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Fitting CB to TD5 Disco

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thermidorthelobster:
I've had a fairly busy morning...

I've mounted my CB in a cutaway in the map pocket.  It seemed a good way to keep things nice and neat.

I was disappointed that in my non-electric-sunroof model, the loom for the sunroof ECU (which has a nice phat 12v 30A fused feed) isn't present at the top end, although the connector comes off the fuse box, so god knows where it disappears to.  I had a rummage through the wiring manuals and behind the roof panel and found an unused connector with green/white and black wires.  It turns out this is for the auto-dipping rear view mirror, and it comes off a 20A fuse, and is live with the ignition (IIRC it's Fuse 15).  So I hijacked this for the 12v feed.

thermidorthelobster:
As explained elsewhere I wanted the aerial to be mounted on the roof rack, but I didn't want the cabling running through a seal somewhere.  So I drilled a hole in the roof and used a dome mount from 4x4cb.com to take the cable through the roof.  I managed to pull the headlining out the way enough to bolt it down nice and tight, and then ran a cable inside underneath the headlining to the back of the set.  So all the cabling inside the vehicle is totally concealed.

From the top of the dome mount, I've used a screw mount plug on each end of a small patch cable to run the short distance to the actual aerial mount on the roof rack.  There's the added bonus that if I take the roof rack off, I can just unscrew the cable from the dome mount and seal it off with the cap that came with it.

Jimbo:
Nice & neat install...........but what's with the pink fluffy dice  :shock:

thermidorthelobster:
Ah, they were a present for my Africa trip and when I sold the 101 I transferred them to the Disco.

You can also see that after my little accident in Norway, I've hedged my bets re religious icons and stuck a Buddha next to my Ganesh.  Hopefully between them they will keep things safe, given I cba to order a devil duck...

mobi:
so the pink fluffy dice can stay but that screw next to the cb has to go , (sorry i can't stand seeing a screw there like that) at lest put a sleeve around the the thread.     :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

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