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Last post on this honest, but just to close it. The problem just went away (for the most part). Drove over 500 miles over the following week with no problems whatsoever apart from losing water through the pin hole that reappeared in the rad that the garage "fixed" on the first visit. Second week...

Sunroof never ever worked on mine. I have a note from the dealer I bought it from saying that they would fix it at no cost any time I cared to take it back. But the dealer is one and a half hours away and he says that he would want it for a week at least, apparently all the trim needs to come...

Hi Darmain I think you are right. Just got it started this afternoon (after taking the battery out and recharging). It took a squirt of false fuel, but left it running for a while then took it for a 5 mile drive including a bit of duel carriageway. Got to 75mph before I ran out of road. No hint...

.....and no, it was not a close call!

(and thanks for the tips Ratty) Hi Darmain, its turning into an epic but things are not as serious at my garage thought. Picked it up from the garage. They had to put a new battery on it but still could not start it without easy start and told me to scrap it or get another lump. Wasn't...

:doh: I just knew someone would pick me up on that! thanks Cabbie!:rolleyes: Didnt take plasterboard on holiday, I decided to take the missus instead! :D

The car needs to get running otherwise its dead money (how much is it worth?), seems to me there are two options... 1. Going for the full monty - skim, decoke, timing etc. If you are going to do this you are going to need a mechanic that you KNOW is going to do the job properly given the...

huh?.....I'd really worry if a mechanic used the words file and head in the same sentence. As soon as that file touches the head you can be sure it will never mate properly until it has been on a milling machine or a surface grinder, which is what should have been done in the first place.

my money is on the solenoid. Just had a new starter motor (£280) after 3 years of problems with exactly the same symptoms. Only affected me every 3 or 4 months or so, pretty regular intervals. I used to imagine the ring gradually worked its way round in this time. If I sat an pulsed it it always...

Ok, garage at last managed to look at it. Its a cold start problem, so freezing water might be part of it. Says though the compression is on the low side and it starts every time with a couple of squirts of easy start (my missus is going to love me getting her out of bed at 5.30 in the frost to...

OK, got another number for a landrover specialist who has done a mate of mire a good turn now and then. Going to wait and see what the man who has it says. Wont let him work on it until I have spoken to the LR man. Anyone know how much I might expect to pay for a fuel pump if it turns out I...

Thanks guys. Managed to get it over to the garage and he says he will check out the relays and the fuel pump. I think the big clue is that it was working (for a week or so) when he replaced the gloplugs so he needs to check their operation. Given that he is fixing the same problem for the...

ok, now I am confused. Just phoned my garage and explained what was wrong. He said if I can get it over to him (eek!) he'll have a look but if it wont start it will be a compression problem which will mean a new lump which is not worth doing, When I said I wasn't getting any smoke from the...

Thanks Ratty. You know I told the garage that I thought it was the fuel pump when I first took it in but they insisted on replacing the gloplugs. Def not the brake vac, and there has been no significant loss of power so hgasket and turbo are unlikely. No smoke when cranked over. What I dont...

Hi All, Happy new year and all that. Have a 1999 L series FLander with 127,000 on the clock, clutch is high as it can go with £500 (I have been quoted) to replace. Just put 4 new tyres on it and then had an overheat problem (hole in radiator) that together with getting my intermittent starter...

Ok, I've found the connectorand and it then occurred to me that the two brake light wires join before they get to the connector (in the wiring diagram). If they do not then the likelihood two seperate connections, failing when the others in the connector are ok is pretty small. So I'm busy...

Hang on a minute! I've just discovered that my main brake lights do not work and perhaps have not done for a while. A little while ago my engine began to cut out at 3200 revs (which is at around 75-80pmh in fifth gear) and kick in again as soon as the revs dropped. Are you saying that these two...

Thanks SJ5, I'll take a look first thing! Ta

My F***lander does this every few weeks or so. Turn the key and it clicks like having an iffy earth connection on the battery. It always starts though, been doing it for a year or so. just when I get fed up with it and decide to take it to my friendly mechanic it sorts itself out for a while.

Hi All The two main brake lights on my 1999 Deisel have stopped working. The middle one above the spare is still ok. I've checked the fuses, the bulbs and the lamp housings for water ingress etc and all seems ok. The circuit diagram in my Paynes manual says both lights are routed through the...