johnyelland1234
Member
Hi everyone,
When i bought my diesel 2.25 lightweight (1980) land rover, the coil above the starter solenoid was burnt out and the solenoid had been botched to work on the button inside of the cab, and it did work until the solenoid finally gave up.
So, I bought a new coil and a new starter solenoid (Land Rover 2.3 88 109 3.5 Starter Solenoid Bendix 77> on eBay, also, Land Rover, Classic Car Parts, Cars, Parts Vehicles (end time 16-Dec-08 19:22:30 GMT) ).
I installed them both and with a full battery pushed the glow plug button in.
The new coil within 10 seconds went from cold to glowing red, the voltage then slowly crept up from 6 volts and stops at 12.3v. This also the same on the glow plugs.
After about 30 seconds of holding the button I try to start the engine and it tries to start but doesn't quite do it.
Two possibilities i'm thinking of, the starter solenoid that I bought, although gives 12 volts to the glow plugs. Isn't enough to accommodate the power going to the starter motor and is the wrong one. The other is the battery or starter motor are U/S.
Does anyone know any thing about this or even knows what kind of starter should be in my land rover, as the solenoid is for a Bendix. Can anyone check to see if i've bought the right solenoid?
Many thanks in advance
John
When i bought my diesel 2.25 lightweight (1980) land rover, the coil above the starter solenoid was burnt out and the solenoid had been botched to work on the button inside of the cab, and it did work until the solenoid finally gave up.
So, I bought a new coil and a new starter solenoid (Land Rover 2.3 88 109 3.5 Starter Solenoid Bendix 77> on eBay, also, Land Rover, Classic Car Parts, Cars, Parts Vehicles (end time 16-Dec-08 19:22:30 GMT) ).
I installed them both and with a full battery pushed the glow plug button in.
The new coil within 10 seconds went from cold to glowing red, the voltage then slowly crept up from 6 volts and stops at 12.3v. This also the same on the glow plugs.
After about 30 seconds of holding the button I try to start the engine and it tries to start but doesn't quite do it.
Two possibilities i'm thinking of, the starter solenoid that I bought, although gives 12 volts to the glow plugs. Isn't enough to accommodate the power going to the starter motor and is the wrong one. The other is the battery or starter motor are U/S.
Does anyone know any thing about this or even knows what kind of starter should be in my land rover, as the solenoid is for a Bendix. Can anyone check to see if i've bought the right solenoid?
Many thanks in advance
John