Boot Light Set-up

[Fraserp6]

As I've discovered by now, nothing on my p6 is simple, as I imagine is the case with many p6's restored on this forum.

Today, I took my boot carpets and rubbers out to clean up and had a quick look ever the wiring of the boot light which hasn't worked since I bought the car.

I took it all apart and had a look at the assembly and noticed the following.

1.The switch which activates the bootlid, is not wired up to anything at all, see that attached photo.

2.The boot-light is attached to a purple and black wire and a purple wire, similar to the ones attached to the wires on the overhead light.

3. There is a blue and blue/green wire attached to nothing just lying about the boot space, this for anything specific?

So basically, whats ment to be wiring to what?

 

[DaveHerns]

You should have a wire with a spade terminal coming out of the loom near the boot switch .I'll need to check mine to see what colour it should be

 

[Fraserp6]

That would be grand Dave, look forward to see what should be going on in my boot.

 

[vaultsman]

Hi Fraser,

Dave's right, the switch is fed from the loom via a purple/black cable.



You can just make your cable out on the left of your 2nd pic. No idea what the unconnected blue cables are - fitted by a previous owner no doubt.

Some numpty (guess who !) managed to snap off the plunger on my switch but I made one up from a bit of blue polyprop from work.

Cheers,

 

[garethp6]

that reminds me i need a boot light set up for the bonnet of my p6 dont think i got any spare will have to ask my friend. yea it is purple and black from the switch i had to redo all mine for my alarm got it wired up now to the door switch so when the boot opens the interior light somes on so it sets the alarm off. when u get it working make sure the light does turn off when the boot is shut as it did happen to me thought it was off but the next day i went to start the batt was flat as the light was on all night