Landy Behaviour

**Lionelgee** · 31st May 2012, 06:23 PM

Hello All,

Yes there was insulation all the way to inside the connectors. Note: the past tense application of the word "was".

The other parking light and headlights - blinkers front and rear all work fine.

The driver's side front parking light circuit has an unhealthy appetite for melted wires and lamp holding connection points - for an as yet undiscovered reason.

So as things stand now - the tally since I purchased the Land Rover ...

Rowan - front parking light lamp units 3 Versus Lionel - 0. This tally includes the lamp unit that did not work when I bought Rowan.

Kind Regards
Lionel

**Lionelgee** · 31st May 2012, 07:28 PM

Hello,

I went to my spare parts section and found an old genuine Lucas lamp unit - steel body and Bakelite (?) terminal connection plate. It had a broken lens so I took it off Rowan, I put in a new globe out of the same pack as the other bulb into the old lamp base and then hooked it up to the same wires in the loom. The light worked fine. No trace of heat in the wires, no trace of heat anywhere in the steel base and the bulb shone sweetly. I went back into the shed and found a new lamp unit which came with a broken base plate when it arrived so it was replaced by the seller. I hooked this unit up to the same wires and using the same bulb. No trace of heat anywhere in the unit and no trace of smoke.

The only difference between these successful attempts 1) they did not cost me any money and I had nothing to lose, 2 they were not bolted to the mudguard by the three securing bolts - one of which goes through an earth strip which uses the screw connected to the body to create an earth. I am not sure if this is a significant thing or not yet?

Rowan = 3 lamp units versus Lionel using lamp units not fitted to the body but working ok = 2

Kind Regards
Lionel

**Seriestwo** · 1st June 2012, 08:35 PM

I had a similar issue, but it wasn't on a land rover. I had rewired a tail light on one of my other cars (not mentioning the brand as I just might get heckled) and as I turned on the lights it kept blowing the fuse, the problem wasn't my wiring but the light fitting itself. So now i always check that the pos terminal on the light fitting is not earthed as that would be the cause of your light problem.

So it seems us both have learnt a valuable lesson.

Chris

**Lionelgee** · 3rd June 2012, 07:46 PM

Originally Posted by Seriestwo

I had a similar issue, but it wasn't on a land rover. I had rewired a tail light on one of my other cars (not mentioning the brand as I just might get heckled) and as I turned on the lights it kept blowing the fuse, the problem wasn't my wiring but the light fitting itself. So now i always check that the pos terminal on the light fitting is not earthed as that would be the cause of your light problem.

So it seems us both have learnt a valuable lesson.

Chris

G'day Chris and other SLOw Members,

I had a bit of a sticky beak at why the wires glowed in the dark the other night. The new lot of lamp units I bought did not come with the light bulbs fitted and this may have caused the terminal and wire to travel up out of the top of the lamp unit. When I pushed the terminal and the red wire down the spring lodged itself under the side clip on earth terminal> This caused the spring to ground. So I when I turned the switch on it made for a nice red glow and some hot wires.

As from this afternoon I now have all the lights on Rowan working - even the driver's side parking light. Also the reverse lamps work via the gear shift selecting reverse. When I got Rowan it had a switch mounted on the centre firewall which could be turned on and off independent of the gear selectors. How they used to be wired up would have failed a roadworthy inspection.

With everything now sorted out I can tick off "all lights working" on my to do list as they are all Land Rover lights and fully functional

Kind Regards
Lionel

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