27-08-2016, 01:48 PM
(25-08-2016, 07:09 PM)darrenjlobb Wrote:(25-08-2016, 05:50 PM)Frosty Wrote:(24-08-2016, 05:04 PM)Paul Baldwin Wrote:(24-08-2016, 08:19 AM)Matt-Rallye Wrote: Only real horror stories with them are injector looms and rust, the rust is curable / avoidable with care & time and most common issues with them have simple solutions nowadays, worth reading up on the LR forums! some very useful info on there which makes owning one alot easier.
Tell that to the two blokes I've known who have run them and now sold them. The one was a mint ES, lovely truck, all the toys, he's now trundling about in a Series III which is gaining in value instead of costing him a fortune and letting him down.
Whatever you do, don't run it out of fuel either! If you do, read the manual and follow the instructions, you'll very probably need a spare battery too. They are an utter pig to get going again.
Pump the accelerator pedal 10 times i think it is and they will prime themselves up so shouldn't be too bad.
Was going to say, these things are a piece of piss to bleed....they have a lift pump? They bleed themselves, and fire RIGHT up....when lift pump stops on ignition on, as Frosty says, just pump the throttle 5 times, and it will cycle the lift pump for 30 seconds...motor will fire right up....
Must be just me then? Even after the owner went and got a brand new Yuasa battery we had to go thru the procedure to get it to start repeatedly, it was firing but just refused to run.
Handy that it doesn't state anywhere in the manual that you need to pump the throttle pedal repeatedly to get the lift pump to cycle!