Military Light Switch

Hi Everyone,

I am in the process of restoring a 1984 military 110 and I am
converting several items to civilian spec. I would like to remove the
center military / convoy switch and put it over to the regular light
switch. Has anyone ever attempted such a switch over? Is the military
harness much different than the civilian harness? Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance!

On 6 Sep 2005 20:03:33 -0700, "Ex-MOD 110" <[email protected]>
scribbled the following nonsense:

>Hi Everyone,
>
>I am in the process of restoring a 1984 military 110 and I am
>converting several items to civilian spec. I would like to remove the
>center military / convoy switch and put it over to the regular light
>switch. Has anyone ever attempted such a switch over? Is the military
>harness much different than the civilian harness? Any suggestions?
>Thanks in advance!

Depends on whether you want to remain original. The lightweight I
recently restored benefitted from a new loom, but I left the military
wiring switch in place.

With the the military switch, all you have to do is plug the wires in
the back, while the conversion will require considerable
headscratching to make sure the correct are energised at the right
time.

Military switches also cause much amusement to MOT testers, especially
when they switch it to convoy mode after testing the headlights, and
then notice that there are no brake lights, but a single white light
from the white plate on the rear diff!
--

Simon Isaacs

Peterborough 4x4 Club Newsletter Editor and Webmaster
Green Lane Association (GLASS) Commercial Officer
101 Ambi, undsergoing camper conversion
Part owner of 1976 S3 LWT, Fully restored, ready for sale! Make me an offer!
Suzuki SJ410 (Wife's) 3" lift kit fitted, body shell now restored and mounted on chassis, waiting on a windscreen and MOT
Series 3 88" Rolling chassis...what to do next
1993 200 TDi Discovery
1994 200 TDi Discovery body sheel, being bobbed and modded.....
1979 Range Ruster body shell and chassis

Thanks very much Simon for your reply. When you say plug the wires on
the back do you mean to jump the wires within the plug - bypassing the
switch?

I usually am really particular about keeping things stock but a
Defender is a really rare vehicle in Canada and I am looking forward to
dressing it up a little bit for farm and road.

Thanks again.

Perth, Ontario, Canada

On 7 Sep 2005 06:01:12 -0700, "Ex-MOD 110" <[email protected]>
scribbled the following nonsense:

>Thanks very much Simon for your reply. When you say plug the wires on
>the back do you mean to jump the wires within the plug - bypassing the
>switch?
>
>I usually am really particular about keeping things stock but a
>Defender is a really rare vehicle in Canada and I am looking forward to
>dressing it up a little bit for farm and road.
>
>Thanks again.
>
>Perth, Ontario, Canada

Just plug the original wires back onto their original position. I
initially tried to bypass the switch and nothing worked......
--

Simon Isaacs

Peterborough 4x4 Club Newsletter Editor and Webmaster
Green Lane Association (GLASS) Commercial Officer
101 Ambi, undsergoing camper conversion
Part owner of 1976 S3 LWT, Fully restored, ready for sale! Make me an offer!
Suzuki SJ410 (Wife's) 3" lift kit fitted, body shell now restored and mounted on chassis, waiting on a windscreen and MOT
Series 3 88" Rolling chassis...what to do next
1993 200 TDi Discovery
1994 200 TDi Discovery body sheel, being bobbed and modded.....
1979 Range Ruster body shell and chassis