I had a very similar situation on my LR3. Intermittent starting issues progressively got worse.
Everything i saw lead me to believe it was an electrical issue. I was so accustomed to "traditional" starter failures that i didn't think it could possibly be a starter problem.
It just didn't have the typical symptoms of a starter failure.
Most vehicles will at least try to start, or give you solenoid click, or noise from a partial throw of the gear, or spin but no engagement. Not the old LR apparently. After troubleshooting everything i could think of i went ahead and replaced the starter.
First time i have had to replace a starter by blind feeling bolts through a hole behind a passenger side wheel well cover.
Worked like a dream after that.
Everything i saw lead me to believe it was an electrical issue. I was so accustomed to "traditional" starter failures that i didn't think it could possibly be a starter problem.
It just didn't have the typical symptoms of a starter failure.
Most vehicles will at least try to start, or give you solenoid click, or noise from a partial throw of the gear, or spin but no engagement. Not the old LR apparently. After troubleshooting everything i could think of i went ahead and replaced the starter.
First time i have had to replace a starter by blind feeling bolts through a hole behind a passenger side wheel well cover.
Worked like a dream after that.