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You're not telling me heated front seats are not working like that, are you? 😁

They'll warm the seats up nicely 🤣

Couldn't motivate myself to do difficult stuff under the car, so I did this instead:

I did try it, well I looked. And yes, I mixed up the wiring. Couldn't install the spare starter, the bolts are round head for hex keys. The lower one is easy, the upper one almost impossible to get to. So I need a hex key that goes on a wrench...

Lunch break, so I had another look at the internets regaeding wiring, especially to get an idea on how to wire the 123ignition distributor. That one has two wires, red and black. Weird, I thought as I only saw a black one and mine has one of...

Thanks everyone! Need to check that out this afternoon after work!

I old I don't do tecknicker things!

Do, ignition goes to the small one (white red if I remember correctly) everything brown or brown white, along with the thick main wire from the positive battery pole, to the screw without wires. The thick red wire is then the earth to the engine...

Just until red with a gas blowlamp.

Hi there, so, I do have my problems with the new wiring harness. Especially with everything ignition and strater related, funny enough including the horns and beam lights as they share some of the circuits. Anyway, I found an old Lucas starter...

Good piint, didn't think of that! At what temperature, and how?

In the double carb set up, at least my double Zeniths, there is fuel return line from the right hand carb. The pump fills the float chamber of the left one, then the right one. Any excess fuel goes back to the tank. To much pressure might flood...

Sooo, I think I narrowed my electrical worries down a bit, maybe even to the root cause but that's to early to tell for now. Got a new battery today, and then did some other testing. Everything is working, including the interior lights...

3mm to 5mm or 8mm to 5mm not a big difference from what you have now. That's why I swap front to back on services to keep the wear even.

Thanks folks, so I'll get a flanging tool, some copper-nickel tubing and all necessary fittings. A man needs something to do during the next winter! By the current rate, I'll do the cylinder heads myself next year! 😳

It was already installed when I bought the car. Since then, she got a new fuel tank, a disco 1 if memory serves well as that was done at a garage. And a new sender unit, I think it was the pre-85 sender unit. The fuel line goes straight to a plug...

Hi all, so, I did stumble over a RRC brake pipe kit from Automec on sale when looking for something else a week ago. The price was really good, lamded including VAT and customs less than a hundred bucks instead of 200+ pounds as sold by Automec...

My son turns 17, so I have some time left for that! 😉

Your not wrong. The first scrapper I bought for my own is now my sons 🤷🤣😜

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I love that color! Well, I managed to plug the trailer socket. Aparently it s too much to ask for normed cables, e.g. for standardized 13 pin sockets, to adhere to a color scheme. At least the pin usage is common between providers... Anyway...

Not mine but a beautiful 1990 300tdi in for a front wheel bearing. The wheel is literally ready to fall off👌😎👍

Maybe some earth issue at the coil, previousoy, there was some weird transistor ignition, and I tried to reconnect everything the way it was ehen that was removed by my mechanic. But then even that was not original, and now the fuel pump is...

Yep, including a new earth main between starter and chassis. Most likely I mixed up some wires somewhere. Has to wait until this afternoon, back to work it is... And I mean a paid day job...

Re your starting problems, is the engine and starter physically connected electrically to the chassis and battery negative?

The fuel injection pumps have way to much pressure. An alternative would be a Red Top Focet pump. Those are inline so, I have one in the engine bay on a 3.5 carb RRC. Works great. Not sure if that setup works on a Disco 1, it should so, as the...

So, tied everything up. Connected the 13-pin trailer plug, but didn't put the left tail light back in in the dark. My dad is staying until tomorrow, he's the wood person, so he'll put the camping stuff back in the trunk (place for the spare tire...

Today way better: The indicator lights, fog light, front and tail lights, warning flasher, they all work. Indocator lights were tricky, the frint right hand one had weird wiring issues... Luckily, I had some spares! The tailgate wiring is now...

True that! Found some heat-protective tubing that is also used as a general wiring protection. And it is much cheaper! We'll see tomorrow, if I ge to the point of testing and the test is successfull! Fingers crossed, because I found a set of...