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Vehicle & Technical => Discovery => Topic started by: lambert on March 30, 2009, 05:34:57

Title: help - stranded
Post by: lambert on March 30, 2009, 05:34:57

driving to work, starts making a chattering noise then lights go dim, then starts to loose power then starts clicking then dies. now wont turn on key?

help need to get to work and rac will be over an hour.

thank you.

Title: Re: help - stranded
Post by: lambert on March 30, 2009, 07:43:01

done. dead starter. yay!

Title: Re: help - stranded
Post by: crazymac on March 30, 2009, 14:06:03

Glad you're sorted, strange that is went when you were driving?

Title: Re: help - stranded
Post by: lambert on March 30, 2009, 16:33:53

seems that the gear stayed meshed to the flywheel which is a bad thing. still i'm home now and have one to fix. must say this is not quite what i thought i signed up for when i bought it but hey ho.

Title: Re: help - stranded
Post by: stageonesimmo on April 02, 2009, 19:20:11

Wonder how many disco owners have said that!

 :lol:

Title: Re: help - stranded
Post by: clbarclay on April 03, 2009, 23:27:28

Land rovers - Gods way of teaching people about the oily bits of cars.

Title: Re: help - stranded
Post by: lurch_917 on April 04, 2009, 09:52:56

 hi if youve only just got your landie start a welding course now that way you wont have any probs at the next mot trust me it saves a sheed load

Title: Re: help - stranded
Post by: lambert on April 04, 2009, 21:25:15

to be fair i am a bit of a spaner monkey anyway so doing the repairs is no hardship, it's more the frequency of the repairs that is raising an eyebrow. so far since getting it in january it has had rear discs, central locking, all brake pipes, 5 patches of welding, power steering pipes, alternator, starter, front swivels and wheel bearings, cam belt and a leccy fan conversion amongst other things which given we're only just into april seems to be a job for every day. still for a car that only cost 650 quid it's not bad.

Title: Re: help - stranded
Post by: whits on April 05, 2009, 20:36:08

your not whinging are you

Title: Re: help - stranded
Post by: lambert on April 06, 2009, 05:22:50

nah but you could see a patern starting to form; use it one week fix it the next! bit like n old alfa hatefull when broke but amezin when not!

Title: Re: help - stranded
Post by: Spooky on April 06, 2009, 19:55:28

Poor thing was probably seriously overdue some maintenance anyway!!! :shocked:

Title: Re: help - stranded
Post by: whits on April 06, 2009, 21:04:23

got to admit thats true, it was stood for 18months+

Title: Re: help - stranded
Post by: John td5 on April 07, 2009, 13:23:04

The motor or the owner ha ha ha ha ha  [-X  :doh:

Title: Re: help - stranded
Post by: lambert on April 07, 2009, 14:43:47

the sun was in my eyes sorry!