Thread: What did you do on your Perentie Today.

The blackout dimmer switch in mine is dodgy and puts the dash lights out unless I fiddle with it. Probably not the same issue but worth a mention.

Originally Posted by Chris078

Instrument lights in a Perentie are always illuminated when the ignition is on anyway, so that's no different.

Except when they are off from the dimmer turned all the way down.

I personally wouldn't want my dash lights on all the time, I would be inclined to put them through a relay with the park lights.

Originally Posted by BadCo.

Except when they are off from the dimmer turned all the way down.

I personally wouldn't want my dash lights on all the time, I would be inclined to put them through a relay with the park lights.

Somewhat similar to my plans.
I have auxiliary switches in my dash mod.
I'm considering using a spare for dash lights.

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Originally Posted by BadCo.

Except when they are off from the dimmer turned all the way down.

I personally wouldn't want my dash lights on all the time, I would be inclined to put them through a relay with the park lights.

Is that a personal preference or a 'don't trust Lucas wiring' thing?

I never notice them during the day, even when they're turned all the way up.

Originally Posted by Chris078

Is that a personal preference or a 'don't trust Lucas wiring' thing?

I never notice them during the day, even when they're turned all the way up.

Does anyone trust lucas wiring?
I mezn the perentie has a lucas mode switch aka "blackout" switch.

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If your concerned about Lucas, stop worrying, Joseph Lucas Ltd as a manufacturing company doesn't exist anymore.

If you buy modern Lucas components with a Lucas brand, it is only a licenced use of the name and or patterns. But for originality don't have any concerns the spirit of the Prince of Darkness is infused into every item.

What did I do on my Perentie, I retrofitted a Lucas headlamp bucket and Lucas insert to replace the unbranded and clouded insert present when it came out of service. As usual I have to play with the fuse panel, but the problem was a corroded effectively blown fuse. I guess that probably what happens when you spend your service life at Shoalwater Bay training area and Cape Yorke.

Fitted in two radio tables, but the annoying thing is that the ATU interface cable for the MX-6707 doesn't fit through the hole in the body?

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

If your concerned about Lucas, stop worrying, Joseph Lucas Ltd as a manufacturing company doesn't exist anymore.

If you buy modern Lucas components with a Lucas brand, it is only a licenced use of the name and or patterns. But for originality don't have any concerns the spirit of the Prince of Darkness is infused into every item.

What did I do on my Perentie, I retrofitted a Lucas headlamp bucket and Lucas insert to replace the unbranded and clouded insert present when it came out of service. As usual I have to play with the fuse panel, but the problem was a corroded effectively blown fuse. I guess that probably what happens when you spend your service life at Shoalwater Bay training area and Cape Yorke.

Fitted in two radio tables, but the annoying thing is that the ATU interface cable for the MX-6707 doesn't fit through the hole in the body?

heh. Mine started life in Townsville. at some point it got flooded to halfway up the headlights (found a perfect mudline across the bowl when I took them out) . I'm pretty sure it was flooded in one of the cyclones up there as it seems that it got flooded and then sat as the water slowly receded. The chassis was full (solid) of mud. every nook and cranny was full of rock hard dried mud.
When I pulled the dash out to fix a wiring fault (surprise, surprise) a couple of weeks ago, I found that I had no airflow because the dash where the air was meant to flow was (drum roll) filled with mud!

I've spent hundreds and many hours pulling apart, cleaning and replacing most of the connectors in the car, the original barrel fuse panel (that was so rusted you couldn't remove the barrel fuses in 2 instances) along with flushing the dash, engine bay and chassis of mud.

It's a testament to this thing that despite this incredibly poor treatment, it still goes strong with minimal rust/corrosion.

Yeah i think ill remove and clean every fuse and remove the fuse holder and check carefully.

Also going to buy a couple of tins of "electrical clean and lube" from jaycar.

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