Hello members am a newbie here and need help and guidance as i go through the build process for my first land rover. 1980-6cyl military spec. The car sat on a farm for last 4-5 years was driven daily by previous owners back then. I picked up the car and tried cracking and moves freely. Checked oil and looks pretty clean. First attempt - Tried jump starting directly by connecting to starter solenoid and a positive wire run to coil as the ignition lock is buggered and will need a new one eventually. The motor turns freely upon jump starting. No signs of it being starting or wants to start . Removed old carby and replaced it with spare carby, replaced dizzy, coil from a spare car that was running when i tried with direct fuel. So i knew that set was good enough to at least fire the engine. Replaced all, replaced with brand new plugs , cleaned all contacts on ignition leads , dizzy cap and rotor.
Removed Cyl 1 spark plug and hand cranked to see if i can adjust the timing and firing order. When the inserted screw driver was on top of Cyl i marked the dizzy rotor position and started as Lead 1 and arranged all anticlockwise in firing order and installed. Gave the spare carby a good clean with soft brush and petrol and installed. So i got Positive to Coil direct from battery, starter solenoid and negative connected to battery leads and tried cranking with Choke ON on carby and half throttle pouring starting fluid and petrol connected to carby inlet via a fuel hose fed from a bottle of fresh fuel. No joy. just few pops out of carby and little smoke but wound not start. Moved the dizzy in few positions between advance and retard still No Joy. Removed Spark plug one and tested on body and has spark.
Am i missing something critical ? Issue with carby of fuel not reaching to the combusting chamber ? Or some trick with timing ? The coil got hot with multiple attempts as it was fed directly, i tried with a brand new coil i had from my 6cyl Merc. Still no luck.
Can any of you kind member run me through what i am doing wrong or may be guide me through over a phone call to get the engine going so i can slowly work my way around getting it running first and then cosmetics ? I am no expert with good with following instructions and pretty handy with basic mechanical stuff. I have a video and i can send that through as well. Photos attached herewith
By the way the car has no brakes or clutch both pedals hits the floor. No Fluid in reservoir so assuming would need master and slave cylinders rebuilt and brakes bled through ?
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