Talk Morgan Forums Morgan Sports Cars Classic Morgans (pre-CX) Wiring oddity

after spending way too much time on wiring diagrams the last couple days I believe to understand the circuit now:

Maybe an owner of an older Morgan with a dashboad like this one below can confirm that the switch labelled "P" was the "park switch"


As you can see from the diagram the light switch was feed from the Anmeter (brown-white (NW) cable) --> to the light switch --> via a fuse to the parkswitch.
If there is no key in the ignition - no power would go to the lights. Therefore, the park switch had a second power feed via the white-black cable from the coil - which in turn is feed through the ballast resistor
with a white-yellow cable from the starter solenoid battery port.

Based on the information and pictures from John Worrall's & Liz Turner's book it can be assumed that with the introduction of the 1969 Morgan 4/4 the black leather dashboard with the black switches also also found in the Mini and other british cars - the park switch was removed.

My 1984 Morgan has exactly this light switch. It is a 3-way switch and connect via a brown cable. With this the park light can be switched on (will power red-green cable to fuse and from there on side & rear lamps). The second position of the switch will also power the blue cable (going to the flasher switch).

I am quite certain that the Morgan factory made changes to the wiring over the years without documenting this in the diagrams. The park switch is a good example.

Regards
Tim