Morris Minor Owners Club

ive amazed myself how ive found the skill to use a wiring diagram,but theres one bunch of wires i cant find a home for, inside the dash, inbetween speedo/light swicth wiring and indicator arm wiring, in the w.manual ,14th edition, with alternator it shows 2 things i cant find ,relay 6RA and control unit 4TR, could it be this, any ideas ,thanks steve

The 6RA and 4 TR units were only used with the big old 11ACR alternator - and this was never fitted to a Minor !
You need to find what's not working - then the wires may turn out to have a use.

ive got an alternator from a metro, has that got the bits innit already, steve

Are those wires you can't find homes for:

Blue
Blue/ white
Blue/red
Purple
Red

Just checking as it looks that way in the pic, but want to be sure (long day).

In which case, blue/ white is main beam or main beam warning light
Purple is permanent fused live (horn and interior light IIRC)
Blue is possibly headlight live (have a feeling blue/ brown is master lighting live)
Blue/ red is dipped beam
Red is sidelights

Depending on where the wires are trying to go, they could be for the lamps themselves, or the dipswitch, warning light and instrument illumination. And the purple is whatever always live you haven't plugged it into

If the 6RA and TR4 are alternator control units, then no, you don't need them (and I don't think they should be anything to do with the wires you've got hanging around anyway) as the Metro alternator has a built in regulator (like pretty much every one other than truly obsolete early types).

packedup ,thyats it cheers ,dipswitch wirng ,its a sperate length ,still in the box , ,purple is for inner light, not sure about 3 red ones,thanks mate

Steve....the Red wires go from terminal S1 on the lighting switch to
A. the panel light switch, B the front side lights and C the rear side lights
and number plate lamp.

The 4TR units and the 11AC alternator were fitted to police morris minors.

also late travellers and some of the late vans, i thnk rac and aa ones

Ahhhh - something new every day! They were certainly of that period.

cheers willie ,gonna connect all the red together tommorow and feed to light switch