Hi everyone. Just to let you know the starter fitted and Landy fired up no problem. Before starting I did however remove a single electrical wire attached direct from the battery to the raptor panel that previous owner had installed. Once this was removed no dash lights showing and all seems...

Ok Disco1BFG have to say a big thank you as when I bridged the actual coil connection the motor spun the gear. Then I used the original bridge just to the solenoid and everything worked. I will clean up all the contacts and anything else I can see. Retest and if all OK consider refitting it...

Oh and thanks for the starter motor company I have emailed them and await a reply but costs range between £66 to £169

I will try that just for my own satisfaction but if the solenoid was kaput I would not have expect it to throw out the gear wheel. Will let you know. Any way I really don't want to end up if a few weeks or months having the starter fail again given what a pain it is to remove and replace. So I...

So everyone who has been helping knows where I am with these problems it took me two days to remove the engine side bolt that held the starter motor on. In the end a cold chisel and specially modified spanner got it moving. Getting it out was a pain in the neck. Bench tested the starter motor...

Ok tomorrow providing weather ok am going to recheck all the chassis earths and also jump and earth direct from the battery and see if that works. If it doesn't I will remove the starter motor and do a bench test with a spare battery to see if its OK or defunct. Hopefully it is only an earth...

I have disconnected the battery cable in fact all cables from the starter and the dash lights still come on and also found out accidentally that the wipers also work without the key in ie same as dash lights. In respect of the dash lights how do I locate a short in the loom (don't think I am...

Re the bypass if this a wire from the battery + to the small wire terminal on the solenoid ? Also I have disconnected all the terminals on the ignition switch and when I turn on the battery isolator the warning lights (oil, battery, handbrake and fuel gauge) come live ?????? Could this be...

Ok in sequence a) I have tried the trusted method of smacking the starter motor but didn't work b) Cleaned the solenoid external contacts but not checked brushes. Can this be done without dismounting the starter motor? c) Starter motor is not turning just hearing a click when ignition is...

Yesterday all was well and this morning 1998 landy 90 300tdi will not start and the solenoid on the starter motor just clicks. Earth cable and power to starter motor seem OK but on checking all fuses the 10A fuse inside the cab had blown. Replaced but now even with the key out of the ignition...

Yes I know and sorry if this upset the protocol but I only put it in for some light relief as I had mentioned the MoT. The point about the air filter cover is absolutely correct. The previous owner fitted a snorkel badly and as a result the filter could not be located on the metal plinth...

I changed the instrument panel led for an original bulb and everything worked so will leave it like that with original relay for the moment and change out the relay for a one suitable for led's later. Well it also passed the MoT although I had to make sure the smoke out the exhaust was reduced...

I will try taking the relay out tomorrow as its cold and raining cats n dogs here but hopefully it will be the relay as tracing a faulty wire in an old Land Rover I think will be patience trying task lol

The instrument panel bulb I changed for an led as the existing defender bulb had virtually no light typical of defenders but even the standard panel bulb remained dimly lit all the time. However the actual indicator lights and rear lights are all standard not led's

I have a Defender 90 1998 and it has the normal tow hook and 7 pin socket which the previous owner fitted. Since owning the dashboard trailer light has always come on once the ignition is switched on and never goes out other than when the indicators are used then it blinks in time with the...