dash). So the column switch, from top, gives off/side/headlights. The TR4's main/dip selection is by foot switch next to the clutch pedal. Despite the Motor's objections, the Herald / early Spitfire controls make a lot of sense. You need rapid access to dipped beam, for when a car appears around a bend, but switching back to main is for your convenience and need not be so hurried. Finding the middle, when the switch is working right and the driver is not a gorilla, is not hard. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave.vitesse Posted August 23, 2018 Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 Hello Rob, thanks for the info on the TR4. Long time since I drove one hence the "believe". Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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