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Dynamo removed. Where does all that muck come from?[frame][/frame]

'Oily rag' in action. My sweat shirt but certainly not my trousers![frame][/frame]

Alternator mounting bracket[frame][/frame]

Alternator fitted with reuse of dynamo bracket to carry the coil. A couple a washers inserted to correctly align the alternator pulley with the crank and water pump pulleys.[frame][/frame]

Coil refitted, a very simple couple of wires to the solenoid and regulator, ignition on, pull starter and happy days!

The easiest job I have done on Boris to date.

Thoroughly enjoyed directing the new mechanic

Pete[frame][/frame]

Top job by the new mechanic.
Hard to see how the coil is mounted now.

First pic explains all

Thanks for the responses.

MarkyB - the dynamo mount on the alternator works like the strap did previously on the dynamo except you need bolts rather than the earlier studs.

Pete

Jagnut66

You are right, the coil does point downwards at the connections end.

I have the same concern you expressed but read somewhere that early landrover coils are mounted 'upside down' . The intention is the realign to level but over enthusiasm to try it out got the better of me. I'll realign things today.

Pete

Not sure if its good form to post images of other vehicles but here's a bunch of downward facing landrover coils[frame][/frame][frame][/frame][frame][/frame][frame][/frame][frame][/frame][frame][/frame]

Today's task was to fit the reversing light. A gift to myself acquired at the 100th anniversary bash.

A couple of coats of the junior mechanic's white nail varnish (one has to look one's best ), a good scratch at the terminals, a bit of new wire and the old bulb was reincarnated.[frame][/frame]

A touch of my usual heavy handed metal work, one false start and I'm almost happy with the almost central position

I need to find a drill that will move sideways

Pete[frame][/frame]

Reworked bracket to allow access to tighten bumper nuts[frame][/frame]

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Next the difficult bit, made easy by the 100% theft of Declan Burns' design (thanks).

The gear lever reversing light switch. How neat is that?

I have yet to bend the lever arm to suit the gear lever movement and to complete the wiring - tomorrow's task.

As a dud sparks, can someone explain why the on/off switch has 3 terminals?

Will 3 amp rating be be ok?

We're the carpets once that blue?

Thanks

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The 3 terminals will be marked summat like "C" this is common so put 12volt to this one. The other two will be marked "NO" & "NC" that's normaly open and normaly closed. The wire to your lamp should go on "NO" normaly open. When you operate the switch the "NO" contacts close switching the lamp on. "NC" terminal will not be required just leave blank.

3 Amp switch. Well assuming a 21 Watt bulb is fitted to your lamp then 12volts divided into 21watts = 1.75amps so it will be ok.

Drivewasher,

Thanks for the explanation on the switch, I'll take a look.

Your clear maths on the switch rating will serve me for years to come and was clearly amongst the many things I missed in physics whilst busy chatting

I have just bought the attached multimeter and haven't a clue how to work it. I'll start by checking if the battery is 12volts and work things out from there.

Pete[frame][/frame]

I have just bought a similar multimeterto check my battery and alternator output,and I haven`t a clue either,as the translation from chinese to english isn`t great.

Rasputin wrote:I have just bought a similar multimeterto check my battery and alternator output,and I haven`t a clue either,as the translation from chinese to english isn`t great.

The 200 on the green section at the bottom opposite "OFF" is continuity for testing switches and circuits etc.

the white section that runs from about 9 o clock to 12 o clock is DC voltage so you would test for 12volts with meter set to the 20 on this white scale put the red probe on + ie positive and the black one on - ie negative, If you get the leads wrong way round meter will display it as a - negative voltage.
The white section to the right of the off position is AC voltage up to 500 & 200 respectively. So to test mains voltage you would select 500volts AC, but if you didn't know that then don't go there!


Incidentally the best way to check for bad connections on 12 volts is to use the volt drop method measure the volts accros a circuits return to the battery if there is more than a few MILLI VOLTS the earth is bad, forget continuity or resistance testing.