Thread: D2 Indicators wired weirdly.

I just fitted a bullbar with indicators to my 2002 D2 TD5 .

I then fitted LEDs to my old indicators so that the trailer indicator would not light , but found that they would not work.
So I pulled the indicator out and put an incandescent bulb back in and it worked.
Huh?
The polarity of the LED must be wrong as I checked it with + to centre and - to side and it was OK.

Then I checked the polarity of the socket and the + is to the side of the bulb and negative to the centre????????

The positive is Green with white tracer to RH indicator and I have checked the circuit diagram . The socket only attaches one way.

Another devious trick by LR engineers to ensure that positive earth grounding lives on.

Now I will have to cut the wires and reverse them. What a crock?
Regards PhilipA

OK I was correct. switched black to meet green /white and vice Versa and LED now works and trailer light does not come on with indicators. Hooray.

It would have been easier to fit LEDs to the bullbar.

Seeing I had already crimped the wires to the bullbar lights just behind the normal car indicator bulb socket the effort was about equal.
The LED bulbs arrived just after I had finished the job.
On second thought yes I guess I could have just switched over the blade connectors on the bullbar but I could reach the indicators on the car easier where it was parked. The bullbar indicators are a bit dodgy as they are held in with long self tappers and it is a fiddle to get them in the correct place.
BUT I still think the whole thing is weird.
Regards PhilipA