wiring nightmare!

[lmurko]

ok. so. i went to take my perentie for a quick run down to coles the other night and the wiring caught fire!
im not too sure what caused this, as it was behind the 2 gauges in the centre of the dash (the hour and ammeter for the generator if im correct) everything now seems to be working except my headlights. but i was looking at rewiring 49-191 anyway and upgrade the headlights while im at it. having never rewired a vehicle before should i seek help or is this easy ? and how much am i looking at spending ?

cheers,
Lachlan

[Minikeg]

i almost encountered a similar problem, when changing ignition barrel.. and it appears to me that either the army or lra do not believe in fuses.

[Dervish]

I hate to say it, but if you have to ask - you'll probably need help.

If you do decide to give it a go, I'll lend a hand when I can.

[Hot Rover]

i almost encountered a similar problem, when changing ignition barrel.. and it appears to me that either the army or lra do not believe in fuses.

It is a pommy design thing have a look at series vehicles they worse

[Sixty]

one of the many wires probably rubbed through or shorted out via the black out switch. Good luck with the Prince of Darkness  8-)

[lmurko]

hi all, decided im going to give it a shot. im going to take it easy, do my research and hopefully ill be right, more importantly hopefull 49191 will be right lol.

thanks dervish for the offer, if i need the help ill be sure to contact you.

cheers,
lachlan

[Electric C]

Ammeter and hours? Only ones on my dash are fuel,volts and temp, excepting my half dark speedo.

[Dervish]

His in an FFR

[Electric C]

His in an FFR

Ah, that would explain it! Thought it was a mod mine never got!

[AlexR]

Ammeter and hours? Only ones on my dash are fuel,volts and temp, excepting my half dark speedo.

So I'm not the only one with a half dark speedo then lol.

[lmurko]

yeah, im in a survey model to be exact. and shes on the road again. havent had the time to play around with the wiring. but i replaced the headlight switch and everything seems to be working fine. i think ill slowly bit by bit get around to redoing the wiring. but for now its not urgent
cheers,
lachlan

[Minikeg]

Ammeter and hours? Only ones on my dash are fuel,volts and temp, excepting my half dark speedo.

So I'm not the only one with a half dark speedo then lol.

I wish mine was half dark again, now its fully dark haha. Its on the ever increasing 'to-do' list

[DBT]

So I'm not the only one with a half dark speedo then lol.

Seems to be a common issue. Speedo has 2 backlight globes. On mine the top globe housing is damaged and the globe falls out. Tried securing with electrical tape. Lasted about 2 weeks.

Next time I'm trying hot glue.

Avoiding the temptation of stronger adhesive, as the globe will surely blow if I fix it in permanently.

(Murphy and I go way back).

[Minikeg]

So I'm not the only one with a half dark speedo then lol.

Seems to be a common issue. Speedo has 2 backlight globes. On mine the top globe housing is damaged and the globe falls out. Tried securing with electrical tape. Lasted about 2 weeks.

Next time I'm trying hot glue.

Avoiding the temptation of stronger adhesive, as the globe will surely blow if I fix it in permanently.

(Murphy and I go way back).

Theres nothing left in the top mount on mine, and the bottom was hot glued in

Funny thing about hot glue, and hot incandescent lights..

you may get 3 weeks, which, while its a 50% improvement... unless you replace with cooler running LED globes?

[Electric C]

You can get LED's that fit in the tin housing, mates got some for his Mazda