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| ibexman Member Since: 13 Dec 2008 Location: Essex Posts: 2963  
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17th Dec 2017 3:45pm |
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| 4RF RDS Member Since: 19 Jul 2015 Location: Ottawa Posts: 967  
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If your wipers are sloppy, as most are, perhaps consider changing the wiper wheel boxes... 2010 Range Rover MkIII Autobiography Super Charged (Idris)
2003 Range Rover Mk III (Desmond FitzWilliam) 2000 Defender 110 CSW TD5 (CTX) 1992 Range Rover Classic (Lizzy) 1972 Series III 300 Tdi (Stanwood) 1967 MGB GT Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats. H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956) |
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17th Dec 2017 4:18pm |
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| Vogler Member Since: 02 Nov 2014 Location: Brussels Posts: 309  
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Replace the wiper park switch while you're at it, and the wiper cable. Ours broke without a warning when we were on our way to holiday, so we spend an evening repairing it on a cold and wet parking.
I also added a second windscreen washing unit earlier. Moved the middle one to one of the blanked of holes and added a second washer unit in the hole on the other side. You'll need some tubing and a T-piece and evidently a second unit. I used a generic one from paddock which is annoyingly just a little bit shorter that OEM. They're actually useful millimeters which made it quite a fiddly job. Also replace the wiper interval switch by a programmable one, it's behind the clocks. One of the things that you'll appreciate every single time that you use it Joris |
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17th Dec 2017 5:14pm |
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| bluebottle Member Since: 08 May 2015 Location: Not in my Landy enough! Posts: 705
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Another 12v socket? Always handy in this age of smartphones with 12h battery life!
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17th Dec 2017 7:30pm |
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| isacs Member Since: 28 Aug 2015 Location: Leamington spa Posts: 404
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Also replace the wiper interval switch by a programmable one, it's behind the clocks. One of the things that you'll appreciate every single time that you use it
Care to elaborate?? |
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18th Dec 2017 9:25pm |
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| donmacn Member Since: 07 Nov 2017 Location: Nth Scotland Posts: 1881 
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^^^^ I wonder if he means the intermittent wipe relay?
On a Tdi you can fit an adjustable timer relay instead of the LR one, and then adjust the timing of the intermittent wipes. I think it's a VW/Audi part. I've done it on mine, but on a 300tdi, this relay is behind the fuse box rather than the clocks. It's a dead simple, but really effective mod. Donald 1994 Defender 300Tdi 110 SW - owned since 2002 - 230k miles and going strong (The 'rolling restoration' or tinkering thread: http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic58538.html ) 2000 Range Rover P38 4.0L V8 in the past.. RR classic - fitted with 200Tdi 1984 RR classic - V8 with ZF auto box 1993 Discovery 300Tdi not to mention the minis and the Type 2 VW camper... |
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18th Dec 2017 9:40pm |
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| Vogler Member Since: 02 Nov 2014 Location: Brussels Posts: 309
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Indeed, sorry for the translation error.
Did a quick double check because it hasbeen a while:: the wiper intermittent relay on post 2002/15p Td5's (like ours) is behind the speedo, earlier models have it with the other relays. It's a red Lucas one. If you swap it for this Bosch relay (or the Volkswagen 99 relay IIRC), then you can determine the interval. Push the wiper stalk down, up and down and it continues with the same duration as you took between the up and down, as long as it's shorter than 20 seconds. Standard interval when you just push the stalk down is 6 seconds. Hope that's clear. Greetings, Joris |
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18th Dec 2017 11:08pm |
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| JWL Member Since: 26 Oct 2011 Location: Hereford Posts: 3443  
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You could do the dual windscreen washer jet mod, take the original out of its central position and with another one place them in the other position holes for the wipers when in the LHD position. Put a "T" pieice in the feed pipe and a bit of new pipe to each new jet.
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19th Dec 2017 12:24am |
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| 4RF RDS Member Since: 19 Jul 2015 Location: Ottawa Posts: 967
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Like this....
 A bit covered in salty spray but you get the idea, its a great and simple yet inexpensive mod.
 Click image to enlarge 2010 Range Rover MkIII Autobiography Super Charged (Idris) 2003 Range Rover Mk III (Desmond FitzWilliam) 2000 Defender 110 CSW TD5 (CTX) 1992 Range Rover Classic (Lizzy) 1972 Series III 300 Tdi (Stanwood) 1967 MGB GT Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats. H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956) |
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19th Dec 2017 12:33am |
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| isacs Member Since: 28 Aug 2015 Location: Leamington spa Posts: 404
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Would it be worth adding a heated screen loom?
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19th Dec 2017 4:13pm |
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| 4RF RDS Member Since: 19 Jul 2015 Location: Ottawa Posts: 967
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It would, especially if you have a heated screen
 Seriously though, yah if you intend to do that it would be. 2010 Range Rover MkIII Autobiography Super Charged (Idris)
2003 Range Rover Mk III (Desmond FitzWilliam) 2000 Defender 110 CSW TD5 (CTX) 1992 Range Rover Classic (Lizzy) 1972 Series III 300 Tdi (Stanwood) 1967 MGB GT Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats. H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956) |
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19th Dec 2017 4:32pm |
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| Kit Member Since: 12 Feb 2016 Location: Shropshire Posts: 1110 
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Nice suggestions, I'm definitely going to put the extra windscreen washers on my list of things to do
There's a mod you can do to the vents which is to stop water ingress, i'll see if I can look it up 1993 200 Tdi 90 CSW 1956 Series 1 Hard-top 1958 Series 1 Soft-top |
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19th Dec 2017 4:33pm |
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| isacs Member Since: 28 Aug 2015 Location: Leamington spa Posts: 404
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The winter mods are springing to mind, side demister kit is needed.
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19th Dec 2017 8:37pm |
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