heater

i ahve a 1986 defender were is the heater earthed to and where is the location?

thanks chris

i have a sneaking suspicion it earths through the housing. Its located under the passenger wing on the back of the heater box

because when i turn my heater fan on the fuel gage goes up so i though its goign to be a bad earth somewer and ideas?

i think thatll be the dashboard earth. Its behind the console, and screws through the bulkhead, lower right as you sit in the seat.

so drivers side ? behind the clocks?

aye.

directly behind clocks inside vehicle onbulkhead then is it a thick wire?

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You take out the console (Bit with clocks in) then on mine, its a screw with a handful of black wires going to it, that goes through the bulkhead, a wee bit further down. You can easily see it an get to it from the hole left by the clocks though.

u recon it just might be coroded?

landy 3.9v8 said:

u recon it just might be coroded?

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Have a look at it ffs. It might be loose, rusty, damaged or fallen out altogether. You don't know until you get the clocks out and see what's going on. If it is loose or corroded you'll need to clean all the rust off the earth leads and the surrounding area and re fit it, maybe with a decent nut and bolt and a repair washer to make sure you've got a good solid earth point that won't go anywhere.

thanks i was trying to locate were the earth was ghost ffs

landy 3.9v8 said:

thanks i was trying to locate were the earth was ghost ffs

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boydy1989 said:

i think thatll be the dashboard earth. Its behind the console, and screws through the bulkhead, lower right as you sit in the seat.

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Hope this helps you locate it.

thanks lol