The Triumph Dolomite Club - Discussion Forum

Absolutely love those speakers Dave!!!

That photo was taken from an ebay listing which is on my watch list.

This may help you,

On your radio check the two positive leads, if the memory one is thicker, connect directly to the battery as this
is the main feed. I have found some radios differ, some take more from the ign lead some dont.

Personally, I would still put a relay (fused) to the ign connection and then to the battery,(fused) removes amp usage on the
main loom, and gives a smooth positive supply.

As soon as my car is back, the first thing going in is the stereo, I will post pictures of the work if it helps.

b3nson wrote:See i thought this, that's what I was looking for...
It looked like it was bound to a white wire with insulation tape but difficult to tell if it was actually connected. I chopped the top off both and stripped white/pink wire and started to connect it up to a radio, however now the car doesn't start and it very much seems an ignition issue (turns over, fires then dies straight away). I checked the wiring diagram and it says the coil feed wire goes from white to white/pink, although it does confuse me why it is all the way over the other side of the car from the coil itself. Also all the manuals say the radio wire should be located around the steering column somewhere. At the moment I'm a bit confused! I suppose it is possible I have pulled out another important wire while hunting for the elusive radio wire. Any ideas anyone?

There are actually two " white-and-pink " wires.
The pink wire with a narrow white tracer running down it is the ballasted resistor wire for the ignition coil supply.
The radio supply wire is a white wire with a narrow pink tracer ( as has been noted )

Now here is another difference between early < VA15,000 and later Sprints.
Early cars have the heater blower motor wired into position 1 of the ignition switch so you can run the heater blower with the rest of the system ignition off. These have a white wire with a pink tracer before going to an inline connector where it changes to a green wire. The radio wire is also white with pink tracer
Later cars > 15,000 have the heater motor wired to the IGN ON part of the switch , but the two White wires with a pink tracer are wired differently. One goes to the radio ( Ref 6 ) so that it only works with the ignition switch in position 1 and the other is an " Optional heater motor supply " ( Ref 84).
(Edit to clarify early cars wiring)
Tony.

Thanks for help guys.

So Tony does that mean that early Sprints do not have the extra white/pink radio wire?

b3nson wrote:Thanks for help guys.

So Tony does that mean that early Sprints do not have the extra white/pink radio wire?

Sorry about that. I didn't write that very well, so I have re-worded it above.
But yes, both early and late Sprints have the white & pink tracer radio wire.
Tony.