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garland823 · 01-18-2005, 07:54 PM

yeah so tonight i was backing out of my friends driveway in my/my dad's/my brother's 95 white disco 5 speed, whose reverse lights dont happen to work unless you hold the stick over, and scraped a tree on the left side. kinda dented the left quarter-panel and scratches from the back edge to the door. luckily, sort of, my sister was backing out of our driveway a few years ago when she first started driving and hit the front left corner on the wall between the garage doors, so my dad wasn't too angry about it, but i'm still pissed cuz i love that truck.

Serg · 01-19-2005, 02:38 AM

DOH! Sorry to hear that!

Serg

Disco Mike · 01-19-2005, 08:46 AM

Not a Good Day for sure.
Sorry to hear of the damage, hope you have someone adjust that reverse switch soon.
Mike J.

garland823 · 01-19-2005, 02:15 PM

yeah me too.

Snagger · 01-22-2005, 01:55 PM

Body damage is easy enough to fix. The reverse light is being temperamental because the selector shaft hole in the gearbox sandwich plate wears, allowing lateral movement on the shaft. This means the end of the shaft doesn't engage onthe switch plunger, unless you manually hold the shaft in its original position.

The way around this, without rebuilding the box, is to weld a blob on the end of the switch plunger, extending it by about 1mm.

garland823 · 01-22-2005, 04:03 PM

thanks snagger

garland823 · 01-22-2005, 04:05 PM

by the way thats a beautiful series III, i'm sure you could get away with telling people its a devender 110 with only a few miles on it.

01-18-2005, 07:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
garland823 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 261 Gallery: 0	bad day yeah so tonight i was backing out of my friends driveway in my/my dad's/my brother's 95 white disco 5 speed, whose reverse lights dont happen to work unless you hold the stick over, and scraped a tree on the left side. kinda dented the left quarter-panel and scratches from the back edge to the door. luckily, sort of, my sister was backing out of our driveway a few years ago when she first started driving and hit the front left corner on the wall between the garage doors, so my dad wasn't too angry about it, but i'm still pissed cuz i love that truck.

01-19-2005, 02:38 AM	#2 (permalink)
Serg LRO Founder Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Los Gatos, CA Posts: 2,006 Gallery: 0	DOH! Sorry to hear that! Serg __________________ Current Vehicles: 2003 BMW 540iT M Sport 2005 BMW R1200GS 2004 Element Skateboard (Indy trucks, Bones Swiss, etc...) Past LR's: 1995 Range Rover LWB Classic 1995 Range Rover LWB Classic 1997 Discovery XD 1995 Range Rover LWB Classic 1995 Range Rover LWB Classic 4.0

01-22-2005, 01:55 PM	#5 (permalink)
Snagger Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Bedford, UK Posts: 125 Gallery: 0	Body damage is easy enough to fix. The reverse light is being temperamental because the selector shaft hole in the gearbox sandwich plate wears, allowing lateral movement on the shaft. This means the end of the shaft doesn't engage onthe switch plunger, unless you manually hold the shaft in its original position. The way around this, without rebuilding the box, is to weld a blob on the end of the switch plunger, extending it by about 1mm. __________________ It's not broken; it's British

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01-19-2005, 08:46 AM	#3 (permalink)
Disco Mike Moderator Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Parker, Colorado Posts: 5,753 Gallery: 0	Not a Good Day for sure. Sorry to hear of the damage, hope you have someone adjust that reverse switch soon. Mike J.

01-19-2005, 02:15 PM	#4 (permalink)
garland823 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 261 Gallery: 0	yeah me too.

01-22-2005, 04:03 PM	#6 (permalink)
garland823 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 261 Gallery: 0	thanks snagger

01-22-2005, 04:05 PM	#7 (permalink)
garland823 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 261 Gallery: 0	by the way thats a beautiful series III, i'm sure you could get away with telling people its a devender 110 with only a few miles on it.

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