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blackwolf

Member Since: 03 Nov 2009
Location: South West England
Posts: 18037

2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 DCPU Stornoway Grey

That's an encouraging find!

Loose relays are a common problem in Defenders, and loose main and "ignition on" relays on the Puma are a copmmon cause of starting problems (usually the ones where the temp gauge goes straight to the max).

The usual solution is to gently bend the prongs of the relay into a very slight banana shape so as to improve the contact. It should be quite difficult to pull a relay out - most Defender ones seem to fall out!

One of the things I've never really understood is why LR fitted the fuse panel under the dash on the Puma facing downwards. When I bought my 2007, I was surprised to find a strip of clear adhesive tape over the top of each bank of fuses. When I pulled the tape off, all the fuses fell out, they were that loose. The tape, as far as I know, was the factory solution.

11th Dec 2014 5:37pm

ARC99

Member Since: 19 Feb 2013
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 1831

2008 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 USW Cairns Blue

@ Blackwolf..................

Don't make old people mad.
We don't like being old in the first place,
so it doesn't take much to

us off.

Richard

11th Dec 2014 6:06pm

barbel jim

Member Since: 12 Dec 2012
Location: Northants
Posts: 1458

Sounds like a very good excuse to stay on the bank, fish all night

Cant help with the switch problem

11th Dec 2014 9:00pm

michaelwl

Member Since: 19 Nov 2014
Location: Durban
Posts: 65

@ Blackwolf Yep, that's the factory solution. I still have the tape covering the fuses on my 2002 TD5

2002 110 TD5 White
1981 S3 R6 Matt Green - Now used as game viewer
2013 Discovery 4 XS

12th Dec 2014 7:55am

jhnstap

Member Since: 01 Apr 2013
Location: Bournemouth
Posts: 73

blackwolf wrote:
That's an encouraging find!

Loose relays are a common problem in Defenders, and loose main and "ignition on" relays on the Puma are a copmmon cause of starting problems (usually the ones where the temp gauge goes straight to the max).

The usual solution is to gently bend the prongs of the relay into a very slight banana shape so as to improve the contact. It should be quite difficult to pull a relay out - most Defender ones seem to fall out!

One of the things I've never really understood is why LR fitted the fuse panel under the dash on the Puma facing downwards. When I bought my 2007, I was surprised to find a strip of clear adhesive tape over the top of each bank of fuses. When I pulled the tape off, all the fuses fell out, they were that loose. The tape, as far as I know, was the factory solution.

Blackwolf

That is exactly what we did with male connectors,the female connection looked twisted so aligned that as well-process of elimination so will have wait and see-drove for an hour last night with no problem, again for 20 minutes this morning-Oh the joys of Land Rover ownership

I do my thing and you do yours. I am not in this world to live up to your expectations, and you are not in this world to live up to mine

12th Dec 2014 9:11am

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