TD5 Defender driving light <span class="highlight">wiring</span>

Rolande,

If you don't get an answer on EO, post your question to the Landrover forums on www.aulro.com in the "technical" section. There are quite a few people with Defenders.

Adrian

G'day Rolande

Power supply ... heavy (8sq.mm)? straight from starter motor, good then as main supply for all sorts of leccie gizmos. Ran that to circuit breaker mounted on drivers side inner guard, between shock tower and clutch master cylinder.

Good mounting points for numerous relays immediately above/beside this .. mudguard bolts.

Std circuit breakers also mount neatly on top of clutch master cylinder cover plate, same bolt hole centres.

I didn't bother with switch, on light circuit but ran wire through bonnet release cable grommet for fridge relay switch. Used additional OEM rear window switch for this as mounts neatly in one of the spare holes. Not poisonously expensive either ... surprise LOL.

Tap into driver's side high beam wire behind light to supply power to relay for spotties.

Hint .... it's very fiddly and a right mongrel getting the wiring up into the dash. Remove radio and job much much easier, but will still need stiff (coathanger) wire.

Cover all assorted wiring with split corrugated ducting and cable tie to various original bits and pieces for neat protected finish.

Cheers

Hi Rolande. I did my 110 Td5 not long ago and put the wire through the bulkhead via a blanked off hole on the L/H side of the vehicle. Took the dash apart and fiddled the wire through and put it to an extra original No. 2 light switch I bought from the Main Stealer. Cost about $26.00.
This switch fits into one of the blank places on the L/H side console so looks quite good. Otherwise the wiring was the same as the diagram you can download from this site.
The only prob. I had with this was getting the switch to light up when I switched on the lights.
No doubt I'll get around to having another look one day.
Alan H.

Ive just had a set wire into my 05 extreme by Opposite Lock. Dont know how they wired it up, although they put the switch on the rhs of the steering wheel column. Might save opening up the dash..

Hi rolande, the link below will give you a basic wiring diagram for driving lights.

I hope this may be of some help.

Driving Light Wiring Diagram