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Hi Peter
On your wiring approach - I am also struggling with getting the wiring on my series 2 finished. I went with a new loom from vintage wiring, moving over to a negative earth / alternator arrangement.
For the relays and junction boxes, a friend suggested taking the old voltage regulator (which sits on the fire wall) and in effect taking out the insides and hiding the relays in there.
Do you / anyone else think thins will work / look good?
Cheers
Angus
Have only heard of this being done but can't see why it wouldn't work ok.
You would not only hide the relays which would still be accessible, but would still have that touch of authenticity.
Hey Angus,
That was the first thing I looked at.
I needed three relays and they just wouldn't quite fit in the box along with the necessary wires.
And you still need somewhere for the fuse block anyway, that's why I decided to put it all under the seat. For a while I also considered putting it all on the "wall" under the seat-box between seats two and three, but it would be exposed to too much water and dirt there, so I went back to the under-seat tray idea, with enough cabling to take the tray out and put it on the passenger seat on the rare occasions I need access in there.
It's coming along... I have ignition, it starts and runs, and the horn works. I just can't resist hitting that starter, it brings a smile every time...
Still to do are park lights, headlights, blinkers, dash gauges and lights. And then to tidy it up with flexi conduit.
a couple more weekends yet.
Because I didn't really know what I needed I didn't go online for stuff, instead I've been making multiple trips to Repco/SCA. A very expensive way to do things...
Cheers,
Peter.
Hi Peter,
As I'm doing my wiring now as well, and I am curious about why you think you need three relays ?? I can understand a relay for headlights if you have upgraded to Halogen, which typically uses a high beam of 60W, so that's a 5 AMP current draw, but really a Landy should not need any other relays, apart from the starter relay, which is a special device anyway.
Also, in the picture you showed, I was wondering why there are two fuse boxes ? as standard Land Rover up to S3 has a 2 fuse fusebox, and one of those fuses is not really used. In S3 there's a 4 fuse fusebox.
IMHO as an electrical engineer, you don't need excess relays. I think there's a lot of misinformation about Land Rover electricals, when really it's pretty straight forward.
Let me know if I can help in anyway.
Cheers,
John
Hello John,
As I've said many times, I'm a complete numpty at anything electrical, that's why when my friend, who has some experience with this sort of thing offered to help I grabbed it.
It was his thoughts to do all the fusing and relays, I was just going along for the ride, his number one spanner holder.
The two fuse boxes are switched and non-switched.
The first relay opens the circuit to the switched fuses - fuel pump, fuel gauge, coil, brake lights, etc.
The non switched fuses are for horn, parks, blinkers and lights. and other stuff I haven't thought of yet.
He's put relays on the park circuit and the headlight circuit.
From your post it looks like he was a bit biased towards overkill.
I should have taken you up on your offer, it looks like you know what you're talking about. I'm not really comfortable diverging so far from original. So many wires...
I'd love to come over after work one day and have a look at what you've done if you could manage the time. Send me a PM?
PM sent.
Cheers,
John
I just bought one of these for a blinker switch. I know that technically it's a trafficator switch but it's a period correct accessory and should run blinkers.
If any one has one of these fitted, would you mind sharing some photos of where/how you mounted it?
https://photos.smugmug.com/Land-Rove...948-65%20_.gif
Im pretty sure a trafficator and a blinker are the same thing....just saying.
Cheers Rod
I can't help with that, Sorry, but when I did mine I also wired them to be HAZARD lights ie. All 4 can flash together, on another backlit switch obviously. I know it's not authentic but to me safety is much more important than authenticity when if one is stuck on the dark roadside in deepest darkest Queensland/South Australia .
I also found a small red triangular sticker to place next to it but don't ask me where from!!!!!
Funny story, I spent ages trying to get the circuits just right & was just ready to jump into our dam & do the honorable thing when all of a sudden I accidentally fluked it. Et voila!
If I did it today I would more than likely break a leg or an arm or fracture my head..
Later on, I managed to find a diagram from somewhere.[bighmmm]
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Originally Posted by 67hardtop
Trafficators are the arm that raised to indicate the vehicle was turning, they didn't 'blink'.
https://www.google.com/url'sa=t&sour...oVLIPvg3O65hcc
There was a bracket that mounted on the steering column for late Series I and early Series II that positioned this type of switch just under your hand when it's on the steering wheel.
Colin