My RRC wont start :(

[JimP]

Currently got starting troubles with my RRC

Turn the key, fuel pump fires up then all Iget when I turn the key further is a click, sounds like a relay activating??

Anyone got any idea's whats up?

Cheers

Jim

[tack43]

Starter solenoid on starter motor. Check connections are tight - 2x 8mm studs and lucar connector. If no joy new starter I'm afraid.  :(

Rich

[ben-dent]

get a long block of wood, and tap the starter and solenoid, while some one turns the key and see if it stops the clicking and fires in to life

but i would say your starter is shot, sounds like the starter is throwing in but not spinning,

[Range Rover Blues]

Battery flat as hell or starter is shot/disconnected.

On a late '80s RRC, before the intro of concealed hinge in '89 MY the starter has a relay on the bulhead behind the washer bottle, next but one to the inside IIRC.

This relay, excited by the ignition switch, in turn switches battery power to the piggy-back solenoid on the starter.  The solenoid earths via the motor so that the motor turns slowly until the gears engage fully, this helps the gear engage.  When the solenoid hits it's furthest travel it also switches full battery power to the motor so that it runs full speed.

So, the click is possibly the relay not the solenoid, the solenoid click is heavier and should be accompanied by the motor running slowly unless the starter engages fully, or as stated the starter is stuck partially engaged with the flywheel.

You can try tapping the starter or rocking the engine via the transmission to try and free a stuck starter.

[JIMBOBLY]

if its not the starter,it could be the inhibitor switch on the gear stick,that stops you from startint the car in gear,on an auto that is,dont know what the click sounds like,so cant realy say

[Bobtail]

Could also be the earth strap engine to chassis.

[Range Rover Blues]

Could also be the earth strap engine to chassis.

 :doh:

Too obvious :oops: