Nice! The LR is looking lovely. Thanks for making and sharing the video. There are ways to test the functioning of the alternator at lower speeds, but once the engine is started I'd expect your electrical demands are minimal until you put aux loads on like lights, wipers etc. I think until the alternator is creating juice just keep the demand low and typically don't idle to raise temp. I think, once the oil is circulating, then gently get temps rising and load is the best way to do this, but gently. Once you're at road speed and revs I'd expect the alternator to be happy. If you put a bit of demand on the battery until then no dramas. Hey, you've been driving this for ages so don't mean to teach you what you clearly already know. Didn't realise the LR took endless draw on the pre-heat. My old (early 90s, so not that old) diesel fun bus has a timer / temp cut out on the heater plugs. One cycle (~10s) is almost always enough so I thought 30s is quite a long time, but I don't know S3 in temp conditions. Unsure if your crank was a bit short of if you might have a dodgy glow plug, or was just unlucky. Again relatively easy to test these. Great vid!

I had to use captions to understand most of what you were saying. lol. Between the accent and fast talking. But, it was a really cool video! I loved the startup process. It’s amazing the good condition that it’s in for its age! :)

Looks in very good condition. What is the miles per gallon?

Don't know whether it's your phone camera adjusting for brightness , but my old Landy glow-plug light started off dim and became brighter as the plugs heated over a few seconds .

So on the 76 the mirrors always go on wing? Or is it just wjere u plonked them

wish i had a series to start up i would love to come over to Ireland and travel around it we are coming over next week but in my Freelander td4 ,just clean battery terminal and put some gell on you can get it from car shops also i have a new spare wheel that would suit that with a new tyre on thanks for the video