fastfreddie
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Hi fellow landy nutters i have been landyless for about a year and hav'nt been on here since 2012 .
Have now picked up a series 2a with s3 engine and box front wings grill etc .
all was fine i drove it back from clacton to london with no issues picked up my daughter from north greenwich went to charlton but when i went to leave she wouldnt start because of flat battery ? called the aa who left us sitting for two hours until a guy offerd us a jump and off i went.
that was the start of all my problems since then it keeps draining batterys,so checked the alternator wires and found them hanging off .
So replaced them got it running then today same problem but had a spare on charge all night so this morning fitted the battery and it now wont fire up.
checked there was juice all ok then looked at the coil which was loose on the bulk head an i noticed it was getting hot .
so left it and went in for a cupper came out had another go it fired up breifly and stopped its now drained the battery again so have another heavy duty one on charge until tomorrow .
it was running like a watch so is really confusing the guy i got it from hasnt replied so god knows.
anyone local to me in eltham that can give us advice would be much appreciated.
Iconic Series 2a Land Rover 109" LWB SIIa S2,British Classic 9 seats Tax exempt. | eBay
Have now picked up a series 2a with s3 engine and box front wings grill etc .
all was fine i drove it back from clacton to london with no issues picked up my daughter from north greenwich went to charlton but when i went to leave she wouldnt start because of flat battery ? called the aa who left us sitting for two hours until a guy offerd us a jump and off i went.
that was the start of all my problems since then it keeps draining batterys,so checked the alternator wires and found them hanging off .
So replaced them got it running then today same problem but had a spare on charge all night so this morning fitted the battery and it now wont fire up.
checked there was juice all ok then looked at the coil which was loose on the bulk head an i noticed it was getting hot .
so left it and went in for a cupper came out had another go it fired up breifly and stopped its now drained the battery again so have another heavy duty one on charge until tomorrow .
it was running like a watch so is really confusing the guy i got it from hasnt replied so god knows.
anyone local to me in eltham that can give us advice would be much appreciated.
Iconic Series 2a Land Rover 109" LWB SIIa S2,British Classic 9 seats Tax exempt. | eBay
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