Have you downloaded the RAVE manuals yet? Very helpful info there.

 

Follow the link that I posted earlier in your thread on the location of the VSS.

As for the crank sensor, looking at the engine, 3 o'clock on the back of the block.

 

where are these so called rave manuals to download, are they free:P

 

www.landroverresource.com

Yes its free there is another site that has it also I just dont remember the link.

 

okay thanks, so does anyone else know if the missing in park eliminates the possibilty of bad vss?

 

If it were me and I was in your situation and the plugs and wires were good, the coils tested good then I would replace the crank sensor first, then if it continued then the VSS, if it continued after that I would set it on fire.

 

how can i test the coils or wires:S? is there a way?

 

Sure, there's a way to test anything.

I do not know how to test plug wires or coils.

When was the last time the truck had new plugs and wires?

Sounds like you just got this truck from its 2 yrs in storage and you know nothing of its history.
I would start from scratch, plugs and wires, clean the throttle body and idle air control and make sure the air filter is good.
You have a '96 so no distributor.
The coils on these trucks tend to last a long time.
However mice could have gotten in and eaten through wires.

 

its A 1998 so still no distributor?

 

LR stopped using distributors in '95.