Update.... I’ve removed the damaged wires, inspected for any other damage and all is good. So I’ve no relay/plugs wired in for now and a new battery on and there hasn’t been an issue. Turns over and fires quicker/sooner than before when it’s not cold, and when it is cold it starts after about...

I’d say the chassis black was to blame for the mishap. Out of curiosity what does chassis black consist of? Is it a 1k or 2k product? I just used hammerite for my chassis, brushed it on, didn’t need to mask up everything then. We have tried a trade stonechip, indasa and 3m but we always go...

How can you use a water based basecoat over a porous material in that case? In the past 7 years I’ve been a painter we’ve never had issues with panels being left in primer for a length of time. Some lads like to get their cars in on an evening, repair a section and prime it, it then gets left...

Can’t go wrong with upol, acid etch, gravitex stonechip are spot on. Make sure to use the dedicated hardeners with whatever products you buy. As for primer and topcoat, just personal preference, but same again, upol will do a good primer and hardener, they do a good lacquer also. Hard to...

You may be getting mistaken with filler as that is porous. Primer isn’t, it’s common practice for primer to be wet flatted in body shops and water based basecoat to be applied over primer. If it was porous then neither of these would be suitable. No harm in giving it a coat of paint though...

I’ve only just tead through your painting woes. If I was a bit earlier I could of advised you through it. Sounds like the last coat you put on didn’t agree with what was underneath, the solvent has eaten into it and softened it up. It’s a more common thing amogst aerosol based products due to...

Cheers. I presume it’s that glow plug as the wire had melted from that to the relay but all other wires linking the others were fine. I’ll just bypass it.

How won't primer stay on on it's own? It's not like it will wash off? Providing the door isn't catching or rubbing on any other panel then primer will be 100% fine.

As long as the doors aren’t bare metal (it sounds like they’ve come in primer) they’ll be fine as they are. Just keep your eyes open for any scratches and chips that may take it down to the metal, as the factory primer isn’t as thick as top coat Ash

I’ve heard of them, and I’ve got them on Facebook but that’s about it. I’ve no experience or anything. I merely follow them as I would like to build custom land rovers or modify land rovers for peoples needs in the future. I did notice on the E reg one they posted a couple of weeks back...

Some of you may have noticed my other thread. I’ve had a few issues recently with regards to starting in sub zero temperatures. Basically it struggled last week at around minus 2/3 degrees and didn’t start at all at minus 6 just kept turning over. People suggested glow plugs (even though they...

Panic set in when I was in the pub car park with smoke coming from under the bonnet and filling the cab. I did start to calm down once I’d figured out it’s just an issue with the glow plugs and the wiring. So me and a friend ventured back up at about half 4 yesterday, disconnected the brown...

NEED URGENT ADVICE PLEASE Fitted new glow plugs, the last one was extremely tight, it felt as though it was going to snap when taking It our so I had to leave that one. Drove to near home, met a friend and had some lunch, came to start it afterwards, very faint glow of lights on the dash...

I wouldn’t say ‘very slowly’ no, not where I’ve thought the starter is knackered, I’ve never heard it turn over more than once or twice in the past though anyway. Over the past 18 months there’s has been a couple of occasions where the starter has spun but not engaged, so it might be time for...

Thanks for the replies. I’ll take note of the smoke colour when I start it next. I haven’t started diagnosing yet, however I went home on Wednesday, it was 1 degrees as opposed to minus 6 like it was in the morning, I took some tools home with me with all intentions of tinkering, I turned the...

So.... i expected it to struggle this morning, it did, but didn’t even start in the end. Had to leave it and get a lift to work. I’ll have to try and get it to start tonight when I’m home, god knows how I’ll go about that!? I’ll take it to work and swap it for my other motor. Ash

Thanks for all the suggestions. I came to It outside of work tonight and it started perfectly. It’d been sat for over 10 hours, I think it cracked twice and fired up. I’ll see what it does tomorrow morning. I’ve parked it in a different position outside the house wondering if it’s that that’s...

Yeah I was probably going to replace them anyway, but the fact people say they hardly need them makes me think it’s another issue

So start at the injectors and work back? I can’t understand why it started perfectly after work yesterday if that’s the case? Cheers

hi, since Sunday I’ve had a problem with the landy starting in a morning. I get in, turn the ignition on and off a few times in this cold weather, Then start her up. She’s been spot on until Sunday morning, turns once and fires but it just turned over without firing. So I stopped, tried again...