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Good to know it helped or may help rather Tony. Let me know how it goes after working on it tomorrow. Charlie (donald? LOL)

Thanks for the info although i don't really get your last comment. I am not embarassed to be learning about things i can rectify through places like this. I find this more informative than sitting scrolling through a book,with no one to confirm if i am doing the correct thing. Ask 10 people and i will get 10 different answers all of which may help solve my problem.

How did you get on tuffstuff?? (that seems weird saying that LOL)

So is the pic wrong then? LOL.................... Awww ma heed

Thanks guys for the "idiot" talk through, makes more sense now..............i hope

Ok need to go back to basics, flashback arrestor? RTV instant gasket...................gas ring joint..................... Help LOL

Can't find those parts on my web sites that supply parts Ian, can you give me a link?

Thanks Ian, will look those up and see if i can afford them just now, fingers crossed they are not too expensive..

you mean remove the pipe (whole pipe) and block off the 2 hoses that enter the plenum? What about the other side with the cap type thing on it?

Sounds like this could be a factor then . Just put on GENUINE dizzy cap at weekend there, and now today i have just fitted GENUINE rotor arm. So the T joint has been patched up with what looks like plastic paper and grease. Srange................i'll get it sorted ASAP.

I have a pipe that i think needs looking at but unsure of it's job.Here's a wee pic of it. It has a T connection in the middle but someone has tried to do a repair, not a good one by the look of it. The red is the pipes and the cicle is where the repair has been done. Any thoughts?

Maybe that your settings need adjusting. If you send me your email i will send yo a PDF file that may be of use. DC

UPDATE: Got the genuine cap fitted yesterday but far too wet to chance a break down and a test drive. The rotor arm is due in monday or tuesday so i will get that on and see if it makes it even better. Took it today for a test drive with better results. Last time i got 2 miles if i was lucky before slowing down at a junction and it cut out. Today, got to the same junction and all seemed fine. Made it a few more miles and all was good. Stopped off at my dad's for a cuppa, then headed to the petrol staation as you do. Second junction i had to wait about 15-20 secs and it cut out. Started up straight away and went to the station without any trouble. Put my £30 in and headed off for more testing. Done a few miles more no prob without really stopping. Then at lights i had to stop for again around 20 secs, put it in neutral as it seems to idle better out of gear, then as i put it into gear and tried to move it cut out. Started again and off we went. So it seems that it's really only when i am stopped with foot on brake. Another thing i noticed is that it runs on too fast, After running at around 2000rpm, it settles down then if i drive it and pop it back into neutral it revs up again to around the 2000rpm or even slightly more. So if anyone can think of the problem that it may be i would be glad to hear. It's defo feeling better than it did so the new cap and CTS seems to have improved things. DC

and this.........???

bet ye canny guess where i'm going at the weekend then B) Blooming work needs to get in the way of my progress LOL Cheers guys DC

The only bit that wasn't genuine paintman was the cap, i haven't went near the rotor arm.........................i've cleaned it up. How do i tell if it's a genuine one?

This one??

Hmmmm so need to go to actual land rover dealer and get a dizzy cap from them? Don't think there's one near me, wonder if they do online orders.

Also if this dizzy cap is the one i am after many thanks...........dizzy cap?

Job done and all seems ok, can't really tell if there's much of a difference but i only ran it a couple of minutes. Can anyone tell me if this is the screw(alan key type) that adjusts the idle speed?

Here's my leads as they are now..........................Just discovered that i have an intermotor coil so i'm off now to get my OEM one on. Hopefully will make a little difference too.

Thanks for the link. Haynes manual was followed with this one and got the other member with same engine to actually check they were hooked up in exactly the same way. Spark plugs = i will check your part number with the ones i have as in that thread i see even a diff in NGK ones can be a prob.......................right???

I dont really know if there's saints......... eh i mean forumers near, there's a few from SLROC.co.uk that have been a help but they dont do the timing light stuff Lead pic will come tomorrow. I have put them all on and tried very hard not to cross them as i know that might cause problems, i would say the right bank of leads(from grill) are very close together due to position and small space to get through next to oil cap.

I will get a new pic of my leads as they are sitting at present Nige, These leads in the pic are the old ones that were shot. The cap is not genuine although new. The plugs are new end of sep. and are NGK ones. Timing? I have done TDC, first piston is at top and rotor arm is about to strike number one. I dont really have access to the light timing check.

THANK YOU WIFE !!! Ok hands up time, by using womens observations, you know what i mean, when they can get a wiff somits not right from 5 miles away without even seeing anything. The mrs comes down to help me today as i removed all the grill, the actual pin and spring cleaned it all up, took off the bottom half and made sure everything was ok.............................put back on the pin with a few extra washers to secure it a bit better then tried again.............................still it would not close. So down comes the wife.........................................any luck? Nope i'm stumped!!! Then she says, why are these poking out from the battery? I secured the battery a bit better in place some 5 or 6 days ago , but the rods that where being used stood a bit tall. Yes you guessed it........................................it was these that was preventing the bonnet from being closed. So hack saw came out.Made them a bit shorter and low and behold.............................bonnet closed. Couldn't stop laughing for about ten minutes.