So, after confirming my starter motor is good and my battery up to the job, the car will not turn over. At present the brain of the alarm (M99t) is out as it had to be sent off for two new blippers to be made up (never had the 15 digit code). The guy who I sent the brain to said that the car should still start once the immobiliser stick/lollipop thingy had been used to switch off the immobiliser (M36), which he said only affects the fuel pump and ignition and is separate to the M99t. When I do this the fuel pump primes but I get no ignition feed at the starter. My question is then, has the immobiliser gone south since the alarm brain came out (I couldn’t disarm it before removal so the alarm was still ‘on’), or do the alarm and immobiliser work together so that one won’t work without the other (which would mean that once my alarm brain is back in the car the immobiliser fault will clear and it’ll start). Any views? Thanks in advance.

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HTH.

Already spoken to him, he is a very long way from me and the car wont start!! He was very helpfull, although essentially he just wanted to put a new system in, which it doesn't need. He's quite a lot more expensive when compared to the guy that's reprogramming my blipper (66% more in fact), and if the immobilser is shot, I can get a new one for £66.

Hi, have you checked for a live feed directly to the starter? Make shure the land rover loop wire block on the loom (above battery) is ok. Also have you fully disconnected the alarm, immobiliser and connection loom then re connected. If you get stuck give us a ring .Heath

Since owning the car (11 years)I have only ever had one blipper and no red card that carries the 15 digit code to make up a new one. Last week my luck ran out as the blipper's plastic case, which was already cracked, disintegrated, taking the little black button on the circuit board inside the case, with it. Spoke to Meta who put me in touch with Abacus Alarms in London, who can make up two new blippers provided they have the main alarm box (brain), which lives under the dash, and just unplugs from the alarm loom. In other words the new blippers are coded from the brain and not the 15 digit code. It costs £99 (or £119 if you want the combined key blipper) and takes 48 hrs. They also sell new plastic blipper cases for £15, unfortunately I found this out too late....They will also sort you out with a siren, I think you need a new siren and an adapter cable. The Guy is very helpful and knows how the Meta Alarms were installed by TVR.

I have just used Abacus Alarms for reprogramming a new couple of bleepers.

Have to say brilliant service, sent on thursday, returned back saturday.

There are often situations when starting with a new alarm system is the best route to take, it isn't always a sales pitch.
As a DIY person you have the option to fix things as you see fit, if it goes wrong again and lets you down, your problem.
Someone doing this professionally cannot do that because when a CAT1 install goes wrong the car doesn't move, his problem.

The knowledge Carl has on TVR electrics has taken time and money to gain and that, not unreasonably, has to be paid for.

Based on that, if your unit is off having remotes coded (Sam?) you would do well to get the immobiliser paired at his end and get the two sent back already working together.

What is an M66 immobilser BTW, not familiar with it?

I agree that's Carl is the main for meta in tvrs. However they can often be 'fixed' with spare parts which is cheaper. They are fitted to fiats as well and so aren't as hard as might be thought by some.

Before I send my Meta ECU off the Abacus, can anyone advise me whether there is a more simple route available?

Similar to the OP I have a Meta36 immobiliser and a Cat2-Cat1 Meta99 upgrade. Both remotes function and are servicable, but appear to have become out of sync with the control unit (three out of range presses on the button can do this, I believe).

I have both remote fobs and the red code card, but the service I am being offered is exactly the same as I would be if I had the alarm control unit and nothing else. For £99 I will get two new fobs programmed to my original ECU, but this seems excessive when theres physically nothing wrong with my original kit.