1997 Discovery 1 Why will the key not start the engine? Easy fix!

[@gazzafloss]

One genuine "value added". vehicle there Mike. It just shows how many good old cars are discarded for relatively simple problems just because the owner doesn't know how or can't be arsed to fix it. I can see you turning a tidy profit on this one. Cheers.

[@BritannicaRestorations]

I was just working out, Gary, that the RR door mirrors were shot and new (if you can get them - obsolete) were £294 each Fitted nice to the RR so those almost paid for the Disco - brake actuator parts are now on the RR. The pressure reducing valve would have been £100 alone See next video on fixing the high idle speed!

[@Ankeneering]

Brilliant work. I can’t tell you how pleasing it is to see you playing with one of these. I personally think these unloved D1s are brilliant. And I find the D1s so much more interesting than the D2s where they thinned out steel in the frames, removed inline fuel filters, and did all kinds of cheesy cost cutting things (plastic diff plugs!?)that are not readily apparent. To me this truck is about the last thing Land Rover made that’s interesting. (Defender excluded but unavailable in North America)This still has the thing that made Land Rover famous in the first place. After these they just lightened them, grafted in electronics and computers and little whirring motors and the company became more of a lifestyle accessory than a tool.

[@michaellloyd463]

last of the non-computerised vehicles...ours is 28 years old and still daily transport. I wonder if any of todays cars will get anywhere near that ?

[@donnysweekendvanlifetravel7854]

Last time I saw an iron like that was my old dad great vid donny

[@davidlaucirica2584]

Hi Mike, I'm about to rebuild my second R380 so in preparation I watched your video ( very informative thank you) Both of the gearboxes suffered catastrophic failure due I believe to oil starvation. The oil level was full in both. The oil filter in both cases were blocked by around 90%. I also watched your videos of the LT77 rebuild and I noticed the pickup line for the oil pump seems open ended. My question for you is the filter on the LT77 post pump rather than pre pump as on the R380. If so I might look into modifying the oil cooler bypass housing to accommodate an external serviceable filter. Cheerio David

[@mattfarrow5639]

Sounds better each time you run it 👍

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Wait until tomorrow!

[@RussTNails-fw9ds]

Dry solder joints unfortunately are too common and stop a lot of old and brand new electrical things from functioning!

[@gazzafloss]

You need to add to that, "especially in LandRover products particularly of that era". I had a '98 D1 that one would think that solder was in short supply at the time it was built, many dry joints over the years.

[@Bluepilchard]

Had this on a low voltage connection to the starter solenoid never new when it was not going to spin the starter over could go for months before it would not start found the push on to the tag was there but lose not enough to fall of but enough to not activate it so pair of pliers pinched sorted it

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Frustrating isn't it!

[@LukeNielsen]

Another excellent video, thank you

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@grahameroberts8109]

Bloody amazing. An auto electrician would have taken hours to find that fault and drained your bank account. 👍🏻🙏👍🏻

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Darn right!

[@bigm383]

The aim of the exercise, in that case, is the latter not the former.

[@Defender110SLO]

Owsome. Cheers King Mike. 🥃

[@jameskerr5756]

I'll bet Jerry was holding his breath in there. I'm guessing it's not the freshest. A great easy fix but looking at that to the layman, you'd automatically expect that to be making good contact as it was holding the terminal on, but there you go. My Dad had some of those old soldering irons, wondering if he still has them? Sounds a good motor that.

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Yes I think it could be a nice motor to refurbish - bearings, rings gaskets etc

[@Reaper4367]

ok, now im envious! lol. Great job Mike. Cheers for sharing

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Thanks for watching!

[@raygale4198]

That dry joint joint could have been making contact until it coroded with age. It was probably a frustrating source of intermittent 'no starts' that caused the immobiliser replacement and the eventual scrapping of the car.

[@BritannicaRestorations]

I think the rot underneath may have also contributed ...

[@raygale4198]

@@BritannicaRestorations I forgot you live in salt territory, my old British 110, now in Australia still carries it's salt scars .

