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spudfan

Member Since: 10 Sep 2007
Location: Co Donegal
Posts: 4702

Daughter and her 90, a lighting issue

My daughter has a 300 tdi 90. She phoned to say that the dip lights had gone but all others were working. Naturally enough I diagnosed the main on/off light switch. So she removed the steering cowl to check which switch she needed as there are two different connectors depending on year. She bought the correct switch and fitted it...no joy, problem persisted. So she got her mechanic to look at it. Turned out to be a burnt out wire which he fixed for her. He charged £40 which is a fair enough price. Must get a relay fitted to the light system.
The object of this post being that she changed the switch herself. She is pretty hands on Land Rover wise

1982 88" 2.25 diesel
1992 110 200tdi csw -Zikali
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18th Nov 2023 12:19pm

geobloke

Member Since: 06 Nov 2012
Location: Nottinghamshire
Posts: 4410

Well done that girl

Had a similar incident on Miffy the other week. Turned out to be the relay housing of the headlight stand-alone loom made by Red Bison. The one folks put in to protect the light switch. Same symptoms as your daughters. Well it did protect the switch

I have removed the loom for repair for now, but the original loom is working just fine until then.

18th Nov 2023 5:56pm

Screbble

Member Since: 26 Apr 2015
Location: Lancashire
Posts: 2105

2004 Defender 90 Td5 XS CSW Zambezi Silver

Re: Daughter and her 90, a lighting issue

spudfan wrote:
My daughter has a 300 tdi 90. She phoned to say that the dip lights had gone but all others were working. Naturally enough I diagnosed the main on/off light switch. So she removed the steering cowl to check which switch she needed as there are two different connectors depending on year. She bought the correct switch and fitted it...no joy, problem persisted. So she got her mechanic to look at it. Turned out to be a burnt out wire which he fixed for her. He charged £40 which is a fair enough price. Must get a relay fitted to the light system.
The object of this post being that she changed the switch herself. She is pretty hands on Land Rover wise

Excellent to read that Spudfan 👍

18th Nov 2023 7:31pm

blackwolf

Member Since: 03 Nov 2009
Location: South West England
Posts: 17441

2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 DCPU Stornoway Grey

Re: Daughter and her 90, a lighting issue

spudfan wrote:
... She phoned to say that the dip lights had gone but all others were working. Naturally enough I diagnosed the main on/off light switch. ...

Excellent result, but if the dip beams are working and the main beams are not it is more likely to be the dip/main/indicator switch which has melted rather than the main off/side/head switch. Generally the latter will result in no headlights at all.

18th Nov 2023 7:52pm

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