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which wire does what
« on: August 15, 2009, 15:41:25 »
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.

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Re: which wire does what
« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2009, 18:22:32 »
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.   
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Re: which wire does what
« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2009, 01:38:21 »
ye i think i know how to do it. what have you done to the other wire? because there is 4 wires?

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Re: which wire does what
« Reply #3 on: August 16, 2009, 09:34:30 »
ye i think i know how to do it. what have you done to the other wire? because there is 4 wires?

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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?

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Re: which wire does what
« Reply #4 on: August 16, 2009, 11:48:30 »
thats cool i might go an have a play. no its an offroad buggy range rover thing. will stick some pictures up.

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Re: which wire does what
« Reply #5 on: August 16, 2009, 14:19:46 »
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.
« Last Edit: August 16, 2009, 14:38:02 by clbarclay »
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Re: which wire does what
« Reply #6 on: August 16, 2009, 22:58:25 »
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.

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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?

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Re: which wire does what
« Reply #7 on: August 17, 2009, 18:47:12 »
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.
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Re: which wire does what
« Reply #8 on: August 18, 2009, 00:05:15 »
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.

 






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