Thread: County, Defender Hi-Lift mount and work lights

I've had this Hi-Lift jack and work light mounting bracket sitting around half finished for ages, but I finally got it finished and electroplated just before xmas.
With a couple more days off, I've managed to get it all fitted up.




I designed it to fit neatly over the 75x50 beam of my wheel carrier. It clamps on using two high tensile bolts at the bottom.



I made a bracket to allow fitment of two Led lights to my standard telescopic light pole.



The Hi-Lift jack sits over a couple of locating pins at the bottom and clamps on with two 12mm wing nuts.



I allowed for a padlock and split pins in case anything rattles loose.



The lights at full extension.



The switch on the light pole is waterproof. It's also a two way switch allowing the lights to come on automatically with reverse, or simply switched on manually for camping etc.



It's a bit hard to see in this picture, but I've also fitted an inline switch so I can turn one of the lights off if not needed and to save power.



Even though the bracket is quite solid, I positioned it so it touches the tyre. This will help eliminate any movement or vibration.



Finally I refitted my jerry can holder. That's a fair bit of weight on the wheel carrier, but the Hi-Lift / Light bracket is as close to the main pivot point as possible, so I'm confident it will not be too much. I've had the jerry on this carrier for over a year now without a problem.



Just gotta wire up the lights.

Cheers, Murray

Originally Posted by land864

Hi Murray

I probably asked before but what are the 2 small louvers in the rear of your roof for?

PS. You Geelong crew keen on another County /Defender day in June

G'day Pete,
The '88 model with A/C had those little louvers to vent through, but now that mine's a non-A/C they're only good for letting water and dirt in when pressure washing

Always keen for a County / Defender day. Actually, I was having thoughts of running one myself down this way, but I'm flat out getting stuff ready for the Vic 4WD Show so haven't had time to think much about organising anything. I'll be sharing a stand at the show with Daniel from Mulgo, so come and say G'day.

Cheers, Murray