bishbosh Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 I have recently acquired a 1999 D2 and am prepping her for green laning and such like. Having never had a Disco before I am looking for ideas for mounting a winch isolating switch (simple on/off switch to activate an allbright relay) and winch in/out switch. So, what have you done and would you do it again? Pictures please! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 Carling Contura for me every time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 20 minutes ago, landroversforever said: Carling Contura for me every time. I have to say, I am constantly disappointed by Carling switches, they feel cheap, lightweight and unfinished around the edges, but maybe that is just me. Bish, looks to me like in front of the transfer lever would work? to Fit a small switch pod so they face up towards you. Or, trying to find a switch pod as an example, this popped up: http://fourby.co.uk/Land-Rover-Discovery-Switch-Panel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 Interesting, I've never found that with any of the Contura ones. They do a more 'basic' looking one which is a little plasticy. I know its also only an example, and without going into details I'd personally steer well clear of Fourby. Their business ethics are incredibly poor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickeyw Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 There are a lot of Carling Contura II lookalikes on eblag. From what I have heard they are lacking in feel and finish. I used a 300Tdi Disco 1 sunroof switch for winch in/out on my 90. It's the same as a lecky window switches, and used on a Defender so blends in nicely. It just has a different legend in the form of two arrows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishbosh Posted October 10, 2018 Author Share Posted October 10, 2018 Thanks chaps. I had considered re-purposing the sunroof switches as mine are staying shut in the vain hope they wont leak any more than the do! Just a bit unsure having the winch switches up high. Any pics of installed switches in your D2's folks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Poore Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 1 hour ago, bishbosh said: Any pics of installed switches in your D2's folks? Don't have a D2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escape Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 Window switches work nicely for a winch. If you need multiple switchers, I'd go with the Carling series. Never found anything wrong with the quality. For a winch isolation switch, I prefer a big mechanical one to cut the 12V feed, instead of a relay. There's always a chance it sticks or fails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveturnbull Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 For big mechanical switches you can't beat the offerings from Blue Sea Systems. For winch in / out I used a carling MOM-OFF-MOM as it matched the others I already had installed, but I'm sure there are nicer ones out there, possibly like the metal toggle switch type that you find in a wired winch remote, they are a little more tactile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 Might be worth mentioning the Carling do some lovely rubberised versions of the Contura II switch face. I've got a couple lined up for my winches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverik Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 On 10/12/2018 at 8:58 AM, landroversforever said: "lovely rubberised versions" the mind boggles... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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