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foxhound
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 Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 4:35 pm Post subject: military and civvy rear power sockets
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Please can anyone help me answer this question?
I have a civvy 1995 300 TDI defender 110 with NATO tow hitch for my Sankey trailer. It has two standard civvy power sockets at the rear (12N and 12S) —trailer lights and 12V power from the spare battery. These sockets are always getting damaged because they are not flush with the rear cross-member and are fitted below the tow hitch (as per most civvy land rovers).
Do you know if it is possible to fit military trailer light sockets, with the sprung flat cover/flap, to my cross-member, ideally one either side of the tow hook? I would post a photo here if I knew how to do it ( can anyone help with that?)!
Assuming these military mounts and flaps are large enough for the inner part of 12N and 12S sockets, there are no suitable holes to use in my cross-member and I wonder if cutting the requisite holes would weaken the cross-member (do the army use reinforced cross-members or what?)
Many thanks in anticipation of your help and expert knowledge!
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teamidris
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| Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 5:16 pm Post subject:
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That's two to knock off instead of one if you change to the 12 pin (does seem better socket).
I'd have thought you could screw the 12 pin or the 12n/s to the rear cross member as it is now (or all three)?
The only fix I found was to have a the 12s and 12n on a tail lead that lives inside. I only wing-nut their mount plate to the hitch when I am towing 
(Assuming door has big enough gap for cables)
PS. I'd weld a tube in for smart job. Fair bit of work I guess. What if the tube were external as a simple socket protector?
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bluesj
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| Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 6:51 pm Post subject:
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I fitted mine inside the dixon bate hitch , but the i only had the one!
What part of the world are you from Foxhound, had a mate who,s cb handle was foxhound many years ago!
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foxhound
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| bluesj wrote: | I fitted mine inside the dixon bate hitch , but the i only had the one!
What part of the world are you from Foxhound, had a mate who,s cb handle was foxhound many years ago! |
Just moved from Devon to Oxfordshire - foxhound would be quite a common handle for any ex-infantrymen used to the 'old' arm indicators and radio appointment titles!
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foxhound
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| teamidris wrote: | That's two to knock off instead of one if you change to the 12 pin (does seem better socket).
I'd have thought you could screw the 12 pin or the 12n/s to the rear cross member as it is now (or all three)?
The only fix I found was to have a the 12s and 12n on a tail lead that lives inside. I only wing-nut their mount plate to the hitch when I am towing
(Assuming door has big enough gap for cables)
PS. I'd weld a tube in for smart job. Fair bit of work I guess. What if the tube were external as a simple socket protector? |
knowing me if i had a socket board on a cable either i or my dogs would rip it out! is cutting holes in the cross member a really bad idea re its structural integrity? good idea about an external tube, i'll think further on that! thanks.
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teamidris
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| Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 7:56 pm Post subject:
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If ripping out is a risk, then cable tie the 8 core to a chain
I put a pto tube in post-fabrication. It's a science of stress, but a 70%-of-structure hole isn't going to worry it badley.
Outside tube feels the safest mix of simples 
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