Dr_evil
Banned
My '72 lit up as did my '68.
Land Rover originally supplied a separate switch on the dash for the panel lights.
I flicked all the switches trying to find the headlight ones in the dark and nothing came on on the dash!
My '72 lit up as did my '68.
Land Rover originally supplied a separate switch on the dash for the panel lights.
I have had three series 62-80 and all had dash lights. The separate switching was still around in 1989, I always have them switched off on the country roads.My '72 lit up as did my '68.
Land Rover originally supplied a separate switch on the dash for the panel lights.
I flicked all the switches trying to find the headlight ones in the dark and nothing came on on the dash!
There should be a three pole switch on the dash for the lights (off / side / head) The main beam / dip on an S2A is a foot switch. It's a big silver button about the size of a plum fitted to the bulkhead next to the clutch pedal. On S3 the hi/low beam is on the indicator stalk IIRC?
There will be an additional two position switch on the dash to activate the interior panel lights. It won't do anything if you don't have at least side lights switched on, however.
Had all the lights on, theres nothing in the footwell its on the stalk for dip as its been replaced at some point
Made for bikes but could probably be adapted quite easily Yellow Box
I think its a good idea
Id rather have a working accurate speedo in the dash board than some ****y chinese gizmo stuck somwhere
Having a accurate speedo will also clock up correct millage on your trip meter
1. how do you calibrate it
2. is it mounted internally out of the mud and wet
Sorry not in the market, mines an old knack on a twitchy cable but good luck
Oh, how I miss foot-operated dip switches!
Sigh.
I think its a good idea
Id rather have a working accurate speedo in the dash board than some ****y chinese gizmo stuck somwhere
Having a accurate speedo will also clock up correct millage on your trip meter
1. how do you calibrate it
2. is it mounted internally out of the mud and wet
Sorry not in the market, mines an old knack on a twitchy cable but good luck
see your point, but my non chinese gizmo is regulated by any 3 sattelittes at any one time, so seems quite accurite straight out of the box/packet/sock draw whatever- checked my standard discos speedo@30mph. then 40mph, then 50mph,
seems is near correct @30, 3 mph out @40 and a bit more at 50mph.
as I dont go above 60mph maybe 65 mph speedo reading, I`m more Interested in keeping below the speed limits for our wonderful speed cameras and soon going live average speed cams over a measured distance.. the oddometer then will be nearly correct give a bit for a few % of over reading.
So, like you, I have no need for electrikery speedo rectfying boxes, as my old disco dont have much electrikery to go wrong....
oh what the feck have I just said - the god of electrickery will come visit me noweek indeed..lol
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But this will be cheap and you can just stick it behind the dash and forget about it once calibrated. Until you change tyres then just re-calibrate. I could make it remember multiple sets of figures for those with multiple wheel/tyre combos and the odometer and speedo will be absolutely accurate. It's certainly not for everyone. I'll build a prototype and test it and if it all works to plan I will make some PCBs
agree with you, and from your enthuisiasm, i sincerly hope it all comes together, but for older cars with non electrickery type speedos,
not much use to us at all.
as our footfall of LZers is huge, with much of us being located in non town/city type homes, speed cams and such devices are perhaps not so much of a worry to them as it is for the likes of me being done once already by our wonderful roadside van operated cash cow number plate reading & registering then collecting money generators as I/we strayed from the path into evil of doing just over 5 to 6 milesPerHour more than I should have done.
the "fine"/donation/payment for 2 hours of classroom teaching of the perils of speeding cost MORE than either my choice of accurite speed displaying device or perhaps your elecktrickery device when fitted to motors with non standard "gearing" set ups
plus my device screams at mewhen entering near a known speed cam location,
then screams at me If I dare be driving over that particuler speed limit,
but, as I said, many dont drive on my road types let alone my normal motorway or main traffic routes..
horses for courses situation really..
This is a device simply for people with electronic speedos to make them read correctly when they change wheels etc. The other devices are very useful and indeed do the job fine without things like this.
If someone has an old 200TDi, for example, and fits big wheels then they could have an accurate speedo by buying a 2nd hand TD5 speedo for about £20-25, a transducer for £35, the connectors for £15 and this box for £25 so for £100 they get a spangly new TD5 speedo with calibration. Some people would choose to do that others would not. I'm doing this for my own car and as I own an electronics company I thought I would just knock out a few for fellow enthusiasts. So long as it covers at least the cost I'm not too concerned. £25 inc postage will do just that.