Understood. I was just trying to explain that those pieces are not the cause of your leak

 

Replaced some interior bulbs with led....WAY TO BRIGHT and they won’t adjust on the dimmer 😤

 

Trip to the Oregon Coast

A pint with a view...

 

That's odd that the dimmer switch didn't work to dim your LEDs.
I see from your gauge cluster you have an '03/'04? On my '01 Disco 2 I can use the dimmer switch for my blue LEDs or else it's lit up like a disco in the cab.

 

04. That’s interesting. I’m not sure why I can’t dim mine. I figured it was the type of led?

 

When you look for led’s for the dash a lot of people sell “dimmable” ones so maybe the ones you got aren’t dimmable

 

LEDs dim, but the current to felt intensity ratio is not as linear as with incandescent bulbs. I replaced the bulbs on my A/C head unit with LEDs and they were way to bright. I had to tune the brightness down with additional series resistors and now I can dim them better. It's not as good as incandescent bulbs, but acceptable. If you really want to get the same linearity, you need to dim them with a PWM controller, but that would be way too much effort. The fix with the resistor is much easier and cheaper. The characteristics also depends on LED color and chemistry.

BTW, cheap LEDs from ebay are not recommended, because of consistency and lifetime issues. I made very good experience with LEDs from superbrightleds. I have some in my tail lights, they are as bright as on day one and I have never to think about dead bulbs anymore.

 

Just when you think you've seen and heard it all, trust that your Land Rover will throw you a curve.

I have been battling the dreaded serpentine belt squeal on my 2000 DII for about a month now. I had recently replaced the alternator and the water-pump, so I was pretty sure they weren't responsible for the chirp. I set out replacing the belt, then the tensioner and finally all the pulleys. The *&^% thing still squealed and chirped, but only under load, not at idle (or coasting).

During the diag process, I noticed a few other things that would need attention in the immediate future, not least of which was the unmistakable hiss-hiss of an exhaust leak at the manifold flange gasket on the right side bank. You know, the one directly behind the serpentine belt tensioner...!

Long story short(er)... The chirp, that sounded just like belt squeal, was actually an exhaust note coming from a hairline cracks in the weld between the flange and the down-tube. Once I got the Y assemble out from under the truck (an ordeal in-and-of-itself - hot wrench required) there were plenty of other cracks that need attention too. I resisted the temptation to delete the CATs, but the round CAT required a patch and a full weld bead around its rear circumference. The TIG machine paid for itself today!

The moral of this story... Things are often not what they seem.

D.

 

I understand changing to LEDs at my house, but why go to all the trouble tearing apart the truck to put LEDs in the instruments, etc? I have plenty to do just addressing maintenance and things that go wrong. The only interior bulb in my truck that I've needed to replace is in the clock.

 

So there is this hard line that connects just behind the oil filter that was dripping pretty good.
NOBODY could accurately tell me what this line was, not even Atlantic British.
Oil pickup tube it is NOT - so the O-Ring I ordered was way too big.

Ended up at the auto parts store buying a variety pack of o-rings which did contain one that fit and now no more leak.

Word of advice - do this when you change your oil so you can do it while the filter is removed.
I think it was a 22mm wrench but came off fairly easily - even with the oil drained from the pan and filter, it still drained from this tube for a bit.