Don't feel dumb...Without a meter and with hard-to-identify wires, it can be a difficult task. BTW--is your rover a positive-earth or negative earth electrical system? It doesn't really matter either way as you're not using a meter or test probe for troubleshooting; I was just curious.
Another, perhaps easier way of bypassing the ignition switch is to do it further downstream, at the fuse box. Assuming your fusebox is unmolested, one side of one fuse should have the brown with blue tracer wire feeding it power all the time.
The same side of the OTHER fuse should have a white wire that supplies power to it only when the ignition is in the "run" position.
If you place a jumper wire between the brown/blue wire and the white wire, you are effectively performing the same function that the ignition switch (with key in "run" position) is supposed to be doing upstream.
Remember that after troubleshooting, you'll need to remove this jumper wire to turn the engine off.
I wonder if they had a worldwide auto theft problem with land rovers prior to the series III? It's SO easy to do.
That worked. I cranked it up and took it for a half mile spin, it didn't run great, but it cranked right up and drove around. I guess I need to order a new ignition switch. Maybe then I'll be able to turn on my lights without my truck dying.
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