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miker916



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Scotland 2005 Defender 90 Td5 HT Belize Green
no handbrake light
Hi,

When i turn on the ignition, i dont have the handbrake warning light on and it dosent appear when the handbrake is on after the engine is started either, any ideas?


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Cheers
Mike[/img]
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Dinnu



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Malta 2012 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 CSW Santorini Black
I would start with the switch itself, mounted on the side of the handbrake lever. You can see it after pulling off a bit the handbrake boot. Check that it is making a good contact to earth with the handbrake on. 1988 90 Hard Top, 19J Diesel Turbo, Shire Blue - Restoration ongoing
2012 90 CSW, 2.2TDCI, Santorini Black
Post #970849 12th Nov 2022 6:27am
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miker916



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Scotland 2005 Defender 90 Td5 HT Belize Green
Hi Dinnu,

Thank You, looks like i need to order a new switch, mines is missing its plunger completely.

Thanks
Mike
Post #971120 14th Nov 2022 3:31pm
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miker916



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Scotland 2005 Defender 90 Td5 HT Belize Green
My shiny new switch arrived so i thought id nip out and fit it, will only take 5 mins right?

Who at landrover thought it would be funny to put the screw heads on the inside of the handbrake?
On opening my shiny new switch i find out its backwards so it wont fit. Looks like you get left hand a right hand drive swictes. Could someone confirm the right hand drive part number for a handbrake switch please, this is what i mean by my new switch being 'backwards', new part on the left exiting broken part on the right:

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Post #971877 21st Nov 2022 10:13am
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Dinnu



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Malta 2012 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 CSW Santorini Black
Did you get part #2?

https://www.lrworkshop.com/diagrams/land-r...ever_52916 1988 90 Hard Top, 19J Diesel Turbo, Shire Blue - Restoration ongoing
2012 90 CSW, 2.2TDCI, Santorini Black
Post #971884 21st Nov 2022 11:09am
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miker916



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Scotland 2005 Defender 90 Td5 HT Belize Green
i did, rimmerbros have just replied to my email saying only the left hand drive part is now available - FFS!
Post #971887 21st Nov 2022 11:27am
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Dinnu



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Malta 2012 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 CSW Santorini Black
never removed the switch, but possible to mount 'up side down'? or the wire will foul? Or something else? 1988 90 Hard Top, 19J Diesel Turbo, Shire Blue - Restoration ongoing
2012 90 CSW, 2.2TDCI, Santorini Black
Post #971891 21st Nov 2022 12:05pm
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miker916



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Scotland 2005 Defender 90 Td5 HT Belize Green
the original connector was to long to fit the switch upside down so i ended up cutting it off and replacing it with a much shorter spade connector, all fitted and i now have a dashboard handbrake light Smile

Cheers
Mike

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