complete newbie and nervous!
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Shouldn't be needed. There is a reversing light switch on the gearbox. Light should come on when you engage reverse.
Guessing a previous owner installed that set up when the switch failed,
The previous owner refurbished gear box and put new clutch in, I guess this is why it is on a switch.?
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Nope, the switch just screws into the box and they are cheap to buy. It's probably because the wiring is missing or damaged and he's gone an easier route instead.
I bet the switch is there but the wiring isn't.
It's no biggy as long as your dash switch lights up is ok Mot wise.
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Yes it's normal, bad design which wrecks the door eventually if the rust don't wreck it first. You can fit a swing away wheel carrier which puts the weight on the chassis, I'd put a pic up of mine but the Doris has gone out shopping in it
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Or fit it to the bonnet which looks cool but makes opening the bonnet real heavy work.
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This is what the original looked like but yours has has a new fandangled dash fitted so it's anyones guess whether a new switch or wiring is still there
Domwe have to carry a spare??
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?? Not if you like walking.
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Swing away wheel carrier, it pivots away when you open the door.
Turboman
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I never have the wheel on the back door, as you say, weight is too much for tired old door frames, it affects rear visibility, and makes coupling trailers awkward.
I don't like having the wheel on the bonnet either, for similar reasons.
Some like swingaway carriers, myself I like to carry the wheel clamped to the internal bulkhead behind the front seats.
Yes, we think we may put it in the back as the door is suffering now, behind the back seat is a good plan!
ooh your Landy is very tidy...nice
Flossie
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Make sure you mount it securely, you don't want it flying around in a shunt!
indeed, there are two waffle boards in the back strapped at the moment, there will be no room for the sheep!
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Fairly easy to make a carrier by modifying the old door carrier. Pop rivet a sheet of alloy over the hole in the door.
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My grandfather had that carpet in his lounge in the 70's..
oh I see, Yes t h at looks fine, our tyre is just so huge! Had a friend of my daughter's look over the Landy today, he says it is fine,we have not bought a pup! can get the drivers door welded to repair it and get door card.Fairly easy to make a carrier by modifying the old door carrier. Pop rivet a sheet of alloy over the hole in the door.
