First let me say hello im new to the board. Had this 1995 land rover Discovery for about a year now. I love the thing but it is giving me a fit as of late. I searched and then searched some more. It died on me two times in traffic i let it sit for a hour. started right up drove home no problems. I decided it was time for a tune up. Plugs wires dissy cap and button. Well the button was a pain to get off. Anyways now it is running horrible can't even drive it. Once it gets warm it won't start. It also backfired through the intake. I am at my wits end with this thing. I know discomike says the distributors are know for braking when you pull on the rotor to hard. Anyways what ever suggestios you have through them my way. Also no check engine light is on.

 

Sounds like you put the rotor on backwards.
Either that or your timing is way off.

 

I got it running better. Now its just sputtering right off idle. I need to set the timing but can't find the timing marks. I moved the dissy untill it idled good and started fine but i believe it is still out some. So need to find the timing marks and knock the dust off my timing light.

 

After market cap and rotors can cause this, what brand of wire and plugs did you install, what gap, what octane gas?
You may have also damaged the dist., old Rover dist's were prone for having problems if you tug too hard on the rotor to remove it.
Any fault codes?

 

Does it have a yellow dot on the rotor. If not its junk. Only a lucas with a yellow dot will work. Trust me on this. Solved alot of no starts and misfires this way on the older ones.

 

There called standard motor parts. So i guess there the culprit. I guess ill be ordering some lucas ones. There like 3 times the price. Oh well. Thanks for all the help. This forum has been very helpfull since i got this truck.