Hello to Landy Zone - I start with a call for Help!

Hi, I've been a Range Rover owner for about 2 years now and can say I thoroughly enjoyed driving it each and everytime.

I bought it in a farm sale, an N reg. P38 V6 4.6 beast with LPG conversion. It had a new engine fitted by a dealer about 30,000 before I bought it. IT broke down the day after I bought it but the owner got it fixed for me - really good of them bearing in mind I bought at auciton.

Its been fine since (apart from some fun with the imobililser) I really don't use it enough though but its been great in the winter and my two boys love it as well. They call it 'Roo' because of the bouncey suspension.

Anyway all has been fine until this last week or so. Can someone point me in the right direction over what for me is a hurdle I can't solve.....

It has been sat for sometime and when I went back to it the battery was flat.

It started with a jump lead and ran fine for 20-30 minutes.

I switched off and tried to restart to see if the battery was charged but nothing.

In fatc not just nothing I mean absolutely diddly squat nothing - no dash lights, no central locking, nothing at all.

Even with jump leads attached still nothing.

Any ideas what I have done?

If someone did want to look I'm in Chelmsford, Essex. Happy to oblige a fellow with ample tea and cake, even a fee if the problem is in fact more than my own muppetry!

firstly, if jumps dont give any power, check the main fuses.
if they're fine, turn ignition on and try cigar lighter.
then you'll know if it's ignition switch fault.
...take it from there.

Good man and :welcome2: and good luck:tea:

Fuses checked - visually at least.
No signs of life in the cigar lighter.
You say ignition switch...
can you point me in the right direction to check that?

okay, got a multimeter, or length of wire with a bulb or volt meter in the middle?
make sure power is supplied first!
check the voltage of the brown wire after the fuses if not ok then fuse is blown.
next find a good clean bit of unpainted metal behind the dash and use it as ground (sometimes the steering column itself is ok) if you have a continuity tester on a multimeter then try the other probe on another ground point to make sure you have a good contact.
then with key turned to the normal 'running' position try the white wire off the back of the ignition switch.
can also try the 'White with red stripe' wire in the start position to check that.
if that's all fine, then there's a problem with your battery grounding.
...are you jumping to the negative terminal or to the engine lifting eye?

Thanks for that feedback.
I'll need to look at this propering in the morning.
I jumped direct to the battery terminals