Landrover won't start any ideas???
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Landrover won't start any ideas???
Okay, I went to start my Disco 2, 1999 today and she won't start. I checked the battery and it seemed fine. I even took the battery to napa for a test and the guy told me the battery was charged and fine. I cleaned the battery connections and tried to jump my truck, no dice. It just kind of goes cha cha and nothing. I do smell something likes its burning. Like wax smell. Possible starter? or can it be a relay somewhere inside the truck that might have shorted out? If so, where do I look, start? The only thing I did was change out a foglight a few days ago, could I have shorted something out? I'm clueless. Thanks for any help or ideas.
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A poor connection means high resistance = more current required to overcome the resistance. More current = more heat. If this keeps up it will be easy to find the problem because the insulation will be melted off the wires. If you check all the connections you will probably find indication of overheating.
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I just had a no-start problem all of a sudden. Filled up with gas, went to drive off then nothing. The lights inside the truck didn't even come on. Got a jump connected to battery terminals and no help. Then I put the jump car negative on the negative cable above the battery, not on the battery and it started.
Turns out for mine it was a severely corroded negative battery cable. Couldn't see it easily from looking but when taken apart it was full of rust. New battery terminals fixed the problem.
For the negative terminal issue might try to jump with another car with the negative cable on ground but not on the battery.
Turns out for mine it was a severely corroded negative battery cable. Couldn't see it easily from looking but when taken apart it was full of rust. New battery terminals fixed the problem.
For the negative terminal issue might try to jump with another car with the negative cable on ground but not on the battery.
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I posted this thread a few weeks ago
https://landroverforums.com/forum/ge...erminal-38891/
If you replace your terminals, be sure to use quality terminals/lugs and not cheap ones like these
The ones pictured will lead to the same issue in short order.
https://landroverforums.com/forum/ge...erminal-38891/
If you replace your terminals, be sure to use quality terminals/lugs and not cheap ones like these
The ones pictured will lead to the same issue in short order.
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Ok, I got my truck started yesterday with a new battery, truck worked fine for a day. Than all of a sudden the truck wouldn't start again after driving it for about 85 miles. I tried jumping the truck no luck, so I called my buddy who's a mechanic and he says to try jumping it through the starter by connecting jumper cables directly to starter, presto! it starts. It runs fine until you shut it off and try starting it again. Any ideas why this is happening. Bad ground???? Bad connection from starter to battery? Thanks, guys!!!
Oh I had my starter bench tested and it was fine.
Oh I had my starter bench tested and it was fine.
Last edited by mx468; 04-03-2011 at 08:46 PM.
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