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bodstruck

Member Since: 09 May 2020
Location: Wiltshire
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Reversing Light and Switch - 05 td5. Now sorted

I have read up where I can and consulted the wiring diagrams LandyAndy kindly sent me a while ago but I can't quite reconcile the wiring colour to what I have.

Mine has no reversing light switch. I am assuming that all the wiring will be there and it has either been removed and blanked or was not fitted from the start.

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I am assuming that the plug with the black and white wire is the connector for the reversing light switch. I have unearthed a black and white wire pair tucked away in the NSR which I think are the wires for the reversing light. Not sure about the single wire - yellow with white trace.

There is 12v across the terminals in the plug. Perhaps as simple as fit a switch, connect the plug and then fit a light at the other end. Or am I missing something?

Last edited by bodstruck on 27th Sep 2021 4:08pm. Edited 1 time in total

27th Sep 2021 1:09pm

rallysteve

Member Since: 10 Feb 2014
Location: Cumbria
Posts: 2238

2002 Defender 110 Td5 DCPU Keswick Green

reverse light switch should have green/yellow and green/brown cables.

The single cable may well be for the handbrake warning light switch but is white with yellow trace. Usually terminated with a single female bullet terminal somewhere above the transfer box.

Steve 02' 110 TD5 Double Cab Rebuild Thread

27th Sep 2021 1:32pm

geobloke

Member Since: 06 Nov 2012
Location: Nottinghamshire
Posts: 4410

If the single wire is the handbrake switch wiring it will pass through the bulkhead to the switch attached to the handbrake lever.

The reverse light switch connector is high up on the R380 gearbox. To get to it crawl underneath and look up just in front of the seat base on the passenger side. You should see the switch on the passenger side of the gearbox.

You can see the switch, wiring and connector hanging off the R380s extension housing in the below photos

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27th Sep 2021 2:39pm

geobloke

Member Since: 06 Nov 2012
Location: Nottinghamshire
Posts: 4410

Actually the best way of getting a look at the switch is to pop the transmission tunnel off and it is just there (silver/gold) cylinder just behind the wiring loom. The reverse wiring connector can be seen in this photo too.

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27th Sep 2021 2:42pm

bodstruck

Member Since: 09 May 2020
Location: Wiltshire
Posts: 935

I might be looking in the wrong place then. I assumed that this was where the reverse switch was supposed to be. But this is accessed from under the middle seat, not within the transmission tunnel.

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27th Sep 2021 2:53pm

LandRoverAnorak

Member Since: 17 Jul 2011
Location: Surrey
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That's the side of the transfer box. Darren

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27th Sep 2021 3:10pm

rallysteve

Member Since: 10 Feb 2014
Location: Cumbria
Posts: 2238

That blanking plug is for the transfer box temperature warning light switch (never seen it fitted on a defender). My V8 discovery had one
Steve 02' 110 TD5 Double Cab Rebuild Thread

27th Sep 2021 3:14pm

bodstruck

Member Since: 09 May 2020
Location: Wiltshire
Posts: 935

Thanks all, nearly there now.

Took the tunnel off to gain access. Found the switch. The connector had come apart. There is voltage across the plug but the switch is not making the circuit

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I shorted across the pins with wire and the test lamp I have at the rear lit up.

New switch it is then. Thanks for the pointers

27th Sep 2021 3:58pm

blackwolf

Member Since: 03 Nov 2009
Location: South West England
Posts: 17520

2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 DCPU Stornoway Grey

rallysteve wrote:
That blanking plug is for the transfer box temperature warning light switch (never seen it fitted on a defender). My V8 discovery had one
Steve

Only V8 Disco LT230s were fitted with the sensor (it is a quick way of telling if the box came off a V

27th Sep 2021 4:58pm

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