Thanks, Andy, there's no insulation on the coil, just a plastic cover that clips on, but was intact. As I was 'tucking' the modified unit into the dash, after posting above, it showed similar symptoms, although not as bad, further probing revealed it may be the connector plug, but I failed to...

I shall fix it in place for now, does anyone know, if I plug in a new ring, does it need coding to the vehicle? Landry mechanic seemed to think it did, but said there was a way round it, but failed to tell!

Finally getting somewhere....." I followed advice & tried bridging the ecu... no change, checked the relay... seemed ok. The not starting was sometimes taking 10 minutes so bit the bullet & went to a dealer. No faults shown and their best guess was the pick up around the key, Landrovers answer...

Thanks, i'll give it a try, i've copied and pasted the above comments into the other thread to share the info.

Hi all, Ive been having some starting issues which have been discussed in a different forum. Below is a transcript with the author and their comments, hope it helps............ Graybo9 Hi all, I have looked in the threads and could only find an old one regarding this, but it provoked a good deal...

Having now read the RAVE it appears to be the immobiliser ECU in the center of the dash which contains the starter relay. Although looks not to bad to replace as its a plug in unit there's a complicated coding system between it, the key and the vehicles ECU. RAVE states that units will only be...

Thanks for the info, the clicking is not consistent, when waiting for it to kick in sometimes its not there, sometimes the odd click, sometimes builds to a crescendo and it will start, It would appear, based on the above, it is the relay at fault. I will investigate and update. As being a new...

Thanks all so far, looking at the logbook its a 1. I'm sure its not the starter solenoid as the clicking is in the cabin, under the dash in the center of the upper part. I like the idea of the push button to start, but does the immobaliser only stop the starter energising? are there any other...

Better late than never... the log book offers no useful info as there is no variant or type, the build plate has been replaced by a Land Rover special vehicles plate with a contract number, but the date is Feb 2006 so probably a FL1. Based on the fact it's a 1, any ideas? Thanks....

Aaah, thanks I was going on the general appearance, I shall look on the plate tomorrow.......

Hi all, I have looked in the threads and could only find an old one regarding this, but it provoked a good deal of discussion......! I have a 2006 Freelander commercial, (no rear seats), when turning the key to start most of the time it will not for a while. Basically just turn the key to hold...