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totoD110

Member Since: 26 Nov 2008
Location: Manila, Philippines
Posts: 86

mse wrote:
So thats a vote for unipart to take back parts distribution for Land Rover and get rid of Cat.

The catalogue from unipart is better
The supply around the global is more efficient
and the world wide part distribution is faster!

3 weeks its being sent by ship not air as VOR parts are sent...

Since I am at the mercy of the dealer i have no choice but to wait for it.

ill try unipart as soon the need arises when my warranty expires.

13th Aug 2010 4:25am

mrwoo

Member Since: 03 Jan 2008
Location: Cheshire
Posts: 286

totoD110 wrote:
mse wrote:
So thats a vote for unipart to take back parts distribution for Land Rover and get rid of Cat.

The catalogue from unipart is better
The supply around the global is more efficient
and the world wide part distribution is faster!

3 weeks its being sent by ship not air as VOR parts are sent...

Since I am at the mercy of the dealer i have no choice but to wait for it. ill try unipart as soon the need arises when my warranty expires.

Tell them it's too dangerous to drive ring LR assist and get a replacement vehicle. That's what you paid for, the service.

PS you have to ring LR assist though from your home and tell them you need the vehicle for your job which involves driving at night. The dealer will not be able to get you a replacement (hire) vehicle only a courtesy car. Which they wont have any available 1964 Series IIA SWB Truck Cab - gone
1981 Series III SWB Hardtop - gone
1982 Series III SWB Hardtop - gone
1997 300Tdi Defender 90 Hardtop - gone
1983 Series III SWB Station Wagon - gone
1979 Series III SWB Station Wagon - gone
2007 90 CSW - gone
2010 USW XS - gone
2010 110 USW - gone

1959 Series II Truck Cab
1984 Series III CSW
2004 TD5 90 CSW

13th Aug 2010 10:00am

blackwolf

Member Since: 03 Nov 2009
Location: South West England
Posts: 17480

2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 DCPU Stornoway Grey

Mine has recently done exactly the same thing. It is highly disconcerting when your headlights suddenly go out!

Fault proved to be the dip/main/indicator stalk switch on the column. What had happened was that the contacts in the switch had heated up enough to melt the bit of the plastic switch which holds them enough to allow them to move apart; hey presto, no contact, lights out.

I was able to repair (probably on a temporary basis) the existing switch by removing it from the column, stripping it down (not difficult but beware it contains a number of small springs and contacts which will fly out), then cleaning and bending the defective contacts. On reassembly it works better than before.

I must say that I was surprised to find that the switch had melted - since the introdcution of proper relays into both dip and main circuits this should not happen but it does seem to be a common fault. It may be that the contacts get dirty, hence the impedance increases, hence the het increases. Perhaps 'cleaning the switch contacts' should be added to the service schedules.

As an emergency get-you-home repair if this happens, you can short out the dim dip resitor (if you have dim dip) so that the dip beam comes on with the sidelights. If you do this, though, be frugal with the use of main beam since both filaments in the bulbs will be lit and I imagine that bulb life will be seriously compromised.

8th Dec 2010 9:51am

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