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I don't think I've found any of the 3mm connectors under the bonnet of my 73 car, other than the ones I put in the front lighting, which are compatible with the ones the under dash. I think all the original connectors I have elsewhere are Lucas bullet ones (4mm?).
Is it possible the other type are later than 73? And any chance of a picture?
Graham
I've had a few inconclusive conversations about series 1 Sprints and whether they used bullet connectors on headlamp and sidelamp connectors or Rists plugs.And even more doubt on series 2 cars. My 73 Toledo deffo had bullets and i've always assumed the Sprint was the same till sometime after 73. My own 78 series 3 Sprint has Rists plugs of course, but i've messed about with lamps and plugs so much I can't now tell or remember which are original. So yes, AFAIK the Rists plugs came later, maybe at 76 rationalisation. But you should still have a 5 pin 3mm Rists plug at the starter/inhibit bypass/reverse light/O'D loom connection near the clutch master cyl as a pattern of the "outdoor" variety.
One thing I DID notice, is that I was forced (burnt loom) to put a series 3 1850 loom into a series 1 Sprint auto. Both looms had the Rists plug at the inhibit switch interface and the disparate plugs fitted together perfectly. But when i'd finished the install, the car would no longer crank over and it turned out the wires at that interface were in a different sequence in the plug! Easily fixed but it had me going for a minute or two! Even now i'm not sure whether that late series 1 car (VA102xxDLA) had Rists or bullets on the headlamp/indicator wiring, much of it was burnt and had been messed about with by a previous owner anyway, including fitting halogens without relays. (Part of why it burnt, the rest was stupidity) It has relays AND Rists now, cos I did it!
Steve