Mrs Slocombe
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Hello all, after 10 years 'Land Rover free' I succumbed and bought a 1998 P38 TD which was for sale with a recent CT (French MOT) and seemed to be in reasonable condition. The previous owner was a retired garage owner who had owned the car for 8 years. He'd put it on coil springs and appears to have made certain other modifications, notably the removal of certain fuses. He had problems starting it, which he put down to a problem with the key ( both keys have seen better days and are held together with selotape) and I noted that after he fiddled about with the key, the car started and seemed to run ok, although I thought the tick over speed was a little high.
Test drive was ok so with a limited budget I decided to take a chance, hoping that a replacement key or battery might solve the problem. In short and after a very frustrating 3 weeks of 'key twiddling' to get it started, delays leaving shops and friends houses "It's ok, she'll start in a minute!!" not to mention having to put 30 quids worth of diesel in whilst leaving the engine running
, she now won't start at all.
Yesterday I bought and fitted a new battery as the old one was dead. With the key in the ignition, the dash lit up normally and I looked forward (!) to more key twiddling that might at least result in movement. Sadly nothing, she won't turn over and I am tearing my hair out as it's my only form of transport and facilities are not within walking distance.
I know from past experience that my chances of finding someone here who can diagnose the problem are very slim. When I moved here 15yrs ago, I brought my much loved P38 4.0 SE (with rare manual gearbox) with me. It broke my heart to have to sell her after she developed what turned out to be a relatively simple problem. Land Rover Avignon also made it clear at the time that that they weren't interested as she was too old and I doubt that their policy has changed.
I would be so grateful if anyone can help, or has an idea as to what the source of the problem might be? I tried to start her again this morning and took a video which I have attached along with pics of the fuseboxes etc. Apologies for the video quality and the muttering, which I think I managed to keep clean! https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aq6B1Stiw9RCimlpmbje86uqfHLb?e=Fe1UsO
Many thanks, Vicky.
Test drive was ok so with a limited budget I decided to take a chance, hoping that a replacement key or battery might solve the problem. In short and after a very frustrating 3 weeks of 'key twiddling' to get it started, delays leaving shops and friends houses "It's ok, she'll start in a minute!!" not to mention having to put 30 quids worth of diesel in whilst leaving the engine running
, she now won't start at all.Yesterday I bought and fitted a new battery as the old one was dead. With the key in the ignition, the dash lit up normally and I looked forward (!) to more key twiddling that might at least result in movement. Sadly nothing, she won't turn over and I am tearing my hair out as it's my only form of transport and facilities are not within walking distance.
I know from past experience that my chances of finding someone here who can diagnose the problem are very slim. When I moved here 15yrs ago, I brought my much loved P38 4.0 SE (with rare manual gearbox) with me. It broke my heart to have to sell her after she developed what turned out to be a relatively simple problem. Land Rover Avignon also made it clear at the time that that they weren't interested as she was too old and I doubt that their policy has changed.
I would be so grateful if anyone can help, or has an idea as to what the source of the problem might be? I tried to start her again this morning and took a video which I have attached along with pics of the fuseboxes etc. Apologies for the video quality and the muttering, which I think I managed to keep clean! https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aq6B1Stiw9RCimlpmbje86uqfHLb?e=Fe1UsO
Many thanks, Vicky.
