Since I have had to replace the complete reversing sensor and alarm system due to damage to the old system during the February 2009 accident, I decided to make a guide of what’s involved in fitting a system to a Series vehicle. They’re good accessories, helping with parking or manoeuvring in tight spaces, increasing safety […]
Fitting Reverse Lights
I have been asked to show how to fit reverse lights to a Series Land Rover, such that they illuminate automatically, not needing the driver to operate any switches. Provision was made for this on all later SIIIs, with suffix D and later gear boxes, but it is a simple job to fit a similar […]
Electrickery
The MoT was passed without even an “advisory”, but a couple of days ago a few minor electrical gremlins cropped up. The horn packed up again, and at the same time I also intermittently lost the headlight flash function, though main and dipped beam worked fine. I suspected the indicator stalk had failed as it’s […]
Minor Electrical hassles
I had two recent problems with the 109’s electrics – the horn and the driver’s seat heater stopped working (not simultaneously). The seat took a lot of tracking down with an electrical probe and continuity tester to find the fault – a problem in the earth part of the seat’s back pad. Each seat has […]
Interior Refinements
I’m in the process of completing the last few interior details for the Alpine trip, and have had a few amazingly serendipitous moments. I’m just hoping that I haven’t used up all my luck in one go… The tool box that is being used for the tools themselves just happens to perfectly fit the space […]
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