SERIES 3 WONT START , FULL LIST OF WHAT IVE TRIED!

Good news so far Neil!

looking good, hopefully just the gasket, no sleep tonight or tomorrow

"A man who, beyond the age of 26, finds himself on a bus can count himself as a failure"
Margaret Thatcher
always made me laugh as I always caught the bus to work until a month ago when i bought the landy .... I'm not a failure anymore!!!

Good!
Sounds like you've now got someone that knows
What hes doing!

Headgasket could well be the major cause for your non starting if its completely fubar and blowing betwixt the cylinders.

May well be a combination of things though

Sounding good...............................

If your gonna be a failure?
Make sure you are the...
Best!!
DaMN failure
And show those....
Doubters!!

markbigears said:

"A man who, beyond the age of 26, finds himself on a bus can count himself as a failure"
Margaret Thatcher
always made me laugh as I always caught the bus to work until a month ago when i bought the landy .... I'm not a failure anymore!!!

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Failure........................... Try driving the soddin things...

Ok , havent got a price yet , ill update when ava , poss later today.
This is what he has told me is wrong , sump taken off , no metal in oil , underside seems good so thats a bonus,
head gasket has gone and rings need replacing , also one of valves is miscoloured as if gases have been escaping , so that needs sorting , also dip stick tube has come loose (hence loss of oil) and needs to be either welded back or rethreaded , and oil/filters obviously need replacing.

So this is we ( I ) stand ,full head gasket kit , rings , oil filters , dip stick repairing and labour.

Doesnt sound too bad , mechanic seems quite relieved , im just worried about Labour costs.

If any of above doesnt make sense its probably me not him , there was a lot to take in.

At least you now have a clue what is wrong.

Hopefully good news there Neil............................. a few thoughts,
1/ Has he said your bores are good? Is he going to hone them at least? Replacing rings alone is fine IF the bores are good.
2/ Dipstick no problem
3/ Is it one burnt valve or burnt valve and seat? If it just needs valves grinding in that's a job you could do yourself at home, tools/equipment literally wont cost more than a fiver, you'd save some money on labour and it'd be good for you!
As usual, good luck

neilcmusic said:

waldamar depends how much it all comes to , it needs MOT doing also , Im hoping thats just a wheel cylinder and a indicator bulb , I can do that myself , to be honest I need it back on road asap , ive been without for 6 weeks and ive got 3 kids , If I was really lazy (and had money) id get him to do all MOT work also and MOT it but I dont want him charging me £35 labour for wheel cylinder and bulb so ill try to make savings that end and will prob let him sort valve out , also I want it back up and running. looking at costing on internet , looks as if all parts can be purchased for approx £150
in total so im hoping I can get in all done for £500.

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Understood - but valve grinding is very time consuming and easy to do yourself once your man has released the valves, all you need do is take head and valves home [on the bus!] Always worth doing when the head is off.

At last I have a price, £640 , that with VAT , parts , labour , cups of tea , bruised thumbs , I'm quite happy with that ,

Any thoughts on price ?

including MOT, that dont sound too bad mate

If he does a thorough job and doesn't just cobble it together and the problems are cured then that's probably a fair price.
Fingers crossed all goes well and you have a reliable Landy again.

Hope fully a happy ending and no more bus rides!

+1 doesn't sound bad if it cures the problems

Happy to hear all is on the up Neil, as a new landy owner myself, I really feel for you mate.

I will have spent about £1000 on it when this is done , although over a year in little bits , door tops , starter solenoid ,wheel cylinders , paint and little bit and bobs ,I bought it off ebay for £1500 buy it now ,bulkhead and chasis are solid so hopefully I can leave it alone for 12 months at least although I know heater valve is leaking but that's an easy one

You can be sure it's NOT going down in value .....................