[ROVERNET - UK] 3500s rear calipers

[Eric Russell]

Hmmmm..... I bought two of those later switches for
each of my 2 Rovers.  There was a period in North
American automotive history where it was illegal to
have anything but a floor mounted headlight dip
switch.  Somewhere along, the European authorities
became more enlightened and permitted column mounted
dip switches.

The Rover 2000s that came into North American up to
1971 didn't have the column mounted dip switch.  

When I did my first restoration, Ruth provided the
first column mounted dip switch.  It had the same
"bullet" Lucas connectors as elsewhere on the car. 
The wire colours were the same.  I noticed that Rover
provided a short cableform from the column (that's the
older headlight flasher) to the floor dipswitch.  All
I had to do was remove the floor dipswitch and its
cableform, and install the new column dip switch in
place of the flash switch.  I then connected the
switch wires up to the same-coloured wires coming out
of the loom and "Presto" I had a column mounted
dipswitch AND flash switch.

The next restoration required a bit more fettling as
the column mounted dipswitch now had a plug block
which I had to cut using a box cutter.  Luckily, the
exposed plugs were an exact fit into Lucar connectors
and the 2 sockets also accepted the Lucas bullet
connectors.

Perhaps Pierre has a column mounted dipswitch in stock
:-)

Eric


--- Brooks <restore at nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:

> The stem on most 3500s models does opperate the turn
> signals and the high 
> beam flash...however I have one car that the stem
> works the turn signals as 
> well as controll the high and low beam of the
> headlights...the latter is 
> unusual because any other 3500s that I have driven
> have used a foot switch 
> for the high/low beam.
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bill Robertson" <rover2000nut at hotmail.com>
> To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
> Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2007 12:38 AM
> Subject: [ROVERNET - UK] 3500s rear calipers
> 
> 
> > I'm just reattaching the calipers and want to
> double check.........the top 
> > brake hose goes to the brake line, and the bottom
> hose goes to the other 
> > caliper...........my mind is slipping ...........
> >
> > Also i have got another dip switch for the
> headlights.........i assume its 
> > from a later car as it has a different connecter
> and has 2 lights on the 
> > switch..................it looks like i'll have to
> take the connector off 
> > and solder the wires from the old one which was
> rusty and bent as the 5 
> > wires only stick out of the harness 1/2 an inch to
> 1 inch and i've got 2 
> > in at best and by the time i wiggle 3 in i've
> pulled one 
> > out..............i was ready to burn it in the
> garage rather than buther 
> > the connector but thought better of
> it..........the garage is attached to 
> > the house   LOL...........my question is the
> switch moves up and down also 
> > ...............does it work the highs and low
> beams independently or what
> >
> > Thanks again
> > Bill Robertson
> >
> >
>
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