swindon_alan

HA HA HA BRILLIANT!

No, no, no. Step 1. Remove heater matrix.

@march, any ideas?

Hello @tmusc. If you become a Full Forum Member you can download all of the manuals. For now, this should give you an idea:

A follow on the @Andrew C's post on using a fog light switch for the lighting master (headlamps) switch. It won't work as the original is a double pole double throw, one set of contacts for the lights and the other for the headlamp pod delay module. The fog light switch might have the same pins but it is only single pole, so no second contacts. Unfortunately my post '98 V8 wiring diagram copies are missing sheets 11 to 14 for some reason (can anyone with a complete copy scan them in please?) so I can't tell which of the other switches might substitute although looking at the '96 - '97 I reckon that a '83-'99 Peugeot 205 hazard warning switch should do the job. You would have to check that pins 4 and 6 were not connected on the loom though - the only difference.

@Andrew C Cross reference forum is handy! Which points to

Smiths BDS100x diagrams: (Drawing says Lucas, duh! It is a Smiths Industries part). BMI pin mappings bottom right. Note that the two pairs of terminals can be connected either way round and the male/female combinations ensure that you shouldn't get them wrong. Well at least on a TR7! I've had a go at the Honda Gold Wing electronic module that Marc sent me but the potting compound appears to be made of reinforced concrete and will take a lot of work with a Dremel to get to the components. When I have a spare afternoon perhaps... So thanks very much @march, your unmolested relay is back in its Jiffy bag and will be on the way to you tomorrow.

Yer, just a typo I think. The note was to differentiate it from a V8.

Did the V8 thingy go in the end Barry?

The burning question is have you got room for it Barry?

Thanks @march, yes let me know if you find one and I will PM you my address. I can send it back to you again after examination. Good stuff!

That will do the job @march. As you note, a separate switch in the tank in the TR, same as the Esprit. I would have to get a meter and a 12V supply on one to confirm the pin outs but yes, very good spot. Depending on the size - you might have to pull it out of the can - it could even fit in the BMI shell with some short jump wires, as you suggested. It would swap electronics for electro-mechanical but as I noted above, "This feels like a lot of electronics and probably overkill". @Erikl indeed you could build a NE555 version of the BMI but you would also need timing capacitors/resistors and a power transistor or a relay to ground the 12V feed from the warning lamp.

Interesting @march. It has four terminals, T, L, B and E. Presumably Tank, Light, Battery and Earth? That's the same arrangement as the BMI module. So possibly... However, we would need to see it in the context of the wiring diagram. The Lotus uses a separate switch in the tank to signal that one, whereas this one might use the variable voltage off of the fuel level sender. The part number, BDS1003 also covers BDS1004 by the look of it and the description on an ad reads: This is a NOS Smiths thermal delay switch, or low fuel warning relay for Triumph TR7 and TR8 . Smiths Part number BDS 1004/00. That tends to suggest that it is switched.

Spotted in the car park of the local shops just now. Parked well away from any other cars (of course!)

Renault 5 Turbo Filip?

That is a really good call actually, Coventry is not that far away from here.

It's the special high engine cooling version Steve? When louvres are not enough...

Is the model still looking as good aged about 60? If so then I am extremely jealous...

"Auto expert Dan Jedlicka tested one of the cars and says that 'the Ferrari seems like a truck in comparison' "

Now in a different Lotus heaven. RIP Molemot.

I will beat Sparky to the punch: "My pants are overfull in the front as it is"

Here you go

Does about five miles on a charge at full pelt. Wonderful. Bring on hydrogen and forget this rubbish technology 🕺

We have a variation on that in Swindon but it's not called a gym.

I try and get into both of mine as much as possible