Dutch Lightweight Wiring Diagram

[Davidmg]

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Thanks

David

[fv1620]

It is a sad tale indeed. Mine only did 23km since rebuild, it was really like a new vehicle with new tanks & many new components. The problem was that it had not been run enough to iron out problems.

The biggest problem was when it rained. The positioning of the air filter meant water was sucked into the filter & I ended up a light brown mayonnaise that strangled the air supply.

The final problem was when the fan blade shattered & cut my brake pipes on the M3 in the rush hour. You are always told not to stay in your vehicle but to climb up an embankment to safety but where it broke down was in the Twyford Down cutting by Winchester. There is thick wire netting there to prevent you doing this. I wasn't going stand in front of this & get hit by traffic at least sitting in the vehicle with the lights on gave me a better chance of survival.

Usual thing you explain to the AA you have no brakes & no fan so you need recovery. But after an hour a patrol man comes & explains there is nothing he can do "You need recovery" another hour later it arrived. That was the last trip it made.

I met an old friend last year who said on his Dutch LtWt there was a modification to protect the air filter from water ingress this was a series of rubber strips under the bonnet edge. I looked at it then I realised I was looking at my old LtWt & that was rubber I had glued on. At least it is still around!

[Bob Fell]

Hi David and Clive,

Very interesting posts from you both, thanks for sharing. I never realised there were so many woes with them, nor the root cause, as you say, a sorry tale indeed. I know someone who has one and he has had a shed full of trouble with it. Now I know why.

Regards

Bob

[fv1620]

Here is my old one when I saw it last year. Anyone spot anything unusual about it?

[Gordon Bennett]

Here is my old one when I saw it last year. Anyone spot anything unusual about it?

RHD

[fv1620]

RHD

Yes well done Gordon

[Davidmg]

RHD

Yes well done Gordon

Clive

I take it you converted it to RHD as part of the rebuild?

David

[fv1620]

David it was already rebuilt, but the dealer gave me the option of RHD conversion for quite a small amount. When it was running well it was quite ok, I towed a 1-Ton Cipher Office Trailer 150 miles. Although the trailer dwarfed it & was very nose down.

[Davidmg]

Problem solved with a new heater switch and negative lead for my multi-meter.

However for future reference the wiring diagrams shown earlier in the thread are very similar to the Lightweights, also I came across the fuse number listing which may help.

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[88lr]

There is a wiring diagram in 3TH9-3550. If you are still looking?