Hey guys, sadly moving to a rougher part of town, right now I have a car port my landy sits in, right beside the house, but where I'm moving to its a fairly exposed drive way, across from a night club, and to make it worse, it's a 1985 ex-mod soft top, I don't have a lot of money, but have about...

Thank you, I will make a start on that list as soon as, I know some of it has already been done, but that seems like a fair bit to get cracking on with :D

What would be the best way to go about doing that?

Last problem I noticed was the breaks are really tight and squeaky, is this because they haven't been used, or rusty? Thanks

Yeah haha, I was told if its not rattling, then it means you got a problem, if its rattling it means its working, I think i'm just over worrying haha

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It's a 2.5 NA Yeah The strange noise was indeed vibration, and the rattling just under the gear stick is apparently normal in idle according to a few serving soldiers I know, however, I don't know if its anything to be concerned about or not, I'll take a video of the engine later in the day :)

Thats what I was thinking, I think one source of rumbling or vibrating is the passenger seat, as its not locked in place very tight, the dash is also pretty loose, and it only makes those noises while idling, driving it sounds a lot more... normal?

Nope, no battery light on dash Yeah, I know I need to be, but I'm just wanting to start getting into them now, and start learning Video of vehicle idling, not sure if this is normal or not, all the electrics work fine Landrover Idle - YouTube Sorry for delay, had to nip out

I took just the battery down, and yeah, got it stored away safely :) Got the landy going but its making well, a noise that I don't think is too normal, sort of a little rumble, is that normal or? Could take a video

Damn that sucks, they had an in store test kit at my halfords, and changed it over for me no problem, also offered a refund

Multi meter on the way :D

Took the battery back to halfords and they ran a check on it, it was only outputting 120amps, instead of the 550, so they replaced, tried in the landy, fired up first time flawlessly in the freezing cold :D

Going to take the battery back tomorrow, and then buy this, should be good enough for the cold weather? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/250H-250-12V-91AH-90AH-Battery-Lucas-250H-LAND-ROVER-TOYOTA-MITSUBISHI-NISSAN-/251202789467?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item3a7cda605b

I'll update tomorrow after I change the battery

Thanks guys, will return the battery tomorrow, could possibly just get a charger instead and charge my old battery, i started it about 4 times fine, ran it for about 5 minutes each time

I'm thinking earths or starter, vehicle has been in storage for awhile, and when it did start up, It was just idle, didn't take it on a drive, so the alternator didn't really have time to do anything I think

Old battery showed 11.9v and was 450 Amps, and AH of 60 New battery was bought off the shelf at halfords today, and is 12v, Startup Power: 500 Amps, AH Value: 56, Reserve Capacity: 105, Bench Charge: 6.0 Amps Edit : New battery is Startup Power: 550 Amps AH Value 68 Reserve Capacity: 125 Bench...

I know, but I was just wondering if it could be something else, like others have pointed out, with the starter and such haha, I will get a multi meter tomorrow and check the new battery, and see if its a problem there, I don't think the earth could have went bad over night?

Like i said though, battery is brand new, I'm sure its not that