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When my headlight switch failed in my defender, I chopped off the switch and soldered the 3? wires together..(yay it always happens on dark!!!)
and just plugged it in as required for the trip home, for short stops didn't bother unplugging as turning key off turned off main headlights, leaving parkers on.
Bought a replacement when I got home, but my emergency 'spare' lives in the console, and takes about two minutes to fit.
(oh.. and this failed with standard wattage lamps too..)
Relay upgrade in the plan..
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Oh yeah. I've used fenceing wire to lock up a slipping Triumph gear shifter, a Valiant coil resistor to fix a Honda Goldwing, and a victa lawn mower tank bolted to the left front guard to get an old Mainline ute home after her last big party. Just as long as it works man.
Shorty.:D
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If its any good to you, provided It survives the trip to whereever the hell I will eventually be you can have the old headlight switch out of bug 2.0 it was working when I pulled it out.
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Much appreciated Dave. I thought I had an old Datsun 1200 unit left over from a dirt racer conversion, thought wrong. The jury rig works a treat, but to have the original, especially now with the relays in the system, would be the prefered option. Considering the cost of NM's new box of what the --- happened, via COD tyo the local, if I PM my address to you, would that suit you?
Shorty.:)
PS. I've figured out emoticons. Silly little toys aren't they.:D
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Forget all that stuff, shorty. Just put a great big spot light on the roof, you know the type - you've probably used them for semaphore on a ship!
(And you can signal while driving!)
Cheers, GQ
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G'day Quiggers:)
Yup ! can picture it now Series 3 with roof mounted ALDIS lamp:eek: morseing away to traffic at the rear DIM YOUR @**%^&&# LIGHTS :eek: :D :D :D :wasntme:
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Thank you UncleHo, i have a better idea for shorty as he's into bush engineering, mount two on the roof and hardwire to the battery via a switch to be turned on at vehicle start (this will save on pesky relays).
mount one on the left and one on the right of the roof
the semaphore flaps can then be used to dim the lights (for oncoming traffic, don't want to break the hibeam law;) ) or used as turning indicators (and on rotational heads, for spot light shooting and melting annoying tailgaters).:D :D :D
GQ
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How the bl&%dy hell did you know. Looks like the hidden 50w Halogens (look strangely like reversing lights ) are working then.:twisted:
By the way, what is the next small thing I can expect.:( Now that good old Unca Ho, has managed to remind me, these things are the technology I did my damn time on and in.:cool: Thanks Unc. The fixing is sweat and simple, know what bit went bung, find out why, MAKE IT STRONGER.:p Don't need pretty, do want reliable.
Done the brakes, new water pump, fitted relays to high and low beam, and horn, plumbed the dash lights in to parking light circuit, now they work to. I do have a Lovely old Prince of Darkness (Joe Lucas) 6 inch 100w landing light to find a spot for, and I have taken a liking to the 50w halogens used in downlight sets in the home. 12v, with small bullet type connectors, just need to fit them in some form of mount or frame, nice little lights. I like the new LED's the truck industry are starting to use as well, nice and bright.
It's called agricultural engineering, Quiggers, and we have branches in every tree.
This is taking a while. New keyboard, feels weird, and is bloody lysdexic, half the time.:D
Shorty.:D
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Shorty: Superthng auto were selling something that looked like a 100w landing light (with a ditzy grille) for $19 a pop recently - lens double rubber mounted, too! So I got 2 of em and they work quite nicely, painted the grille black. A very small version of the ALDIS light.
GQ
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Nice bright lights now
This light of mine, Quiggers, is the only Lucas thing I've seen to actually keep working. I've had it bolted to 3 Bedford trucks, a Honda 750 with sidecar (called the Bush Pig), my Trumpy T100T (called the Feral Bitch), a classic Datsun rally coupe (now sadly bent and twisted, but her spirit lives on in an offroad rip snorter), and now the Landy. Still in sturdy British steel shell painted some colours, I think black originally, and now I've probably jinxed it.:(
Actually just arrived home at about 21:50, from test drive of lights tonight. I think I'm going to need a bigger alternator now, the Landy struggles to keep up to her lights, got to go faster to keep them bright.:twisted:
I can do that.:cool:
Shorty.
