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by turbo-tom » Tue Jul 09, 2013 11:15 pm
im starting to think that any discovery is a pile of crap mate... sounds about right then for landrover electrics, i have had live wires all over the place i have found some with out even tape over to protect them
dont blame you mate put it this way i am NEVER building a discovery again it has caused me nothing but problems and i havent even got it out in the mud yet...

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by twiss » Wed Jul 10, 2013 9:15 am
Do you want me to bring a starter over mate?
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by turbo-tom » Wed Jul 10, 2013 9:23 am
Yeah please matey

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by twiss » Wed Jul 10, 2013 9:27 am
We can at least see if it works haha
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by twiss » Wed Jul 10, 2013 9:27 am
Maybe if you moved it once in a while the brakes wouldnt keep jamming up lol
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by turbo-tom » Wed Jul 10, 2013 9:40 am
Haha not road legal mate drove around my close vut its hargly long distance lol
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by Rhinoman » Wed Jul 10, 2013 1:14 pm
suzukisteve wrote:fair, cant be as bad as the time my old pile of crap disco earthed out via the hand brake cable thus melting the hand brake on permanently

bastard thing it was!
glad ive seen the light and gone to suzuki now
On a Zuk its usually the clutch cable that melts when the earth strap fails.
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by twiss » Wed Jul 10, 2013 1:55 pm
hahah backup earth cable of sorts.... never had it myself but i imagine a hot clutch cable is a good warning sign

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by turbo-tom » Wed Jul 17, 2013 4:26 pm
Right... "new" starter motor stripped down cleaned bench tested works spot on
But the starter motor in the zuk and now we have the same "whurring" noise we had to start with :( ant ideas? -\
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by suzukisteve » Wed Jul 17, 2013 4:30 pm
engine turning over? or is the noise the starter? if its the starter, have you checked the flywheel for damage?
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