OK, Johnson shouted at me all day for wanting to chop out all the military lighting gubbins. However, I wasn’t really up for spending over £250 on replacement parts.

I think I’ve come up with a general plan:

  • Bypass the IR relay and leave the IR switch disconnected for now. No driving along without lights, and no disaster if a relay fails!
  • Disconnect the convoy lamp for now, with a view to adding a switch for it later!
  • Use the civilian 2-way light switch to replace the 6-way military one (I need two modes, not six: side lights or head lights).
  • Bypass the Auxiliary relay, which is not needed if you don't want to run without lights.
  • Isolate the big current flow using a relay (or two) instead of wiring through the lighting switch directly.
  • Replace the broken dash illumination switch.
  • Leave the fog lights as they are, but get a replacement switch and new fog relay.
  • Get a cheap replacement flasher (with bulb failure warning).
  • Blank off the military panel and use blanking plate as a place to mount spare warning lamps, gauges and so on.
All in all, including connectors, cable, relays, switches, flasher and so on, I think this should cost about £100. Extra lights and gauges will be just that. Not exactly cheap, but a good three-way compromise between original features, simplicity and safety!

Diagram showing the current plan. I may add to/remove from/change this over the next couple of weeks!