Ok guys , I have literally tried everything suggested by yourselves, I'm not taking this lightly I do appreciate your help , I have found someone who has owned 5 land rovers and he does all his own work , he is coming round in the morning so here's hoping , I know the ongoing threads are never...

Im with the RAC , however they seem to have a knack of signing forms saying "non starter " and going home , I'll give mechanic until end of day and I'll call them tomorrow , I don't think it's seized as it turns freely with starter handle with no problems but won't start , I'm assuming this is a...

Morning, I'm based in bournville in Birmingham , all was good until one morning when it wouldn't start , really hoping engine isn't seized ! Im already nearly bankrupt from using public transport for 2 weeks !

Jock , this is the issue I have , I turn they key , it trys to turn over , fan trys to turn and rotates 360 degrees but nothing happens (technically it is turning over I suppose) , coil , points , condenser change, dizzy head changed no difference , plugs out , cleaned , back in , no difference...

Just had a thought , mechanic was playing with idle screw turning it in quite a bit , maybe initial problem has been resolved and the idle has been turned in so much that it wont turn over and wont jump when 2nd battery used, Ill have a look in the morning , clutching at straws now but if hes...

Checked all this and its ok , also bypassed starter solenoid and it tried to fire again and wouldn't , fan tried to spin , going to collect coil now I'll give that a try , and then I'm out of ideas

I have just noticed that the braided earth from battery is corroded and splitting , however it is still connected. I will try and create a temporary earth with jumper cables to see if this makes any difference, ill update you.

points now opening, no change , ive got mot in 8 days so desperate now , have bought a new coil so will try that tomorrow and if that doesnt work the next thing Im going to try is 5 gallons of petrol and a box of matches.

Ive tried to set timing however when I turn distributer the points don't open ? Points are 3 days old ,does this offer up any clues ? Think I might upgrade to electronic distributer after I've tried a new coil .

Blackburn I've opened the dash on more than one occasion and it was like a packet of super noodles but all seems good , Land Rover whilst trying to solve existing problem I noticed carbon brush was missing from dizzy head so this was hopefully cause of overheating/misfiring and it has been replaced

ill try all these things , could it be coil ? as I say it turns over and fan turns , could it do this if coil was faulty?

Ive tried Easy start , it was easy but it wouldnt start.

jockmurray , Thanks for the offer , im in Birmingham , ive got 2 days off from today , ill have another good look and see if i can solve problem if not ill message you again. re blue beastys comment wouldnt pouring fuel directly into carb (which ive done) bypass blocked jets?

This is the weird thing , fuel and sparks are there , plugs are not wet, ive poured petrol into the carb and still nothing , fuel flows freely into carb from fuel line, tried full choke and it tries to turn over, plugs spark , new points and condenser fitted , its a complete mystery.

fuel filter clear , glass bowl cleaned , coil wire connected , leads in correct order , just remembered something, the last time it started there was a vibration sound from heat shield at side of manifold , I wonder if wire has come off back of starter and was vibrating on back of shield , will...

Afternoon all , I really need help starting my series 3 petrol 2.25l , Forum has been really helpful in past and I know how important it is to be as detailed as possible so here we go. 10 day ago would just turn over and not start. I have so far checked the following. It has Petrol petrol is...

Thanks , working all day tomorrow but will have a look Monday and include picture if no luck , thanks again

Thanks Blackburn , happy new year , this is how mine stand red in top , red and black in bottom , brown at rear of top , no blue wire however there is a random one floating about , switch only puts side lights on in either position , if I attach blue wire im sure it permanently puts full beam on...

Just a follow up to this , how many wires should there be on the back of the series 3 light switch , I have three, brown , red and black and red , has one fallen off ?

Ok still not working , bulbs ok , switch ok , bullet connectors ok , stalk 2 months old , I'm assuming now that is a earthing problem , however was thinking would Hi beams still work if this is the case because they do?