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| shropshiredefender Member Since: 05 Jun 2017 Location: Shropshire Posts: 834   
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Unfortunately that dealer does not look like the parts store is manned by a chap in an oily warehouse coat with grubby hands who would say "Series one head gasket part no. so and so, there's a couple hanging up round the back"
That's progress 
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5th Aug 2018 9:46am |
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| gcc130 Member Since: 05 Jun 2015 Location: Wiltshire Posts: 744 |
Sorry to hear that Ian, you’re not having much luck with head gaskets!
Coils are my problem at the moment  Click image to enlarge |
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5th Aug 2018 10:02am |
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| ian series 1 Member Since: 17 Nov 2014 Location: south Posts: 3127  
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You can have the flashiest dealership in the world, but they would never be able to fix it! 3 Head gaskets in 6 weeks on 3 different Land Rovers! Surely that’s a record? 
I had the hot coil problem a few months ago, I was running on an original 1950 Lucas, it would run all day until you stopped it.😡 We’ve Just been towed home, luckily we were only 10 miles from home.  80" 80" 86" 88" 90"
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5th Aug 2018 10:30am |
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| ian series 1 Member Since: 17 Nov 2014 Location: south Posts: 3127
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Stripped it down later this evening and it’s gone between 1-2 cyl
 Land Rovers..... 80" 80" 86" 88" 90"
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5th Aug 2018 9:43pm |
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| defender9 Member Since: 12 Mar 2016 Location: Fylde Coast Posts: 1629 
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Blimey Ian, that must be a record, mind you they say bad luck comes in three’s so hopefully that’s the end of it
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6th Aug 2018 8:37am |
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| ian series 1 Member Since: 17 Nov 2014 Location: south Posts: 3127
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Honestly, you couldn’t make it up!
80" 80" 86" 88" 90"
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6th Aug 2018 9:13am |
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| defender9 Member Since: 12 Mar 2016 Location: Fylde Coast Posts: 1629
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You could probably write a book, “The trials and tribulations of Land Rover ownership”.
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6th Aug 2018 5:54pm |
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| ian series 1 Member Since: 17 Nov 2014 Location: south Posts: 3127
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No time John!
I’m always under a Land Rover 80" 80" 86" 88" 90"
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6th Aug 2018 5:57pm |
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| GREENI Member Since: 22 Aug 2010 Location: staffs Posts: 10383
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but not laughing, if you know what I mean. kudos to getting it stripped already  |
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6th Aug 2018 6:15pm |
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| ian series 1 Member Since: 17 Nov 2014 Location: south Posts: 3127
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You’ve got to laugh!
Although Bek didn’t find it very amusing, especially after the Anglesey trip.🤭 Should have the gasket tomorrow, so back on the road at the weekend 80" 80" 86" 88" 90"
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6th Aug 2018 6:32pm |
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| Ellisboy Member Since: 13 Oct 2013 Location: Deep South Posts: 539 
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Glad I wasn’t there!
Stephen. |
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7th Aug 2018 6:56am |
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| ian series 1 Member Since: 17 Nov 2014 Location: south Posts: 3127
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🤭 80" 80" 86" 88" 90"
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7th Aug 2018 7:24am |
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| ian series 1 Member Since: 17 Nov 2014 Location: south Posts: 3127
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Got the 80 sorted, amazing how these headgaskets let go!
Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Could have kicked myself, schoolboy error...
I put it all back together, but it was really struggling to start? Finally got it going, albeit very rough and only on no 1-2 cylinders, with 3 kicking in every now and then? Nothing on 4? I turned distributor 180 deg, thinking that was it? Still the same, timed the distributor using flywheel marks, no 1 at TDC, still rough? Checked points, condenser, plugs, HT leads, still the same? Went through the fuel system, put a bit down the bores that weren’t firing, nothing? 
Getting rather annoyed now, i wondered if I had a leaking valve? So I did a compression test, all cylinders held at 120 psi Then suddenly it dawned on me if the ignition leads are on the wrong way round? swapped 3-4, it ran like a dream! 
Felt a bit stupid for a while.... 80" 80" 86" 88" 90"
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11th Aug 2018 4:11pm |
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| Slideywindows Member Since: 09 Sep 2016 Location: North Essex Posts: 1283
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Talking of feeling stupid, a friend of mine bought an ex-mil SIII full-tilt earlier this year, for some summer fun.
He soon broke down miles from home and after much fiddling and dismantling by the roadside, he couldn't get it to go. So he gave up and rang another friend to come out and tow him home. Eventually they got home and after more fiddling, the friend decides to turn the lever that switches the fuel supply from one of the twin tanks to the other one. Started and ran like a dream! He'd knocked the switch over to the empty tank with his heel.....  |
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11th Aug 2018 8:24pm |
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