Wiring issue

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#1 Wiring issue

Post by phoenix » Fri Jun 02, 2023 12:12 am

Hi its an S 1 fhc rhd and its a full rebuild with a new loom. I have 2 long wires coming out of the loom just near the b post on the drivers side. They look like they are long enough to be for an interior light near the long can't rail. But I asked the owner and he only remembers the one at the rear. Can you enlighten me . No pun intended.
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#2 Re: Wiring issue

Post by abowie » Fri Jun 02, 2023 4:37 am

What colour are they?
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#3 Re: Wiring issue

Post by Series1 Stu » Fri Jun 02, 2023 6:44 am

They are probably for the handbrake warning light switch.

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#4 Re: Wiring issue

Post by Allrand » Fri Jun 02, 2023 6:44 am

:yeahthat: bju89
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#5 Re: Wiring issue

Post by phoenix » Fri Jun 02, 2023 8:45 am

I will look at wire colours on Monday. I had it in my mind they could be but I thought that they would have been better coming from the handbrake side loom. I have already run two wires from the handbrake to behind dash but they can be altered .
It seems unusual to me not to have an interior light somewhere at the front.
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#6 Re: Wiring issue

Post by christopher storey » Fri Jun 02, 2023 9:04 am

The front interior light is the festoon bulb on the underside of the dash top in the centre

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#7 Re: Wiring issue

Post by chrisfell » Fri Jun 02, 2023 12:01 pm

My car '67 2+2, has a BA6 (small bayonet) instrument bulb as the map light.
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#8 Re: Wiring issue

Post by Allrand » Fri Jun 02, 2023 1:58 pm

Yes quirky E-type, my rhd fhc also has the wires to the handbrake switch coming from the rhs. Maybe the designer intended to have the rhd handbrake on the rhs but it never got to production that way, you'd think the wiring looms would have been adjusted accordingly. 😁
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