Thanks very much for your advice, that sounds massively frustrating! It's been at the mechanic's, and he seems to think that it's the coil that's failing. What I can't understand is how that would create a lean condition that the choke could help with. Does that sound plausible to you? Fingers...

Hi all Bit of an update. So I stripped the carb, cleaned it, checked all the lines into it and sorted the fuel filter. Had it tuned by a mechanic and It all seemed to be running well. I took it down the M4 for a couple of hours and it was fine - but on the way back the next day the problem...

thanks Phill, I'll do that.

It feels like fuel starvation - initially refusing to rev and then cutting a while later. if I fire it straight back up it has a rough idle that stabilises when I block the air intake, so presumably a fuel issue. The cap and rotor arm are new - had it serviced and checked by a landy specialist...

It does yes - mounted to the bulkhead. Can this misbehave when hot?

Cheers Paul. What's interesting is that it does run quite nicely at 55-60, sometimes for a hour or two - then all of a sudden it dies without any warning. I'll certainly give the carb a good service - thanks for your advice.

Thanks everyone - It's a weber carb. I'll check the spacing and will see if that works. Only trouble is that the problem is so sporadic that it's hard to really test and see what's working. Cheers

Thanks guys - I'll give it a clean and will report back

Hi all I'm new to the forum, and to Defenders in general, so forgive me if I talk any nonsense. I've got a problem with my 1986 2.5 petrol 110, that's been baffling a few mechanics over the past couple of months. It started when I had the head gasket changed, which seems to have got the...

Hi all I'm new to the forum, and to Defenders in general, so forgive me if I talk any nonsense. I've got a problem with my 1986 2.5 petrol 110, that's been baffling a few mechanics over the past couple of months. It started when I had the head gasket changed, which seems to have got the...