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Michaelkan



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United Kingdom 2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SW Santorini Black
Switches Harness and Clock in TDCI
I’m not very good with electrics in the car. Just upgraded my stereo to double din.

However, my harness switches are quite short. Can I extend them? What sort of size cable do I need? And where can I buy them.

Secondly, I noticed the panel are very tight and difficult to lock in place at the top. Is it because of the clock? Do I need to cut the bottom bit off?

Anyone with pics will help a lot.

Happy New Year everyone.

Thanks
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carrotbay



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United Kingdom 2008 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Santorini Black
Hi .. I’ve just done this job today.

There’s no need to extend any of the cables. This is what I did to get it to fit.

For the wiring harness for some of the switches I took off the fabric insulation, separated the cables for the switches on the left side and re-wrapped them in fabric harness tape. Did the same for the rest. You then have separated cables that can go down the left of the head unit and across the top. They then reach the new panel (inc hazard light switch) on the right.

I still couldn’t get it to fit until I finally took off the metal bracket at the back that runs from the tubular cross bar up to air vents. It’s attached by 5 plastic screw fixings.

I then just made sure all the ISO connectors etc were on the right of the head unit out of the way and not behind the unit getting in the way. It’s still a tight squeeze but fitted.
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Michaelkan



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Ok will give it another go at it.

But did u cut the bottom of the clock?

Thanks.
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carrotbay



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Hi .. no, I didn’t need to. The clock sits on the top of the head unit and it still fits although it’s tight.
Post #748602 1st Jan 2019 10:24pm
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Michaelkan



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United Kingdom 2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SW Santorini Black
Is your fascia a two piece or single piece? Mine is an alpine unit. I removed the rear bracket too. But sits around 4mm high. I think I’m gonna cut the clock so it can sit flush.
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carrotbay



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United Kingdom 2008 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Santorini Black
Mine is a single piece including the vents and clock. I have a pioneer head unit. I did read on here people needing to apply a heat gun to the vent pipes behind to give themselves an extra 5mm. It is very tight and if i take it apart again I’ll do this to give a slightly better fit. I also did read of someone filing off a bit from the clock.
Post #748607 1st Jan 2019 10:39pm
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carrotbay



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Michaelkan



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I think I’m gonna dremel and cut few mm off the clock. Anyway thanks for the help.
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Roy5695



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United Kingdom 2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 XS DCPU Indus Silver
I had to cut about a 1cm triangle Off the bottom corner of my clock to get the top vent part to sit right. 2011 Defender DCPU 2.2 - https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic30623.html

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Tegner



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United Kingdom 2010 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 HT Zermatt Silver
I fitted a Pioneer Avic - F60DAB into a one piece DD unit extended the cables to the new switch panel using through crimps & had to cut the clock there is a u tube video on the complete installation
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Michaelkan



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What sort of size cable do I need to get to extend the loom? Cause I’m planning to do some switches of spotlights to the cubby box. Thanks.
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Tegner



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United Kingdom 2010 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 HT Zermatt Silver
I used the same size that was already installed, Halfords sell small spools in various sizes
Post #748670 2nd Jan 2019 11:27am
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