Re: [T3] FW: Headlight switch

[Chris Wright <Christopher.Wright@Sun.COM>]

<x-flowed>I'm a bit curious about the 'parking light control light'.    The T3 
64-66 wiring diagram shows the front and rear parking lights fed off 58 
(through the fuses) .  58 is live when the switch is on the first or 
second position, so the parking lights stay on when on main beam.  That 
seems logical so there is always a red rear light showing.  The T34 is 
the same.   But the 64-66 wiring diagram shows terminal 57  feeding a 
'parking light control light' which only goes live in the first switch 
position and goes out when you're on headlights.  Are all T3s like this 
or is it just a US thing?   (This terminal isn't used on a 64-66 T34, 
there's no 'parking control light').  Terminal 57 doesn't feed anything 
else in my T3 wiring diagram so why have 2 connections on the switch?
Rgds Chris

Jim Adney wrote:

> On 4 Apr 2006 at 9:46, type3weezer@comcast.net wrote:
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> > > That's the right link and it looks just like the one here next to my 
> > > keyboard. BTW, what's wrong with yours?
> > >      
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> > After an exhaustive search through all my wires I have concluded that a
> > faulty switch is at the root of my rear parking lights not working. You
> > might remmember me having a thread about this about a month ago. 
> >    
>
> Okay, I remember now.
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> > > The one problem that I see 
> > > is that the late switch only has 7 terminals, which seem to be quite 
> > > different (30, 30, 56, 57, 58, 58b, X) compared to the old one here 
> > > (30, 30, 30, 56, 57, 57, 58, 58b.)
> > >      
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> > I don't have my switch in front of me so I couldn't tell you. I'll check
> > when I get home. I'm not sure but I think the two rear lights have seperate
> > terminals. 
> >    
>
> Okay, so maybe that's why there are 2 #57 terminals. Sounds like one of them 
> isn't getting connected. Sure seems odd that they would build the switch this 
> way, but I was also surprised to see the 3 #30 terminals. Two of those are 
> conjoined, but the third is completely separate....
>
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