I wish I had that new loom now
Hi All
A weekend project started about two months ago, ( when Adam was a boy ) has drawn out till now.
The problem I struck with the wiring of this particular Land Rover ( late 2A ), besides the usual hacked about loom, is that the wiring colour codes subtly change with the upgrades that Land Rover have done, a few examples being, the addition of indicators, wind screen washers and the change in battery polarity. Land Rover then changed from generator to alternator.
I have printed out --- hang on I'll count them ---- ,---- , ---- Hmmm six pages all from different workshop manuals about the period of the build of this Land Rover .
At this point I should list the changes that have been done to this Landy,
The chassis and fire wall started life as a negative earth, six cylinder Aussie built LWB, about 1969.
So it had, a generator, head lights in the grill panel, a windscreen washer, twin fuel pumps near the hand brake mechanism, no heater, battery under the seat ----- I can go on -----, but for the voltage regulator for the fuel and temperature gauges, all of those other things have been changed along with a 186 Holden motor!!!!
Now the lights are in the guards, the radiator panel and grill are from a series three, does look tidy though with the paint colour fairly close to the original cream and the seat box has been changed to a series three out of a short wheel base. Why does that have any thing to do with the colours of the wiring you may ask? :confused:
A lot! as the battery was sitting on the passengers floor, because the seat box now hasn't a battery tray , so I proceeded to build a battery box back in the position that Land Rover used for the SWB.
I wired in a headlight relay, taking a fused feed direct from the battery, but all was in vain, the relay that the PO had gave me and said was good, wasn't! :wallbash:
So I pulled it out, scratched around and found another. :arms:. Then the old loom fought back,:2up: oh gloom, after hours of fiddling I found corrosion, things loose, dirty switch contacts and cut off wires which I still needed.
That was only the start! The wire colour codes were not a good match either.
Where am I at, well! the motor starts and runs, the headlights work brilliantly , the brake lights work, the battery is secure and the passenger floor is clear. :angel:
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