Dozer
Rover Rookie
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Post by Dozer on Jan 27, 2015 7:48:27 GMT
My boot light is missing, as most of them seem to be, or U/S. I was looking at a £5 tilt switch from Maplins and a generic 12v light wired to the switched live circuit, Anybody done this or anything similar?
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Post by johnwp5bcoupe on Jan 27, 2015 8:44:44 GMT
My boot light is missing, as most of them seem to be, or U/S. I was looking at a £5 tilt switch from Maplins and a generic 12v light wired to the switched live circuit, Anybody done this or anything similar? Ask Doug he may be able to help when you take your car in for it's service  |
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Post by Steve P5b on Jan 27, 2015 15:57:28 GMT
Hi John, for those of us who are not fortunate using Doug for servicing, what is the solution? Ive been trying to fathom it and it's got me stumped, but I guess maybe I'm too young to know anything about Mercury switches   |
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Post by johnwp5bcoupe on Jan 27, 2015 16:15:06 GMT
Hi John, for those of us who are not fortunate using Doug for servicing, what is the solution? Ive been trying to fathom it and it's got me stumped, but I guess maybe I'm too young to know anything about Mercury switches I thought I covered this a while ago Steve? probably a grey moment I fitted a rolling ball tilt switch into the original light fitting it does the same thing without the dissolving Mercury, it has only one through contact so has to be insulated from the original body, a bit if lathe work turning the insulator the switch body is the contact for the bulb, from memory the switch is either 1/4" or 5/16" dia. Rolling Ball |
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Post by Steve P5b on Jan 27, 2015 19:22:39 GMT
No grey moment, just didn't see it.
Got the idea now , thanks very much.
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Dozer
Rover Rookie
Posts: 29
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Post by Dozer on Jan 27, 2015 20:11:12 GMT
My boot light is missing, as most of them seem to be, or U/S. I was looking at a £5 tilt switch from Maplins and a generic 12v light wired to the switched live circuit, Anybody done this or anything similar? Ask Doug he may be able to help when you take your car in for it's service Forgot... plus the bill was bad enough as it was, he did a load of odd jobs and they all add up. I feel like a Pelican....!
Car drives great tho, I didn't realise there were little bits that were affecting it.
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