Recent content by djawesome123

So just to clear up the mystery I bit the bullet and took it to my garage, 2 hours labour later and it turned out it was the live metal strip in the numberplate lamp which had come loose and touched metal it shouldn't have been touching, causing a short :mad: Just wish i had had mysterys magic...

The wires on the plug are Green with red, Red with orange, Green with white, a smaller Red with orange/yellow, Green with purple and Red with Yellow. This seems to correspond with the Haynes manual diagram for Left and right indicators, left and right tail plus fogs and brakes. Out of these 4...

So I unplugged all 4 connectors in the engine bay that ran into the chassis then plugged them back in one at a time and tested the switch. The only one that blew the fuse was this one:

All wiring seems intact for the rear lights, have also pulled the gaitor off the military light switch, all looks good under there.

Thank you, that will be next on my list. I did check the relay for the rear lights which is showing the correct resistance, and also checked all the bulbs/ earth points for the instrument lights, all seemed good, no loose wires or blown bulbs.

Taken both tail lights out, replaced fuse. As soon as I switch the lights on the fuse blows with no bulbs in the rear.

So my 1994 ex military defender has defeloped a fault where the speedo/fuel/oil temp lights as well as the rear lights have stopped working Headlights, sidelights, all indicators, rear fogs all work fine. I found a blown 5A fuse in the fuse box, which I replaced with the closest I had to hand...

That's what worried me seeing as it's NATO green but its a lot easier to apply than other paints (no top coat, laquer, etc) If I had the time and could be bothered to fix it myself I would but I would rather a garage did it to save me the hassle. I did research insurance going up after a non...

Haha yeah I thought It would have destroyed it but you can see from the front shot how much it was pushed in. I reckon it got off lightly because my bumper went into the wheel arch where there isn't anything to hit which left the light guard and wing to take the brunt of the micras wing.

Pics of the other vehicle. Thanks zeaphod that's kind of what I was thinking.

Sorry just to clarify, it was the other drivers fault and her insurance company will be paying for it (no effect on my insurance or NCB at all which is why I want it fixed). Her insurance offered me 500 cash to go away but I would rather get it done by one of their garages as it saves me hassle...

So I had a woman in a micra pull out into me on a roundabout and I was wondering if anyone had had similar and if so do they know roughly what it will cost to put right? Her insurance will be paying for it but they have asked for an estimate. None of that T-cut nonsense please :)

Ah ok that makes sense now. It was absolutely caked in grease and crud so Ill have another crawl under there tomorrow and clean it up to see whats what

So I was going through my pre winter crawl about under the landy (1994 ex mod 110) when I noticed that my front propshaft had a bit of give in it. It wasn't at either of the joints at either axle or transfer box ends but at the point when it goes from thick metal to a thinner rod (about 2/3 of...

+1 on that please. I bought the maps for the area and was just trying to mark the route on them Cheers