dodgy indicator stalk

[Flimbo]

i've been working on the series 3 today trying to sort out niggling problems in time for MOT tomorrow.

having replaced the indicator stalk with a brand new part from land rover only two years ago, i expected that to be the least of my worries. BUT...

its let me down once again. its got about 1mm play in the arm which interferes with the dipped beam and wont let them stay on. dipped beam, however, is fine.

i thought i'd cleverly solved this by wedging the end of a tie wrap in the gap to support it. this did fix it, and allowed correct operation of ALL the lights.

but then for no apparant reason, when dipped beam are on, the passenger side indicators come on and stay on (i.e do not flash). this happens without moving the stalk to make them come on.

has anybody else had problems with the indicator stalks being this rubbish? or has anybody had this problem and found a solution?

i'm going to have a look on the net now to see if i can get one cheaper than my local land rover garage - the last one was about £35. does anybody know where i might get one cheaper?

sorry for the long post, its just i wanted to explain everything fully!

cheers, matt

[Fuddy as muck]

Sounds just like how mine operates at the moment. Try this one from ebay :D http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=011&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=320076769972&rd=1&rd=1

Darren

[Flimbo]

cheers buddy. i'll see how the MOT goes tomorrow and then i'll look at ordering that.

is yours the same as i described mine then? have you done anything about it yet?

[Fuddy as muck]

cheers buddy. i'll see how the MOT goes tomorrow and then i'll look at ordering that.

is yours the same as i described mine then? have you done anything about it yet?

Mine operates exactly as you describe plus if i turn the indicator to left it turns my spots on :lol: Thing is the wiring was done by the previous cow boy and seeing as i only use the Landy for clearing crap from the garden and for off roading at weekends its one of those jobs i'v not got round to fixing. Saying that, i think i'l order one of those switches now while its fresh in mind

Darren

[hobbit]

Yes they are bad, and the contacts are prone for wear very quickly, sometimes you can re-solder the wires where they work loose on the solder, but normally its a disposable part, I've got about half a dozen in a box, all faulty

[Tractorboy16]

hi,

i had mine always going, got three 4 in 3 years in the end, thats with the britapart ones,

was rather anoying, had an electrition look at it and he couldn't figure it out at all. power was all correct.

just cheap conectors we put it down to in the end.

me xxx