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I found a couple of handy mounting holes already exist in the frame and the lights are tucked up out of harms way.
Since I wanted to ground to the frame I tapped the holes M8-1.25 and bolted down the ground; then made up a wire harness and spliced into the green/brown wire for reverse 12v.
Glorious! Now I can read the license plate on my neighbors car across the street!
I found a couple of handy mounting holes already exist in the frame and the lights are tucked up out of harms way.
Since I wanted to ground to the frame I tapped the holes M8-1.25 and bolted down the ground; then made up a wire harness and spliced into the green/brown wire for reverse 12v.
Glorious! Now I can read the license plate on my neighbors car across the street!
Ordered a new set of Steering rods. I swear I saw a post talking about Terrafirma using Discovery 2 rod ends which were specially made for a period of the current world end.. but I cannot find it anywhere. Am I crazy or is my internet history failing me?
I installed new leather handbrake and t-case shifter boots. Ordered a set off Amz that said was real leather. Not. Returned them and ordered some that were real real leather. Polished the console veneer and it's all better. Then removed front bumper (what's left of it) PO cracked it up. Preparing for washer bottle relocate and new steel bumper. I've shopped a bunch but still have not settled. Suggestions?
OH. And new Costco Interstate battery is already bad. Pulled it. Need new terminals as well. The list grows. Next thing to remove are the silly running boards. Oh, the fluid leak is I replaced a suspect hose clamp on the rad hose to wp and it peed a little. Replaced coolant res cap, too. The old one had to be destroyed getting it out.
Last edited by Land Rover Doc; 01-17-2022 at 10:24 PM.
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Not today, but over the last few days. Retired my old rusty 1970 Bronco from plow duty and cut up the mount and put on a 2004 Discovery.
I had a 1999 DII that I sold in 2010 and have had an LR3 and now D5 since. The DII makes a great plowing vehicle. The blade is only 6.5' so it is small.
One of the very first things I did when I got my old D2 was strap a couple of thicknesses of plywood roof sheathing to the front of it to use as a plough. Rudimentary, but effective when I needed it.
Finally took the disco to a little overland event in north Georgia. It was mostly
camping, but my buddy and I ran a few trails by ourselves so no real photos of that. We unfortunately had to bail a day early due to impending ice storms, but it was still a good time. Drove 700 miles without a hitch and crossed over 100k miles on the old girl on the way home.
How did you get the wiring into the body? I assume you wired into the existing back up lights?
You don't need to run wiring into the cabin; just remove the right-rear (US passenger) tail-light, snake the wiring down and pull it out under the vehicle. Then find the green/brown wire coming off the taillight electrical connector and use a test light/multimeter to verify that you get 12v+ when the truck is in Reverse. Once verified; splice or t-tap into that wire and your new aux reverse lights will come ON with the stock reverse lights.
01-14-2022, 01:15 AM
