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| barbel jim Member Since: 12 Dec 2012 Location: Northants Posts: 1428   
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All sorted! Another session tonight, my first mistake was that I’d been looking at the wiring diagram for a pre2002 td5
Anyways o/side wheel off and start removing the conduit that houses all the wires. I was expecting something similar to the near side, but they did a good job , that side was a pig to get off, and wires like new, so nothing obvious. I then took the earths off the transfer box nothing noticeable but cleaned up and bolted back on more in hope..... but no change 
So then I spent the best part of 2 hours with the multimeter checking the earth wires resistance...... nothing obvious and all low readings. Out of desperation I took the bulb holder off the stop tail on the offside and although not dirty cleaned it and still no change!! So I then tried a new bulb even though the other one worked ....... Sorted 
All that for a 50p bulb 
Thanks for peoples suggestions. Hopefully this thread will help someone else |
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3rd Jun 2021 8:17pm |
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| 90 Dreamer Member Since: 13 Jul 2019 Location: Oop North Posts: 2171 
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At least its sussed.......
Had a similar thing years ago with a friends car that lit the headlights when the brakes were applied, took ages to sort until we realised that it had previously had a dual filament tail bub replaced with a single filament variant ans was effectively shorting across the holder......took a bit to find  |
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3rd Jun 2021 9:05pm |
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| JoolsB Member Since: 28 Mar 2020 Location: The North Posts: 162 
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My trailer light on the dash has been on since I got my defender, I had a look at a few things then decided I could live with it!
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4th Jun 2021 11:52am |
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| 90 Dreamer Member Since: 13 Jul 2019 Location: Oop North Posts: 2171
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do you mean its on permanent or flashes when the indicators are first initiated??
if its the latter then thats normal only flashing permanently when you connect a trailer plug |
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4th Jun 2021 2:11pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20479
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Glad you found it, it really is a headache I know I’ve been there with similar issues before.
Every new issue can be a surprise, the most odd things can crop up.
 No Guts, No Glory.
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4th Jun 2021 5:27pm |
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| barbel jim Member Since: 12 Dec 2012 Location: Northants Posts: 1428
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Yep it was a PITA ! You know it’ll either be 10 minute job or several hours, in the end it was both. Worth it though. I think I had 2 issues the frayed wires on the near side coupled with the dodgy bulb. The state of the wires on the near side convinced me it’ll be damage/ wear causing a short/earth issue. When I didn’t find any I was then sure it would be an earth fault. The bulb change was desperation
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4th Jun 2021 7:36pm |
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