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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324  
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Thanks, Clayton.
Yeah, that's almost certainly what I'll do. New on-off switches arrived today so I need to get my act together and take it all apart again. Darren 110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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10th Sep 2018 8:29pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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Scratch that. I've just remembered that the backlight in the LR switches share an earth with the main switched circuit so it must be the 12v supply that is switched. I'll have to feed them via a relay that has its' earth switched by the rear door. Darren
110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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11th Sep 2018 12:56pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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Today my 110 was treated to a new front bumper to replace the rotten original (at only five years old
 ). I've umm'ed and ahh'ed about what to replace it with for a while but eventually settled on a galvanised version of the standard one. Not that it was particularly a factor but I was amazed at how cheap it was - about £45 from Paddocks. It arrived with a Britpart sticker on but despite that, it's absolutely fine.
First job after unpacking was a quick wipe over with white spirit to degrease and remove the sticker, before a coat of T wash to key the galv coating:  Click image to enlarge After washing, this was followed by a couple of coats of primer and then four coats of acrylic satin black. With the old bumper removed and laid next to the new, the extent of corrosion was really apparent: Click image to enlarge As mentioned earlier, I've recently had the vehicle undersealed, but of course it can't get into the front dumb irons with the bumper in place: Click image to enlarge I therefore took the opportunity to get some Dinitrol into all of the hidden nooks and crannies: Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge The new bumper was fitted with new stainless bolts and these natty caps: Click image to enlarge Being galvanised, the finish isn't quite as smooth as one that's been powder coated. The trade off though, is that it won't rust and flake off in five minutes time: Click image to enlarge I must remember to refit the number plate... Click image to enlarge Darren 110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia Last edited by LandRoverAnorak on 6th Sep 2020 9:46pm. Edited 1 time in total |
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15th Sep 2018 8:01pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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Thanks
I did manage to remember the number plate, too: Click image to enlarge Darren 110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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16th Sep 2018 8:05pm |
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| L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10784 
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Good to see that
 you soon would of been pulled over for not having it on 1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.
Keeper. Clayton. |
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16th Sep 2018 8:15pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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After a chance purchase at Newbury today, I now have rear mud flaps that have the LR logo on them:
Click image to enlarge Small pleasures...  Darren
110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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30th Sep 2018 4:59pm |
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| Procta Member Since: 03 Dec 2016 Location: Sunderland Posts: 5192
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looking good there!
Defender TD5 90 ---/--- Peugeot 306 HDI hatch back
Success is 90% Inspiration and 4 minutes Preparation # you can make it! |
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30th Sep 2018 7:14pm |
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| L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10784
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They do make a lot of difference LRA
1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.
Keeper. Clayton. |
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1st Oct 2018 8:06pm |
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| Kit Member Since: 12 Feb 2016 Location: Shropshire Posts: 1110 
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Looking really nice LRA
1993 200 Tdi 90 CSW
1956 Series 1 Hard-top 1958 Series 1 Soft-top |
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1st Oct 2018 9:01pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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Thanks, all
Yesterday's task was to replace the reverse light switch, which failed an unknown amount of time ago. The first step was to remove the cubby box (well, the first step was really to remove all of the crap that seems to accumulate in the cubby box), which left me with a large plug for the amp cabling sticking out of the top of the access panel, like so: Click image to enlarge I made two small cuts to allow the centre section of matting to be completely removed (it fits back in snugly afterwards) and with the release of four screws to allow the access panel to also be removed, I was left with this: Click image to enlarge The green arrow points forward to where the switch is concealed, just to the left of the gearstick as shown below: Click image to enlarge That picture makes it look deceptively accessible but getting a spanner on it is a nightmare. Even with all of the clips released, the large cable bundle in front can't be moved very far at all, which gives one of those situations where you can either see it or touch it but not both at the same time! It was at this point in proceedings that I realised that I didn't actually have a spanner that would fit The switch requires a 22mm spanner, which was apparently a size that I'd never needed before in 30-odd years of Land Rovering. Anyway, after a bit of head scratching, I found an old Imperial spanner that could be persuaded to fit by opening it out with a file. I also cut it shorter to allow it to swing in the confined space available:
Click image to enlarge After much cursing, I eventually coaxed the old switch out and I was relieved to find that it was identical to the replacement that I'd bought: Click image to enlarge The latter was a 'blue box' item but fits and works perfectly and can hardly be much worse that the original that failed in under 40k miles. With the switch removed, it's possible to get a good look at the two pin connector for it. This has a release tab on one of the narrow sides that needs to be pushed in whilst the body is levered off of the end of the switch. In a more accessible location it'd be easy, but in this case it involved a long screwdriver to push the tab and another to do the levering. It was akin to key hole surgery. Click image to enlarge Re-fitting, as the saying goes, is the reverse of removal and is, on the whole, marginally easier. And so I now have working reversing lights, which in turn means my rear work lights now operate automatically, which is nice. Darren 110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia Last edited by LandRoverAnorak on 9th Oct 2018 9:16pm. Edited 1 time in total |
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8th Oct 2018 9:34pm |
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| L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10784
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Great bit of quick thinking on the spanner part and getting the job all done
a lot of cursing does help from time to time i find  and nice that you got your lights on the back working now just in time for the shorter days  1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.
Keeper. Clayton. |
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9th Oct 2018 8:51pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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Yeah, it was the darker evenings that prompted me to do it, if I'm honest. Visibility out of the rear of a USW is limited at the best of times but at night it's even worse. The work lights help tremendously. Darren
110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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9th Oct 2018 9:18pm |
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| L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10784
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Know what you mean with the extra light at the rear to help when reversing
 1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.
Keeper. Clayton. |
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9th Oct 2018 9:46pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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Earlier in the thread, I described how I'd fitted some square LED panels to the interior lights and how they were so much brighter than the originals. Unfortunately though, as the nights have drawn in I noticed that they all had a low powered glow when set to 'auto'. It was a shame as I'd used them in previous Land Rovers without issue, but at least they were only cheap.
However, it's been driving me mad and so a solution was required. That came in the form of these LED units, purchased from Conrad Electronics: Click image to enlarge https://www.conrad-electronic.co.uk/ce/en/...AREA_22519 With postage, they are about five times the cost of the other LED's but they are worth every penny. Not only don't they glow when 'off', they're very bright and produce a much warmer light that's close to the original filament bulbs. Click image to enlarge Darren 110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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20th Oct 2018 4:12pm |
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