Adding Spotlights to MGTF - wiring help needed pretty please!

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Posted 1 year 8 months ago #209479
Hi yes I totally agree - hence why I still genuinely have no real clue what wires to attach where. I think I will add the coloured wires to the back of the switch connector in order shown in the picture/diagram I attached before, but I then don't know on which cables to then piggy back/connect them to?

I went back to the seller who was able to send me the following to 'help' me? Can anyone make sense of it with regard to what I currently have in the car? Thanks ever so much as always!!

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Posted 1 year 8 months ago #209480
Early Fs had different shaped switches to later Fs and TFs.

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Posted 1 year 8 months ago #209482
Ah ok, but I presume the wiring in the back was always the same?
Anyhoo I am not sure my last post had the pic attached - so here are the so called 'instructions' that the seller has sent to me...



 
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Posted 1 year 8 months ago #209483
Early F switch panel

 


Later F & TF switch panel

 

And even though the window lift switches look the same they're actually different
 

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Posted 1 year 8 months ago #209498

Early F switch panel

 


Later F & TF switch panel

 

And even though the window lift switches look the same they're actually different


Wow totally different panels!
 

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Posted 1 year 8 months ago #209508

Wow totally different panels!

 

More importantly......Totally different switches too!

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You won’t see many of those early panels in the land of Pom, the exported cars were nearly all equipped with air con, which was an optional extra here. As air con was a bit of a con, on less salubrious vehicles of that time & a costly extra (if my memory serves & stop giggling at the back!)
They’re a bit scarce. I think they look neat & if one popped past at an attractive price, I might just have it about, for when I rework the centre console.
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Posted 1 year 8 months ago #209512
No those of you that were to miserable to buy the fully loaded versions and settled for the poverty pack got this

 

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Where are you up to with this? Cobber & I can go on swooping anecdotes for ages, with you in the background wondering how to progress.
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Posted 1 year 8 months ago #209527
No I haven't made any progress yet.

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Posted 1 year 4 months ago #211975
Hi Airportable and thank you so much for yours and Cobbers help thus far.. I was busy over the Xmas and New Year period and so have not touched this since due to bad weather..
The weather is picking up now and so I am looking at getting back out on the car as it's a big project... I am still non the wiser of what wires I should be piggy backing into...it's so frustrating and the car has just been say with the console hanging out :-(
I am ultimately unsure what coloured wires on the main loom in the car are that I should be connecting to with the ones remaining from the kit that I purchased.

I shall take a couple of new pictures to hopefully show you all a little easier with what is left.... I had hoped the so called 'instructions' I posted up that came with the kit, together with the additional wiring diagrams for teh back of the green plug that goes into the back of the fog light switch, may have helped with the situation, but in all honesty they clearly havent!

SO frustrated by it all and sorry if I have caused you all stress with asking so many questions :-(

I will be able to post pictures up tomorrow - thanks ever so much once again...

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Posted 1 year 4 months ago #212026
Hi Everyone, right here we go - I am "hoping" that I can be a little more clear than before, and have retaken pics to explain a little easier...

Part 1: 
So you will see from the first couple pictures, that the loom from the front lights that I purchased, comes through with just one red wire, that goes into the block connector part of the switch/transistor, which in turn, has a series of wires coming out from it, of which (pink & white) goes into the inline fuse, and out the other side with a copper "C-shaped" connector on the end.  The other with with a Copper "C-shaped" connector, comes from the back of the switch/transistor unit that the other come out from....together with a cluster of other wires from the same switch/transistor that come down to a small green connector..
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