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| Small Clanger Member Since: 22 Jun 2011 Location: UK Posts: 210  
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22nd Mar 2013 6:59pm |
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| Baggie Austin Member Since: 16 Mar 2013 Location: Birmingham Posts: 102  
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As is mine mate, no button on the dash for it though.  |
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22nd Mar 2013 7:02pm |
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| Small Clanger Member Since: 22 Jun 2011 Location: UK Posts: 210
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On mine the switch is just to the left of the hazard light switch, have a look in my gallery, picture17.
Is yours blanked off? |
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22nd Mar 2013 7:23pm |
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| Baggie Austin Member Since: 16 Mar 2013 Location: Birmingham Posts: 102
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Yeah its blanked off, but I have the wire feeding into the rear window. Strange |
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22nd Mar 2013 7:41pm |
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| Diablo Member Since: 26 Oct 2011 Location: Basingstoke Posts: 335 
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Should be easy enough to wire a switch in then
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22nd Mar 2013 9:58pm |
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| Green Machine Member Since: 19 Nov 2010 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 1226 
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Did you buy it new Austin? Chance that it was a 90 truck cab in a previous life? Does it have lashing hooks down the shoulder lines of the tub? (Usually a good giveaway). 2005 Td5 | 90 Station Wagon | Tonga Green
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22nd Mar 2013 10:19pm |
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| Baggie Austin Member Since: 16 Mar 2013 Location: Birmingham Posts: 102
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Not New, it's a 59 plate, How I got it yesterday. How do you mean hooks, sorry if I am being dumb.log book says hard top |
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22nd Mar 2013 11:00pm |
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| Green Machine Member Since: 19 Nov 2010 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 1226
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No worries, it was just a thought. Sure it is a factory hard top. A truck cab (pick up) doesn't have a heated rear screen, so that switch is blanked off the dash. Truck cabs also have lashing hooks down the sides of the rear tub to attach a tonneau cover to. Often when they're converted to hard tops or station wagons people don't take the hooks off. It's a good way of telling that a vehicle has been converted rather than being a factory SW / HT. 2005 Td5 | 90 Station Wagon | Tonga Green
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22nd Mar 2013 11:16pm |
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| Baggie Austin Member Since: 16 Mar 2013 Location: Birmingham Posts: 102
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It has the benches each side, puzzled as to why there is no switch. There appears to be a wire feeding what would be the heated screen. |
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22nd Mar 2013 11:27pm |
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| db950 Member Since: 01 Feb 2012 Location: Lincoln Posts: 570 
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Have a look behind the blanking plate for the switch, it might have the wiring already installed for a switch.
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22nd Mar 2013 11:31pm |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17881 
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You'll probably just need to pop a switch in. Even my 110 DC had all the wiring including relay and fuse for the HRW!
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23rd Mar 2013 12:24am |
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| Small Clanger Member Since: 22 Jun 2011 Location: UK Posts: 210
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Final assembly of your Defender's dash was probably done by some lazy tw@ who'd run out of HRW switches and stuck a blank in instead. 
The blanks are easy enough to ping out and, as mentioned, it's probable the necessary connector will be waiting. Ask on here, someone will have a HRW switch kicking about. |
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23rd Mar 2013 7:55am |
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| Baggie Austin Member Since: 16 Mar 2013 Location: Birmingham Posts: 102
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Cheers everyone, il pull the blank out and see whats happening behind it.
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23rd Mar 2013 10:13am |
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| Baggie Austin Member Since: 16 Mar 2013 Location: Birmingham Posts: 102
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Popped out the blanks, the one where the heated screen should be has all wires plugged in, so just need the switch im thinking then?
Cheers |
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24th Mar 2013 1:59pm |
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