Recent content by Raceyjas

Thank you all for your thoughts. The radio is the only thing that goes off, all the dash stays lit. The battery is brand new. The first time it did this I ended up calling the RAC. It was a subcontractor that came out. He thought it was to do with either the ignition switch or an inhibiter...

I've had my current 2008 RR L322 Vogue 3.6 TDV8 since early April. Love the car but it quickly became unreliable and now absolutely won't start. Everything seems OK and working as normal when you put the key in and turn it as far as the run position, all dash lights and media system working...

Ooops... ...I think I might have got away with that as turning the crank at the pulley end still turns the flywheel and all the valves open and close in the right order (by the same amount). Phew. Got my doubts about the glow plugs, shouldn't they be hot to the touch after three or four goes...

Thank you all. Bled every blooming pipe I can find and got lashings of diesel everywhere. Double and tripple checked pump, cam and crank timing (by repeatedly stipping down and rebuilding). I've even tried the pump 180 degrees out (just in case it's rotor was put on wrongly) but not a flicker...

Thanks Paul & Huddy, The reason I started again by stripping it right down was because I thought I might have got one of the shafts out by 180 but it was exactly as Huddy describes. Any other ideas?

After being recovered from the cotswolds by the RAC I have fitted a new diesel pump to my 12J powered Series 3 but I can't get it to even try and fire (except after a 15 second squirt of easy start into the air pipe, but then anything will fire on neat ether!). I have followed the good old...

After being recovered from the cotswolds by the RAC I have fitted a new diesel pump to my 12J powered Series 3 but I can't get it to even try and fire (except after a 15 second squirt of easy start into the air pipe, but then anything will fire on neat ether!). I have followed the good old...

Thanks for the tip Colonial. My mother's half of the family are highland crofters so get loads of tips on how to avoid the little buggers. Didn't stop me getting well and truly eaten last year riding the Goldwing on to Skye and then across the highlands. Always love going to the upper half of...

I realize this was a discussion a few months back but was wondering if you're still looking to make this trip? My wife (Sarah) an I are intending to do the J.O.G.L.E. in our '70 series 3 109 in August. Was intending to be June but domestics got in the way so looking at August now. If not by...

:)Hi All, Thanks for all the usefull sugestions. A member on the LRO forum suggested main fuel filter may be clogged as I'd been getting a fair bit of silt in the pick up gause in the tank. He was spot on, I'd already bought one a spare to keep in the vehicle as I'd been considering trying...

:doh: I've got what I believe to be a 12J N/A deisel in my 1979 109" series 3. Apart from a choked fuel filter at the sender unit it has been pretty trouble free since buying the Landy in March of this year. That is until yesterday! There I was "racing" along holding a respectable 50ish...

Thanks to everyone who's offered advice, all on a common line. Well it seems everyone has been right or there abouts. Following Monkie's earlier suggestions on the LRO message board, I took a look at the lift pump and was getting nothing but an occational dribble from it on hand pumping...

Thanks to everyone who's offered advice, all on a common line. Well it seems everyone has been right or there abouts. Following Monkie's earlier suggestions on the LRO message board, I took a look at the lift pump and was getting nothing but an occational dribble from it on hand pumping...

Thanks to everyone who's offered advice, all on a common line. Well it seems everyone has been right or there abouts. Following Monkie's earlier suggestions on the LRO message board, I took a look at the lift pump and was getting nothing but an occational dribble from it on hand pumping...

I've recently bought a 109 series 3 diesel (later 2.5 N/A fitted) to play with. While collecting up parts to return to a more standard trim I've been running it localy instead of the disco (nothing like getting regular use to get familliar). It's been running great (but topping out at about...