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

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Greasy old boy garage perfectly describes my local garage. He's a one man operator in a dilapidated corrugated iron shed. He's worked with landys for 40 years and has in-depth knowledge beyond my experience. Got it from servicing farmers landys. He doesn't do MOTs and has the cheapest hourly rate so I take our other cars to him. Totally reliable no bull**** service. Guys like that are getting thin on the ground. He's into military vehicles so his yard is full of fantastic trucks, Champs etc.
 
whereabouts are you ? it doesn't say on your profile, surely there's somebody on this forum that is within a short drive to get to the bottom of this, if you let us know we can probably help you
 
Garage has it now , owner used to maintain them and Defenders in the army so really knows his stuff (lucky coincidence) so ill wait and see , he will phone me this week , I think now the issue will be man hours re rebuild (if poss) vs cost of new engine , ill let you know.
 
Keep going, these vehicles have such a huge grip on you once you drive one. You will regret selling it, I did and luckily I found a better one cheaper.
 
yes i took my series 2a out for the first time yesterday, after a restoration, and i couldn't beleive how quiet it is (petrol) allways had diesels, this was a diesel when i bought it but was dead noisy, so decided to put a petrol in it as it started life as a petrol, its like driving a car brilliant
 
I'm sure it will have a happy ending, Neil - even if there may be more setbacks.

It might cost a bit to fix but if you're confident the chassis is strong and bulkhead solid, what you'll end up with is a dependable, more reliable Land Rover.

Both feet on the ground.....
 
Ok , awaiting the inevitable phone call tomorrow , any suggestions on best case scenario , so far all I know is he can't start it and that compression is at 90% on 2 cylinders and down to 20% on other 2 , I drove it to the garage , there was a knocking noise poss loud tapping rather than knocking , he is taking head off Tomorrow to have a look , could it be warped pistons AND rod knock ? I'm hoping not , I knows its difficult to diagnose (even for someone looking at it )but Id like some sort of idea, I'll let you know tommorow
 
Neil - brace yourself for a different engine.......................... get an ad up on here in preparation - hopefully someone will have a decent one......................... [could be head gasket - but - there ought to be other symptoms.....................] as always, good luck
 
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