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By the sounds of it there is a posibility of going out for a rescue tomorrow with the winch but only a small posibility
Hertfordshire Lanes?????
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It's not really the size of the engine that provides the usefulness in low range so much as the gearing itself. In theory you could pull a house down with a moped if you could get the gearing right.
My (completely uneduvated) take on the engine is this: The series III proved itself as a highly competent off road vehicle in its standard form. The engine, though exceptionally heavy I am told), seems almost indestructible. Spares seem to be readily available and very inexpensive so if it's the right price, why not go for it!
My (completely uneduvated) take on the engine is this: The series III proved itself as a highly competent off road vehicle in its standard form. The engine, though exceptionally heavy I am told), seems almost indestructible. Spares seem to be readily available and very inexpensive so if it's the right price, why not go for it!
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If the vehicle isn't recovered in the meantime
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got him down to £900 quid cant badger him down any further, only got 1months MOT so maybe thats the first job then,ony fault is starter was slow to whirr into life, it started eventually but was slow, he;s had the starter out and checked and cant see any probs, right done deal, Series ownership here i come then more pics and details to follow, see you soon hopefelly chaps
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Next time you go to start it take jump leads.
Put the negative jump lead on the -ve terminal of the battery (black) and then put the other end onto a good metal contact in the engine bay somwhere out of the way of ratating bits. I use the thermostat housing or engine lifting eyes. Ssee if it spins over faster and starts any easier? If so you have a bad earth. once started remove lead
Its a common problem on older models.
~Reason being:
The engine is isolated from chassis -ve by rubber engine mounts. There should be quite a hefty earth strap from engine to chassis and possibly gearbox to chassis. These corrode easlily as they are braided cables leading to a higher resistance and quite often falling off leaving you without much of an earth on the engine/g,box itself.
Put the negative jump lead on the -ve terminal of the battery (black) and then put the other end onto a good metal contact in the engine bay somwhere out of the way of ratating bits. I use the thermostat housing or engine lifting eyes. Ssee if it spins over faster and starts any easier? If so you have a bad earth. once started remove lead
Its a common problem on older models.
~Reason being:
The engine is isolated from chassis -ve by rubber engine mounts. There should be quite a hefty earth strap from engine to chassis and possibly gearbox to chassis. These corrode easlily as they are braided cables leading to a higher resistance and quite often falling off leaving you without much of an earth on the engine/g,box itself.
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The starter may also turn the engine more slowly if the brushes are on their last legs. Easy job to change them, just a little fiddly. TBH there isn't an awful lot to go wrong with a starter motor, its just that once the brushes wear out most people scrap them and get another one. Like Jai says, if all the contacts are good and clean, you should be halfway there!
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Got your text Jai, some things never change!
LAND ROVER GREEN on eBay (end time 26-Aug-09 22:47:52 BST)
watch that - i dont know about your budget but thats a top notch motor and worth a fook lot more than its up for at the moment
watch that - i dont know about your budget but thats a top notch motor and worth a fook lot more than its up for at the moment
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That will sell for around £2500-£3500 me thinks at a rough guess,
Tax exempt,
Tidy,
Sorted mota,
wow thats lovely, out of my budget though eh. having second thoughts on the green one id found now, negatives are, starter (poss bad earth thanks for the tip jai) short mot, rear lights not working, heater not working, indicators not working, breaks pull to the left sharply under breaking, steering incrediblly vague, gearchange vaguest iver ever experienced maybe keep looking... worth £900 with a decent MOT me thinks in that case
yea - was chatting to a bloke from the series II club about it over a cup of char earlier on. he reckons if it goes for any less than 4k its a steal, and its still sitting enticingly low at the moment
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carpy U sound well bored!
just bought this instead
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250486250697&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
pleased at the moment......
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250486250697&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
pleased at the moment......
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Really???
not really ideal as a toy to be honest - i tend to use my 110 laning, off roading etc and the extra length really is a bit of a pain in the arse - less maneuvreable and that. for a proper play thing you want an 80, 86, 88 or 90 really
looks nice enough though - what did you pay for it?