[@letmeoffthisplanet6208]

A proper soldering iron,i still use them occasionally because can i hell figure those leccy one's for some reason.

[@barbellbell]

Mike a think your new nickname should be called doctor Mike.

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Lol!

[@SiCrewe]

Issue with the starter might be a sign of bigger problems.... or it might not. It's possible that the terminal simply wasn't soldered properly at the factory and a couple of years of neglect had made it worse. Alternatively, it could be that the terminal WAS originally soldered properly but there's been a starter problem which caused the terminal to get hot enough to melt the solder and then create a dry joint when it cooled again. Course, if that WAS the case, the problem (with the immobiliser box?) might've been fixed and then the dry joint on the solenoid only started to cause issues once the terminal started to corrode.

[@TheCounty90]

How did you make that negative cable jump on as if by magic? BTW thanks for the clutch fork, arrived today. Just got to get my backside in gear and swap the engine over now.

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Have fun

[@malinsoderlund4826]

Any idea how to fix the key when it won't open the car doors? Have tried to change battery but still not working, like there is no contact. Land Rover Discovery1 from 1997.

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Could be the key fob is broken, or it has lost it's programming - may need resetting - will need a diagnostic tool to reset

[@malinsoderlund4826]

when talking to a mechanic he said the car needs to be taken to their place to have look, and it might be very hard to fix on a discovery1 from 1997... @@BritannicaRestorations

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Not a hard fix, but you need an diagnostic computer to work out the problem

[@tonye4176]

It’s too bad you know.. Wilson used to read their starters and alternators in the USA and Canada. They do everything in Mexico now and I can’t tell you how many times I’ve have issues with their products straight out of the box!!! Cardone is even worse!!

[@BritannicaRestorations]

First time I have seen one

[@owensteele1645]

Using that little sand blaster @3:30 to 4:46, how long do you think it would take to remove all the rust from the underside of this Discovery?

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Oh, about 5 lifetimes

[@owensteele1645]

@@BritannicaRestorations 🤣

[@bushratbeachbum]

Does anyone know about the factory or dealer fitted immobilisers on these? I've been helping my little nephew get his 3.5 v8 going and although there's no chip in the key and he's never had a fob on the keyring, there's a flashing light on the dashboard with a yellow paper land rover label on the wiring to it. We put a coil and condenser on it and sorted a few other things and now the fuel pump won't run, it cranks and sparks, but doesn't get fuel. I had the pump out of the tank to check inside when i changed the fuel filter, cleaned it, put it back in and tested it by powering it up directly, all good, runs and pushes fuel well. But the immobiliser isn't sending power to it. Any ideas? It might be worth noting, it has an LPG system on it and there's obviously a bunch of jiggerypokery for that in the wiring, i heard that some systems start on LPG and switch to petrol once started, is that true? There's no gas in it and no easy way to get gas in it at the moment.

[@BritannicaRestorations]

You didn't say what year it is - there were two systems fitted I think -- a single button and a two button key fob The single button can be reprogrammed without a computer, but it is a royal fanny about. The two button really needs a diagnostics hooking up to it so it can learn the codes Have you checked the inertia switch (if fitted) is closed? Could be something simple like the LPG change over switch is defective as that switches off the pump - If it were the alarm then it should shut off the started and the sparks

[@GregPalmer2]

Come and pick us up,we get plenty of parts for that model at Harvey Wreckers Melbourne where l live. Have a look on their site,even got a 1985 range rover😁😁😁

[@yorkchris10]

Could have been another bicycle cable fix.

[@ghitamoise5929]

my water reaches somewhere and it doesn't start anymore. do the same, it doesn't connect anymore!

[@patrickjobling8676]

Jolly good squadron leader.. im aboot ready to go to war wivv my starter mo'ar.. no retreat no surrender..😎pip pips

[@peterjohnson2245]

All this and it's a parts truck. Well i suppose it's best to test it all be fore strip down

[@carltonr3417]

Probably easier to move round the yard and put in the workshop etc. It’s not much really for the convenience of having it move under its own power. And it’s interesting for the viewers.