Melted header joint and lighting problems

[Orangeboy]

First up hello I'm new here and suffer with. 110 td5 year 2000

I've been having intermittent failure with all side head and dash lights

They all go out at the same time

After fitting a new switch it was no better

Had the dash part a little and one of the header joints is melted

Can I cut it off and just join together wires of the same colour that go into it ?

I think it's header number 0287 and sits behind the ligher socket where te loom drops down to te fuse box

Thanks all

[PaulMc]

First up hello I'm new here and suffer with. 110 td5 year 2000

I've been having intermittent failure with all side head and dash lights

They all go out at the same time

After fitting a new switch it was no better

Had the dash part a little and one of the header joints is melted

Can I cut it off and just join together wires of the same colour that go into it ?

I think it's header number 0287 and sits behind the ligher socket where te loom drops down to te fuse box

Thanks all

You can just join together (solder and heat-shrink sleeve) all the wires for each circuit.

What year is your Defender?

Be careful - because, on C0287 on 1999-2001 TD5s, not all the wires going into the sub-circuit on cavities 11 to 14 are the same colour (Purple and Purple/Brown).

If you want to replace the burnt header, I can supply a replacement new Blue 20-way header and terminals -

I also have them in - Black, Green, Grey, Orange and Yellow - but, these all have different numbers and sizes of sub-circuits.

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[Orangeboy]

Thanks for the advice. I think I'm going to try and cut off the joint and just join te wires to start with just to see if it fixes te lights

And then replace properly if all works ok

It's a w reg year 2000 commercial

[groundzero4wd]

Hi PaulMc, are you still able to supply those header and terminals? i did visit your ebay page but couldn't find them there. i should need the bleu and red ones.

best regards, Björn

[PaulMc]

1 hour ago, groundzero4wd said:

Hi PaulMc, are you still able to supply those header and terminals? i did visit your ebay page but couldn't find them there. i should need the bleu and red ones.

best regards, Björn

 

Hi Björn,

I haven't got the headers listed on eBay.

 I've sold out of the Blue headers, and I'm still trying to source some more.

However, a Black header (which I have stocks of) can replace a Blue header, by including a loop of cable between the terminals in cavities 3 and 4, when you crimp on the new terminals.

Hopefully these diagrams, shown from the cable entry side, explain -

Blue header

 

Black header

 

I also have the Orange (Red) headers -

 

The headers are £9.95 each + P&P

 I supply each of them with 20 x terminals for 0.5 - 1.5mm² cable.

If you have a Black one to replace a Blue one, I'll include some terminals for 2.0mm² cable.

 

What are the connector numbers (from the Electrical Library) for the headers you need to replace ?

Paul.

[groundzero4wd]

Hi paul, 

the blue one is 0287 the red one i don't know. it's for a customer that drives around without dashboard in his td5.

he want's one black one and 2 red ones. how do i order and how do i pay? postage will be to Sweden

[PaulMc]

On 8/18/2018 at 10:12 AM, groundzero4wd said:

Hi paul, 

the blue one is 0287 the red one i don't know. it's for a customer that drives around without dashboard in his td5.

he want's one black one and 2 red ones. how do i order and how do i pay? postage will be to Sweden

 

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you, I thought that I'd found some stocks of the Blue headers - but, after chasing them for an answer, all they had was the Blue terminal blocks, without the splice cap 😞

Anyway, I'll send you a PM regarding the headers you want.

Paul.

[Musty]

Hi Paul 

I have the same problem with lights and a burnt blue header. Are you still able to supply them. 

Many thanks Martin