Hi, Liking the guidance on this thread! A quick question though - how can you tell if valves are closing proerly or not? By eye, or taking a measure? Ta

Hi folks, Thanks for your help with another thread I am running about my starter motor. Now I've got the beast running its a little lumpy. Its not a backfire I think or anything like that, it just 'phuts' a couple of times a second or so and you can feel it in the vibrations. Which I guess is...

Again, this is still with the brand new starter motor from a landy main dealer so should be ok.

Hi so had the starter off again and it is mating properly now, whether it was I'm not 100% sure. It isn't doing the clicking anymore, but it is doing quite a few spins of the starter without spinning the engine over. Stupidly forgot to check the flywheel while I had the starter motor off for...

Hi, So I had exactly the same on mine, but actually it gave me a scare. I'd had it doing this for a couple of months and not paid too much attention until I was just looking under the bonnet to try to understand why and I noticed a dribble of petrol coming out of where one of the rods enters...

Thanks Oxides, We will take the starter out again to check the flywheel, and make sure the starter is mating properly to the housing. I must admit we hadn't checked that but I can see it would have an effect. I suspect the bendix is ok as the symptons we had were in place on the old starter I...

Hi, Ok so an update. Just tried starting it and it still just clicked at the solenoid. Put it into 4th gear and rocked it, and there was a metallic click from the starter motor area. Trying it again and it turned over fine. So i think that is the culprit. For some reason the starter dog is...

Hi, Thanks I havent tried checking the flywheel teeth but I will do so today. Did try rocking the landy in 4th gear, but didnt seem to make much difference. I'll check the teeth and come back. My working assumption at the moment is that the engine isn't turning freely and that is the problem...

Hi, thanks for comments. Tried taking the earth via jump leads direct from the starter motor earthed mounting bolt to the chassis, and also we tried hooking up to a running van. By which I mean we applied red jump lead to the live connector on the starter direct to the battery on the van, and...

Hi, Battery is definitely fine. Not only is it a brand new fully charged one, but have also run it off jump leads. As I say, first 99 attempts it just clicks and then it turns.

Hi all, When I say 'all good' clearly it isn't, or i wouldn't be posting. I've checked all the other threads in the search, and think this is different. Landy was parked in a field for 6 months, which I know is bad. When I parked it starter worked fine. When I went to move it with a new...