Well, is this the end? My many thanks to all who have helped/contributed to this thread. What started out with a wet fob ended up costing me over 1200 euros! This of course does not include the subsequent car hire etc (1000+) and my own/friends time trying to fix the problem. Why did it...

The LR is still not fixed. A garage in the West Midlands changed it from RH to LH drive in 1998. Still hoping to track down the spider unit, the mechanic over here phoned LR UK to ask them about wiring diagrams (perhaps used in the changeover), but they don't have any! Also since the...

Thanks Janson2. I've been searching for the other thread you mentioned. Haven't found it yet. If you can give me a few pointers perhaps I 'll track it down. Cheers PS could the programming of the blipper do to/reset all these sensors?

The mechanic has spoken to LR UK and they say the car was initially intended for the Japanese market and therefore would not have been fitted with spider. However it was held back - whatever that means. Also it seems that the electronic injector pump is not allowing diesel to pass (I assume...

Well the English mechanic has the car now. He's run into a problem. Seems the car was orginally a righthand drive and was changed to lefthand in 1998. He's looking for the spider unit. (The St Brieuc gargae didn't find it either - so didn't fit the bypass I gave them). It's not behind the...

I paid - my thinking was, that its the only way to get the car moved. Two people have subsequently said we should try and stop thecheque rather than go through the "dispute" telephone number given on the back of the bill, as this takes time and is not very "successful". I should also hear from...

Here's the bill. It was on headed paper with ford and landrover logos (and in English the ford moto "Feel the difference") - I'm feeling it in my wallet! I've tried to reproduce the layout of the bill as best I can. ---------------------------------------------------------Heures-----Prix...

Hi. A History lesson Saturday 4th August Went swimming with key/fob. Car towed away 5-6 o’clock evening. Had a 2+ hour wait for pickup. He’d sbeen unable to find us. He was at the top of the road, I was parked in carpark at bottom of the road, as I explained to breakdown telephone...

AAARRRR They are now telling me its the Fuel Injector pump and cost 150 eruo just to look at (ie check it out).

Quick update. No news from the garage. They didn't phone yesterday, nor today. I really thought they were going to do something on Friday. I'll give them til mid-day on Monday, when they said their "LandRover" man is back. So much for them telling me "it take half an hour to code the key/zapper".

Thanks to all that replied (particularly Jason2), so far! This story is going to a little yet I fear to say. Unawares of the replies made to my last post, I have just visited the garage to be immediately asked if I had contacted journalist from London. I must first state here that my French is...

An update. The Garage have just told me "Its not the Starter Motor" But they don't know that it is. The Ford garge is also the LandRover garage. They are now saying they'll get someone to look at it Monday. They have had the car at the garage for over 2 weeks and know at about the problem...

I have a '96 TDi 300 Auto. Two weeks ago went swimming with keys. As a result car would not start (car immobilised). After almost a week I paid for the car to be moved to a "Ford" garage. They programmed a new zapper. Now engine wont turn over. They have decided it might be the fuel pump. I'm...