Thread: series 3 hand brake light switch

SIII didnt have em...if you have one its an ad on

the things that look like speaker plugs on the binical are power outlets one is + the other - they wrere for the inspection lamp that came in the CES for the vehicle

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My series 3 was a CKD manufactured vehicle that was built at Moorebank this means that it was fitted with parts particular to Australia like the badges on the side that say Land Rover 2.3D and a recent visit to the LR factory in the UK confirmed this was the case

G'day Lro11

You are right, the switch is a Lucas switch that was fitted to VERY late Series 3's to meet Australian ADR's, and if it is marked 2.3D it would have one of the very rare 5 bearing diesel motors, the parking/handbrake switch was fitted on a L shaped bracket on the lever mechanism, it did look very homemade, that was the Leyland practice at the time, cheap and just as fragile, the switch is the similar to the the under dash (on pedal) stop light switch, the Part No is R589291 switch the park brake dash lens is PRC 1705 the switch should ahv 1 or 2 nuts on it or should screw into a bracket with nut welded to it, and the other nut is the lock nut, you can use the mechanical stoplight switch for the series 3 R575166,or 13H3735, this is also a Lucas switch and should be available from the usual suspects

Part No's from 1980 parts Cattledog which includes the Australian ADR requirements for De-toxing and Brakes

Hope that is of some help

cheers

By any chance did you show your vehicle at the Caboolture historical car show a couple of months ago with numpty's series 1?

Thank's Unca Ho. And Tony.

That makes my 5\79 S3 107 a late model Aussie compliant.

All now removed, being replaced by stronger stuff.

From a 3 ton truck.

G'day Lro11

That would have been me,there was myself, Numpty & Numpty's Missus, and Bill Campbell with his Chev Blitz that is my good old 2a gs. I would have had it's Army Rego No on it for the display.

cheers

I thought as much, we spoke at length on the clinches pond subject that day.
Can you have a look in your book to see if the bracket has a part number?

do you still have the switch bracket?