arrggg just fried my lights.

[mattius]

was re-wiring the front lights in my triumph spitfire as the guy before me made a pigs ear of it.

everything working perfect lying on the ground.

started to piece it all back together, had everything on the car and thought i better check if it all still works turned it on and i hadn't insulated one connection which touched the chassis where the earth is. i might add it was only one connection out of 30 and i knew about it but my stupid mistake i didn't fix it.
now i have no main headlights at all, sidelights, indicators etc working.

any spitfire owners know what else i could have fried to stop them working?
the temperature gauge doesn't seem to be working and the little light saying full beam in the spedo doesn't work either.

someone help me as im going nuts here.

[Groovydale]

Its a pain when you think youve got it cracked, and it turns round and bites
Dont think its a fuse, only the side lights are protected by one. Probably burnt contacts on lighting switch.
Do you have any wiring diagrams? heres a few on this site www.triumphspitfire.com/wiring.html
Hope you sort it soon
Dale

[//j17]

You may have fried the light switch, but a known weakness is the dip/main beam/headlight flash switch on the steering column.

Certainly on the early cars (and I believe on the late 1500's with TR7 switch gear too - the Haynes book only has 1 RHD 1500 wiring diagram) the column light switch is part of the main lighting circuit - no relays here sunny-jim-me-lado. As a result you have max current running through the switch and the contacts can fry over time.

[J1mmyD]

Like what he said .... other than that, there's three fuses on the bulkhead to the rear of the engine compartment, in front and to the nearside of the passenger seat.