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The battery was disconnected for the past few days - only just reconnected it - thanks

Hi again - any suggestions? Just replaced the head gasket (had a separate thread on that). Car starts fine now but immediately revs to 4.5K. Have checked throttle linkage, valve in throttle housing and followed the reset procedure for the TPS – any ideas? If I do press on the accelerator it revs...

FYI Resistance of new HT leads is 4K ohm to 10K - the old set were eithe O/C or 15K ohm plus - thanks

Thanks, found some guidence on the tinternet - Ill do that when the new bits arrive

Will do - just waiting for a new set to turn up and I'll do a comparison - thanks again everyone. re the very fast starting revs. Had to put my wife's car back together so will not be starting mine again untill the new bits arrive. Is the very high revs caused by the petrol I put into the inlet...

Sorted!!:D swapped my 6 month old HT leads for my wifes (which look like they are original) - Fired first time.... My newish one have a soft top to them with always made them difficult to grip and pull out - my wifes ones have a hard plactic cap which is a lot easier to grip They sparked...

Thanks for all the help - just a quick summary: Car running fine but been loosing coolent for a while. Remove head to get skimmed New timing belt, water pump, tensioner & plugs (& gasgets) rebuilt and not firing Check spark, fuel and compression (do not have a compression tester) - all seem OK...

Sorry - could not get a good infocus shot of the crank pully - but it is aligned with a dot either side of the mark on the caseing

humm...still will not fire up. Have tried timing both ways to check it was not 180 out. Exactly the same. What gets me is that there is no attempt to fire. Its like there is no fuel or spark (or the timing being 180 out). If I have been given the wrong timing belt (I have auto tensioner) would...

Ok figured out they just needed a good wack against a bit of wood - all cleaned and free - I'll put it all back together tomorrow and let you know

Hi everyone. Took it all apart today and re did the timing from scratch just to be sure. Still not firing. Managed to track down a guy who does a lot of K series work and explained the issue. He said to check the cam followers as they can lock fully open when the cam is removed. This causes a...

Thanks for asking - but been working late and too dark and P***ing down to really work on tonight - have rest of week off so will recheck eveything - I'll let you know - thanks again

thanks Northern Irelander - but thats what I was trying to say as in your pic No6 (nice by the way) - thanks for the help - it is all very much appreciated

Thanks everyone - I thought it was the timing, but I have spent the last few nights really double checking - looking at the cam positions. sprocket pin positions, rotor arm, and if No1 is coming up etc. I am even starting to wonder if the new spark plugs are working under compression - they all...

thanks again - I have really checked the timing - have checked fuel and spark (on all cylinders) - not even an attempt to fire. I have a 'real' mechanic who used to run Service for a big garage chain (not Land Rover) living across the road who has checked what I have done. Does anyone know...

Have rechecked the locating pins (with some one checking over my shoulder) and defo No1 (by cam sprockets) about to rise on its compression stroke. Inlet vales just closed and exhaust shut - thanks for the reply

OK any advice? outside of the normal gallon of petrol/matches - unfortunatly I really need to get the car working..... I have an R reg Hippo 1.8 that worked fine but was starting to loose coolent. Changed the head gasket/Timing belt/water pump - had the head skimmed now it will not fire, at...

Hi everyone I have a reversing light issue. I get 12V both sides of the switch but nothing at the actual lights (both off). Earth appears fine so I guess its a break between the switch and the lights. Can anyone tell me where the 'Header Joint K109' is located. Everything else is working fine...