5th gear warning light

[coxy]

g day all i think i might have stuffed up my warning light comes on when changing from 3rd to 4th goes off and then comes on when changing from 4th to 5th then goes out again is this wrong cheers.

[old smokey]

Hi Coxy,
Under good conditions the 5th gear indicator light does come on and stay on when running in 5th gear.
I know I have seen mine flicker once in awhile, but I don't remember between which gears it was.
Mine was working good at the time of deer impact - I had the yellowish 5th gear light and red high beam lights showing then.

[disc_valve]

The 5th gear lamp operating switch is incorporated as a second contact within the neutral switch - the black bakelite block held on by three 5mm screws above the engine sprocket. I cant see how that could suddenly start lighting in 3rd or 4th gear, unless possibly the internal brass contact has come adrift or become bent. Might be worth taking the neatral switch off and checking there's nothing conme adrift.Don't overtighten the screws when refitting the switch, though - it's all to easy to crack the bakelite cover.

The other thought is, it's not simply a short in the wiring loom that happens to co-incide with use of 4th gear, is it? All the Neutral/5th gear switch does is connectr the relevant wire to ground to light the lamp.

[coxy]

thanks graham i am leaning towards it just being a short