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Hi Tonic,
I'm not sure, do the Defender 300Tdi's have the "spider" anti theft unit that the Discovery D1's have? The symptoms sound very similar to the problem I have on my old Discovery, there is a bypass kit you can buy to take the "spider" out of the loop. Not sure if this is any help.
when I had similar issues, it turned out to be a faulty relay although I have no idea if its a standard fitment. Mine was located near the fuses under the dash
Mine has a relay at the fuse panel as well.
If replacing double check the relay pin numbers as there are 2 types of relays available and the pins are wired differently.
Wrong relay will melt the earth wire in the harness.
Thanks everyone
Based on the advise from the majority, while out and about today I bought a new test light.
Once home from work I put SHMBO in the drivers seat to twist the key. Yep, power at the starter on both sides, so solenoid.
Anyone got a new starter they do want:D
Mate, check for a decent earth off the starter motor, Steph's old 300tdi D1 did the same thing and all I did was run a new earth strap from the battery to the starter motor and never missed a beat after that.
Cheers Ian
Take off the small spade fitting on the solenoid and using a test light see if you get power at the spade on the wire this is the siginal from the key to pull the solenoid if you have power there then its the solenoid .Quote:
Originally Posted by tonic
If no power then using another wire that is live with ignition off touch live wire on spade terminal on solenoid if it cranks you know solenoid and starter are good its the power coming from the ignition that has the problem so maby a relay or simple fuse .