The Triumph Dolomite Club - Discussion Forum

Nice idea.

JPB wrote:How does the LED cope with being dimmed? Is some sort of standalone VR used to reduce current to the LED as presumably it will remain at full brightness or fail entirely when the panel lamps are dimmed, if it's connected in parallel with filament lamps that are fed via a rheostat.

What makes you say that? I would expect it to dim with the other lights until the voltage across it drops below its forward voltage, then I'd expect it to go out.

Exactly, it will dim imperceptibly until it reaches that point, then will go out at once, hence my suggestion to use a PWM circuit.

[quoteI done mine before Chris
I will show off my rear wiper tomorrow.][/quote]

Yes thats right after i told you what i was going to do and hang on did i not buy that rear wiper motor !

tangocharlie1 wrote:[quoteI done mine before Chris
I will show off my rear wiper tomorrow.]

Yes thats right after i told you what i was going to do and hang on did i not buy that rear wiper motor ! [/quote]

You bought 2/3rd's of the wiper motor (cheers mate)and i do vaughly remember you mentioning some kind of dash light (yes it was chris's idea, I was going to back light it)
T'was a good idea Chris, thanks for your help with the wiper, it fits and works really well.

Yup, that is a good mod. But, if you've been driving dollies as long as I have (since '75) you don't need lights to show you where things are. You should automatically know where your fingers/hands should go.

To be honest it was the missus that complained about it as she is always fiddling , anything for an easy life and to be fair anyone who knows me knows i rarely drive at night, but i know lot of you do!

Have you got a picture of this ? - I would like to see how it looks at night.

Im gonna do this - But with a green led

Does this count: My mod is a v8 in front and LSD in rear...haha, I know, not funny- its late...

If anybody knows where I can buy LED lights to replace the ones in my dash I would buy a load as the standard ones are a bit crap.

Johanv8 wrote:Does this count: My mod is a v8 in front and LSD in rear...haha, I know, not funny- its late...

what lsd did you use>?

Capri 2.8

mahony wrote: ↑Tue Mar 22, 2011 3:57 pm Good mod ,I did a similar mod years ago, I used green plastic as a insert with the bulb above it so the light was the same colour as the gauges but did not use a led but a standard bulb and holder must admit that looks easier to do,is the led a green light ?

I have used a small rectangular recessed light with prismatic green lens, salvaged from the dashboard of an Austin Montego many years ago.

1300dolly wrote: ↑Tue Mar 22, 2011 11:08 pm I done mine before Chris
I will show off my rear wiper tomorrow.

I have yet to retro-fit a rear-window wiper & washer to my 1974 Triumph Toledo 1300 "HL Special", which I am still investigating, but I have such an upgrade on my 1973 VW "1600" Type 2 Westfalia Continental motor-caravan, which I pioneered back in 1990.