Front Console Ground Wire

[kermit]

I pulled the front console off to replace the radio and found a black ground wire had come loose and not sure where it goes. The wire comes from the harness (right side of the heater box) that feeds the front console lighting panel, cigar lighter & AC switches.

The lighting panel has a single red/white wire coming out of the same harness but no ground wire.

Should the ground wire be tied into this panel somewhere?




1980 TR8 DHC - Poseidon Green
1980 TR7 DHC - Brooklands Green

[DutchTriumph]

Isn't this the ground, to put on the bolt on the backside of the radio?

Cheers,
Peter

1977 TR7 FHC, 1976 Spitfire 1500

[DNK]

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by DutchTriumph</i>

Isn't this the ground, to put on the bolt on the backside of the radio?<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

Think he noted that one as different

Don
Stick a Wedge In It
80 TR7 V8 Kick in the pants

[kermit]

The ground from the radio to the chassis bolt is separate.

How is the console lighting grounded?


1980 TR8 DHC - Poseidon Green
1980 TR7 DHC - Brooklands Green

[kermit]

Took a closer look at the 4 light fixtures on the console bar and noticed fragments from a broken wire on one of the lights. Seems to make sense that there would be one R/W wire and one B wire coming from the loom and connecting to one of the 4 lights. The R/W and B wires then jump over to the other 3 lights.




1980 TR8 DHC - Poseidon Green
1980 TR7 DHC - Brooklands Green