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| RickH Member Since: 25 Aug 2013 Location: Central belt Scotland Posts: 39  
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So, right ball park, but slight variation....
I have a 2001 TD5 90 that I've just swapped out the indicators front and rear for LED items. Test of hazards showed the expected faster than usual flashing with the omission of that first trailer flash. Solution; fit the adjustable relay that was purchased at the same time. Then it went weird. The flashing is now so quick I can't even replicate when trying to explain over the phone. The vendor suggested checking the earth points. All incandescent bulbs were working just fine before I got the screwdriver out, all LEDs work fine on indicate and on hazard. Now I see that the offside rear indicator is covered in mud as it appears to be unprotected, would this be a potential source of problems, or should I be looking at the earth situation? I see from the postings above that there's talk of an earth for rear lights on the transfer box, one in the RHS wheel arch and possibly one in the number plate light. Would that cover possible indicator issues? |
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28th Oct 2013 1:07pm |
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| tpy Member Since: 27 Jan 2014 Location: paris Posts: 17  
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Blackwolf, I could use the picture you mentioned to locate the earthing points on my 05 defender. I'm having troubles with my indicators (none of the 6 lights flashes, no hazard warning lights either) since I took the car up a mountain road under heavy snow fall. From what I found on the web, it looks like checking the conditions of my earth points could be a good idea. The electrical diagrams in the Haynes manual mention the existence of 7 points for the td5 but do not indicate where these are. Any clue? Thanks! |
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11th Mar 2014 12:03pm |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17386  
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Unfortunately I cannot find the diagram I remember. The earth point for the rear lights is in the vicinity of the RH gearbox mount however.
I sounds unlikely that you problem is the simultaneous failure of multiple earth connections since if this happened other things would also have stopped working. Look to your flasher unit first, I suggest. |
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11th Mar 2014 2:32pm |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17386
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Aha, found it!
 Click image to enlarge |
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11th Mar 2014 2:59pm |
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| tpy Member Since: 27 Jan 2014 Location: paris Posts: 17
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Great, thanks a lot!
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11th Mar 2014 8:19pm |
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| munch90 Member Since: 26 Oct 2013 Location: guildford Posts: 3558 
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there is a small (not battery main earth ) earth on the side of transfer box on drivers side
that's the one - pic wasn't there when I started post |
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11th Mar 2014 8:39pm |
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