LHD, Trialmaster
Today I had some time to take care of small but time-consuming (if you do it right) things. And made some interesting discoveries in the process.
Since I'm usually alone when I hitch up the trailer and it's very dark, especially in winter, I always have trouble seeing the trailer hitch. Now, for the first time, I have a reversing camera. I don't have that luxury with my Land Rover. I have to get out of the car 10 times in the dark to get the ball exactly under the trailer hitch.
However, from my point of view, the rear view camera of the Grenadier is not very bright. Therefore, I have mounted a mobile reversing light, which I can quickly detach with an eccentric lock and stow away in the vehicle. But it can also remain mounted, as it has road approval. I connected it electrically with the DTP plug to a roof outlet. I have just tried it out. Fantastic.
When dismantling the trim, I noticed that a screw was missing. I then found it on the floor panel between cable harnesses. While driving, something always vibrated at the natural frequency of 1800-1900 rpm. Now I know, it was the screw. I tried to screw it in when I was fitting the fairing, without success. There was no thread in the hole. So the worker on the assembly line just put the screw on the floor. So I cut the thread. What was that about high quality requirements?
I have fitted a DTP connector to the prepared cable ends in the footwell on the driver's side. From there, I pulled a wire to the back of the boot, as I will install a DTP socket there that I can switch with a switch on the ceiling.
When I move the seat all the way back, it always engages on one side first. By pushing it back and forth with a bit of momentum, it then also locks on the other side. I also found the cause. The employee at the assembly line in France glued the rubber stopper to the front of the stop (that's where it's supposed to go) and on the other side it was simply glued behind the stop plate (no function).
Have any of you ever taken out the rubber floor mat?
On the driver's side it is clipped to the floor in 2 places. This clip fastener is so tight that it is almost impossible to remove the mat. I used sandpaper to make the diameter of the pins a little smaller. Now it can be removed by pulling gently.
That's it for today.
Land Rover's former slogan "Discover a new adventure every day" also applies to the Grenadier. And you don't even have to drive it.
…. Condensed Water from AC? I have no idea, and found no drops or something like that.
