which wire does what

[muddymud]

i got my new rrc the other day and the first thing i did was lost the key! im going to put in a push buttion start insted. i have removed the barrel and everything and im am now left with 4 wires. red and white, brown, white, brown and white. which wires do what?

i toched a few together and i think the brown is live, then one operated my wipers which i guess is ignition, one turned the truck over but i didnt start, the other one didnt seem to do anything.

is any one using a swich start and could give me a little diogram.

Cheers,
Nick

[Lewis.J.P_1987]

I remember doing this my self. I have push button start on mine. I cant remember what colours are which. however you have to join two of the wires together, then when you join those two with the other one it will start.   

[muddymud]

ye i think i know how to do it. what have you done to the other wire? because there is 4 wires?

Cheers,
Nick

[hairyasswelder]

ye i think i know how to do it. what have you done to the other wire? because there is 4 wires?

Cheers,
Nick

one is live feed, one for accessory circuit(first click with key) , one is ignition (lights on dash) and one is to the starter  ;)

Is it a road vehicle?

Steve

[muddymud]

thats cool i might go an have a play. no its an offroad buggy range rover thing. will stick some pictures up.

cheers,
Nick

[clbarclay]

What vintage RRC is this. Looking at 1987 wiring diagram

White/red wire is to the starter motor solenoid
White is to the ignition load relay (items like warning lamps are fed via a relay rather than directly from the ignition switch) and also coil + EFI
Brown is the direct battery positive feed
White/orange is the ignition axillary (radio temp supply)


We put a push start on the G wagon at home, but that was due to a fault with the origional wiring and was simply a push swtich that only operated the starter solenoid via a fresh wires from the battery.

For an off road only vehicle you could probably just wire the brown to a kill switch and every thing else to the the other side, with the push switch inline with the white/red.

[muddymud]

that sounds about rite to me i will give it a go i have loads of switches and buttons to use. i was going to do it today but went out on the mountain bike. hear is the truck, i haven't done anything to it YET! but i have some plans for it when i get my workshop doors sorted.

spec:
3.5 carb V8 (going to be a 200tdi on a zf 4 speed if i get my way)
3" pro comp lift
4 point harnesses
QT diff guard on the front and a cheep one on the back
5X 7.5x16" dumpers
roll cage 





cost me £320 so i don't think its too bad. what do you lot think?

Cheers,
Nick

[300TDi Disco]

Time to get your hands dirty and start doing the long list of jobs you need to do. Is there any landrover out there that doesn't have a list of jobs to do. I havent seen the end of my list for a long time.

[muddymud]

i want to keep it farly simple for this one. i am going to try and spend as little as possible on it, when i have the list sorted i will post it up.