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Vehicle & Technical => Discovery => Topic started by: whits on January 09, 2008, 20:39:38

Title: where have you put your switches
Post by: whits on January 09, 2008, 20:39:38: i have a 300 disco and am part way through a bit of rewire and fitting spots and switches, etc
where have you put your switches as there dont seem to be many places without drilling and spoiling the dash,
cheers mark
Title: Re: where have you put your switches
Post by: Disco Matt on January 09, 2008, 20:53:33: If you look at the dashboard on the drivers side just above the drop-down panel (covering the fusebox) you'll see two vertical flat blank spaces - one either side of the steering column shroud. There's no metal behind these areas and the foam-backed plastic surface will hold a clip-in rocker switch firmly. You might squeeze two switches into the left hand space, I fitted one each side. The right hand one isolates the radio aerial while the left hand one activates my spotlights.

I can get some photos tomorrow if this description makes no sense!
Title: Re: where have you put your switches
Post by: whits on January 09, 2008, 21:06:17: pics would be great cheers
Title: Re: where have you put your switches
Post by: stageonesimmo on January 09, 2008, 22:25:40: You can also get the switch panel from a Disco II that fits in place of the ashtray - straight screw-in job and the switches for fogs etc clip straight in (well, if you use gen parts ones they do)....

Do you use the radio re-tune etc buttons as they could be used as switches to trigger relays with the use 'dyno-taped' on - just don't put too much juice through em as they wont take it...
Title: Re: where have you put your switches
Post by: pux on January 09, 2008, 22:44:59: (http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r55/pux146/disco010.jpg)
Title: Re: where have you put your switches
Post by: landroverkeith on January 09, 2008, 22:45:32: put mine down on the panel under the steering wheel to the right hides them nicely couldnt use the blanks as sumone said already as i have headlight levelers and elec mirror switchs in those blanks :dance:
Title: Re: where have you put your switches
Post by: Disco Matt on January 09, 2008, 23:58:37: Quote from: landroverkeith on January 09, 2008, 22:45:32
put mine down on the panel under the steering wheel to the right hides them nicely couldnt use the blanks as sumone said already as i have headlight levelers and elec mirror switchs in those blanks :dance:

That sounds like what I did - the panel just to the left of the mirror/headlamp adjuster switches?
Title: Re: where have you put your switches
Post by: Chris Putt on January 10, 2008, 00:00:28: Erm dunno if a 300 tdi has the same but mine on a 200tdi are on the small rearward facing area behind the interior light in the headlining (the bit the sunvisors attach onto) this is quite neat with smallish toggles!

Chris
Title: Re: where have you put your switches
Post by: andyhubbard on January 10, 2008, 06:51:14: Airline pilot styling :-k, i like it,i like it. :clap:
Title: Re: where have you put your switches
Post by: Disco Matt on January 10, 2008, 12:34:28: Here we go:

(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x21/Kingofthemountains/Disco/MVC-008X-1.jpg)

Controlling the light bar

(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x21/Kingofthemountains/Disco/MVC-007X.jpg)

Controlling the radio aerial (if I switch this off, it retracts so I can listen to CDs/MP3 without my aerial being wrecked while laning).

I would have considered fitting them overhead, problem is it would need a lot more wiring and I already have the CB mounted there!
Title: Re: where have you put your switches
Post by: Darren on January 10, 2008, 13:09:20: (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stage1v8/Resources/AuxSwitches.JPG)

(http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stage1v8/Resources/RoofLightSwitches.JPG)

More details, including parts numbers, here (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stage1v8/TechnicalLighting.htm) and here (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stage1v8/TechnicalAncillaryWiring.htm).
Title: Re: where have you put your switches
Post by: mentalmoshio sophs V8i on January 10, 2008, 14:45:28: Quote from: pux on January 09, 2008, 22:44:59
(http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r55/pux146/disco010.jpg)

ive got 4 switchs so whats the rest for? :?

guess a few like pux s old motor well try this link

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/DISCOVERY-COMMERCIAL-WELL-KITTED-PX-NO-SWAP-WINK-WINK_W0QQitemZ120207089669QQihZ002QQcategoryZ29748QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Title: Re: where have you put your switches
Post by: Steven on January 10, 2008, 15:17:22: I think the neatest way of doing it is like what Darren did.

But heres where I put the bull-bar light switch (black switch) and the roof lights (red switch)...

(http://members.mud-club.com/resizetemp/91Steven15630.JPG)

So yer theres, the above, and many more places... heres another I like as theres already two holes underneather then you just have to do two more on the trim.
Then fasten switch there with the retaining nut.

(http://members.mud-club.com/resizetemp/91Steven84247.jpg)

Another... there also another place the same the other side...

(http://members.mud-club.com/resizetemp/91Steven8602.JPG)

And lastly what I can think of is here which is where I'm mounting two switches for our two rear work lamps. The reason being is the worklamps are situated high so the switches would make sense to be too... just drill two holes or what ever in the removable trim...

(http://members.mud-club.com/resizetemp/91Steven91362.JPG)

All these solutions vary on the spec of your vehicle really...
Title: Re: where have you put your switches
Post by: whits on January 10, 2008, 21:22:42: thanks for all the pics guys
very helpfull
mark