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Jasper are you the guy we spoke to at Skegness water leasure? He showed me a picture of an austin 7 he did up and liked the look of my defender.

I replaced all 4 for the heavy duty yellow britpart ones a couple of years ago. Perfect so far, don't do much mileage though. Added bonus is Mrs likes the colour lol

It's obviously a faulty switch then

I had this problem on mine. I had to clean the flash switch contacts every 6 months with fine wet or dry paper. I've put a relay on it now and so far so good.

Final revision, these work great for anybody that's interested. The turn signal DOES need the 4 diodes so i deleted the earlier wrong diagram. Rich

I'll be looking into it yes, I've got some amber and orange 5mm LEDs on order. The ready made 501 wedge bulbs are too dim.

Just for the record, if anybody is following this thread, the diagrams need updating, as it stands the low fuel comes on dimly when it shouldn't. I'll redo the diagrams this week when i get time, i might as well finish the post for anybody reading in the future years :)

I'm still waiting for the 9.1v Zeners from ebay so the low fuel indicator is untested, but according to my calcleations it should be ok. The problem with this light is that it comes on dimmly when it shouldn't because there is a voltage with a weak current on the cable, it's not enough to light...

Finally put a blob of silicone over each LED. They will never need changing, unlike the ones you buy ready done, thats because the ones you buy have a microscopic series resistor included in the bulb. They are too small get hot and fail early. My resistors are rated at 0.6w

You can see the 1N4001 diodes here on the turn signal

The bigger resistor here is the 470 ohm 2w one for the trailer light. Without this resistor the trailer light just stays on all the time as there is a weak voltage on the cable. You can just see the Zener diode tagged on to the small resistor too.

You are good!:) thanks I'll upload the diagram for low fuel and trailer light. All the lights are straight foreward LEDs and resistors in series apart from these three:

OK, I'll post some more info this afternoon. I've simplified the diagram for the indicator light so I'll have to rescan it into computer

If anybody would like to know how to convert the warning lights to LED (I don't mean the unreliable replacement bulbs) let me know. You need to be able to solder but I found it quite easy once I'd done one. Mine is not quite finished yet, I'm waiting for some Zener diodes coming for the low fuel...

Sounds like its on a wire that it shouldn't be. Just thread a new wire to the battery with a 10a fuse holder in-line.

Just a joke I'll get me coat

1 Thessalonians 4:16 - For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven in a flying Land Rover with a snorkel, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first in small gay land rovers. Amen wow, god has good taste:D

In my experience it won't hurt the engine, it may use more fuel though. Just don't forget your ear plugs.. Oh and if you see any coppers use light throttle openings.

Just put one of these on my Defender 200tdi and it's good, just fits in the space Type 019 Varta Blue Dynamic Car Battery 12V 95Ah (Short Code: G3) (Varta DIN: 595 402 080) - Car Batteries - Varta Car Batteries Another tip, if you park in a garage get one of those motorcycle battery...

Check compression, I once had a Ford Escort with this problem, the engine was worn out