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landybear

Member Since: 18 Oct 2015
Location: Tamworth & Worcester
Posts: 134

Fitting a Rear Door Light Switch

I've just started doing a few jobs to my new Landy (standard 2003 TD5 Hardtop - no rear roof lining) and after getting the alarm / immobiliser to work with the Nanocom have been looking at fitting the rear door switch - how difficult could that be??

After getting said switch and screwing it in place, it was then time to connect up the electrical wiring and this is where the fun has started. I've got the 2002 electrical circuit diagram and the 02 TD5 Electric Library and these show that even a basic hard top should have a wire (Purple with Blue trace) from block C0488 (pin 4) above the front headlining that runs to the connector C1993 at the rear rhs which connects to the switch. I can't find this wire hidden anywhere at the moment and before I rip the headline down does anyone know if it might be hidden somewhere (e.g. taped to part of the loom somewhere?)

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27th Oct 2015 10:06am

dorsetsmith

Member Since: 30 Oct 2011
Location: South West
Posts: 4554

i had to run wiring from front to back to the roof interior light inside works fin

27th Oct 2015 10:19am

landybear

Member Since: 18 Oct 2015
Location: Tamworth & Worcester
Posts: 134

I suspect thats what I'm going to end up doing, but wanted to try and keep the electrics as original as possible especially as its part of the input circuitry on the 10AS. Time to go into the garage and dig through all my old Landy wiring looms to see if I've got some of the correct colour etc. - OCD time. 2003 Defender TD5 Hardtop (current - work in progress)
2014 Discovery 4 HSE (Current) / 2009 Discovery 3 HSE 2009 (Previous)
Disco 2 Landmark 2004, 2001, 2002 (Previous)
Disco 1 300tdi 1996 & V8i 1995, 200tdi 1993 (previous)
Defender 110 300tdi 1993 (Previous)
Range Rover Vogue 4.6 - 2001 (Previous)
Freelanders TD4 (2001 3 door & 2002 5 door) Previous
90 2.5 then converted to V8i (1990), 90 2.25 then converted to v8 (1986) plus others

27th Oct 2015 10:56am

landybear

Member Since: 18 Oct 2015
Location: Tamworth & Worcester
Posts: 134

All sorted and working now.

2003 Defender TD5 Hardtop (current - work in progress)
2014 Discovery 4 HSE (Current) / 2009 Discovery 3 HSE 2009 (Previous)
Disco 2 Landmark 2004, 2001, 2002 (Previous)
Disco 1 300tdi 1996 & V8i 1995, 200tdi 1993 (previous)
Defender 110 300tdi 1993 (Previous)
Range Rover Vogue 4.6 - 2001 (Previous)
Freelanders TD4 (2001 3 door & 2002 5 door) Previous
90 2.5 then converted to V8i (1990), 90 2.25 then converted to v8 (1986) plus others

28th Nov 2015 8:44am

Welkman

Member Since: 02 Nov 2014
Location: Essex colchester
Posts: 332

did you find the wire?

17th Dec 2015 4:03pm

gazman

Member Since: 17 Aug 2015
Location: Liverpool
Posts: 652

I connected it to one of the front door switches. I have no idea if it's what the op has done but it works fine 2014 - current ..... 2003 defender td5 90 (my car)
2009 - current .... 2005 zx10r

17th Dec 2015 10:09pm

landybear

Member Since: 18 Oct 2015
Location: Tamworth & Worcester
Posts: 134

Welkman wrote:
did you find the wire?

I ran a new wire from the front to the rear in the end and connected it into the wiring connector roughly at the front in line with the drivers head. Lights and alarm now working great especially now I've fitted a rear headlining and additional lighting. 2003 Defender TD5 Hardtop (current - work in progress)
2014 Discovery 4 HSE (Current) / 2009 Discovery 3 HSE 2009 (Previous)
Disco 2 Landmark 2004, 2001, 2002 (Previous)
Disco 1 300tdi 1996 & V8i 1995, 200tdi 1993 (previous)
Defender 110 300tdi 1993 (Previous)
Range Rover Vogue 4.6 - 2001 (Previous)
Freelanders TD4 (2001 3 door & 2002 5 door) Previous
90 2.5 then converted to V8i (1990), 90 2.25 then converted to v8 (1986) plus others

19th Dec 2015 4:18pm

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