Steve's Land Raft

[miktdish]

On mine it's the (P) ... I have see the '(!) Brake' on others but that is nominaly for the fluid level ...

 

[Dauphproto]

Thanks again I'll check on the (P) bulb first. I am sure I changed all the dash bulbs when I had it in bits doing the Bulkhead, Not every holder had a Bulb as I remember. The (!) Brake light is for low level on mine and does work.

 

[Dauphproto]

Hmmm.. Switch arrived and fitted, took the warning light cluster out and checked the circuits, the lamp is working. Ultimately there is no power feed to the lamp, all fuses OK , so where to look next ??????

 

[Hicap phill]

Hmmm.. Switch arrived and fitted, took the warning light cluster out and checked the circuits, the lamp is working. Ultimately there is no power feed to the lamp, all fuses OK , so where to look next ??????

Find the colour of the wire that comes off the bulb and work towards the switch checking for power. Not many joins to check. I normally check the main bulkhead connections & then by gearbox.

Does your diff lock light work?
Could you use the power etc to prove cable is connected & switch work?
Good luck

 

[Dauphproto]

Find the colour of the wire that comes off the bulb and work towards the switch checking for power. Not many joins to check. I normally check the main bulkhead connections & then by gearbox.

Does your diff lock light work?
Could you use the power etc to prove cable is connected & switch work?
Good luck

That will be the next step, check continuity from lamp output to switch, yes Diff lock lamp works. There doesn't seem to be any power to the lamp, so I'll need to take the fusebox off to check if anything is disconnected there.
All good fun.....

 

[Dauphproto]

I've managed to hurt my Knee pretty good, this has brought progress on all fronts down to a crawl, however I have managed to get the brackets for changing the transfer box finished.
I'll have to do this on the floor, but it is a nice smooth, dry concrete floor, so I'll jack up the rear and put it on stands and use the trolley jack for the heavy lifting.
The jig is made in 2 parts

This plate fits to the Trolley jack

and it's pinned through the saddle, so it can't fall off
This will be for fitting the new case as it has a big sump, and is effectively flat bottomed.
The second part is the pie wedge

copied from the original tooling it attaches to the original T/case and bolts to the flat plate, which hopefully saves my Digits...
I didn't seal the end cover on the rebuilt T/case, so I can remove it and the input gear making it easier to get it fitted and on the dowels first then fit the gear and seal it up.
If there's anything wrong with this method please shout up, I have never done this before and welcome any advice you may have..
More soon when I can walk properly again..

 

[Dauphproto]

Finally got everything together for swapping the Transfer box. Just need to wait on my knee getting better, so far, not so good. As mine was a working Landy all the wheelarches are damaged somewhere or other, now it's in a more genteel semi retirement I wanted to tidy things up a bit. After much searching I have decided to go with Britpart's +30mm arches Which will let me run 30mm spacers, at present using 265's on a 7"ET0 wheel fills the standard arch.
I have managed to do the rears, which was very straightforward, being a straight swap for the originals. Have to say I'm impresed with the fit and finish, but my Knee was protesting, so the fronts will have to wait a few days, as they are a little more involved.
The pic shows the standard fronts with the new rears, quite subtle I thought.

More soon, I hope....

 

[SimonBrown]

The jig is made in 2 parts

This plate fits to the Trolley jack

That is going to be copied here...looks very handy.

Good luck with the knee healing.

 

[Dauphproto]

I'll try to paste up the drawing I found with the dimensions

 

[miktdish]

<snip> After much searching I have decided to go with Britpart's +30mm arches

Which will let me run 30mm spacers,

Why ?

Hope the knee improves

 

[Dauphproto]

That is going to be copied here...looks very handy.

Good luck with the knee healing.

This is what I was working from
With all credit to the originator who is not me..

Hope it works........

 

[Dauphproto]

Why ?

Hope the knee improves

Coz I'm a big kid at heart. A common affliction with owners of older Land Rovers....
Just call me Carlos. You're old enough to remember that Ad....

 

[Hicap phill]

This is what I was working from
With all credit to the originator who is not me..

View attachment 345690

Hope it works........

How many can weld to the BS5135 spec?
Great info though

 

[Dauphproto]

How many can weld to the BS5135 spec?
Great info though

If they had stated To British Gas P9 procedure, I know a few guys who could...