Mondo

How can you tell on a Freelander if it's running mondo or not?


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look here

Or alternatively look underneath and see if it's got propshafts going to the rear diff

unless its got a freewheeling VCU.

or one of them

Technically that hasn't got a prop going to the back diff either

Dinks said:

How can you tell on a Freelander if it's running mondo or not?


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Try parking on wet grass - then floor the accelerator!

FFS!

Do the following:

Drive it off a cliff and make sure you land on your roof. Fatal injuries aside, get out if you can and the new orientation of the vehicle will provide you with a hassle-free view of whether your prop's connected to the rear diff or not.

Saves "hours" of tedium bending down and looking UNDER your FL...

Thanks guys great help cheers

Creeeg said:

FFS!

Do the following:

Drive it off a cliff and make sure you land on your roof. Fatal injuries aside, get out if you can and the new orientation of the vehicle will provide you with a hassle-free view of whether your prop's connected to the rear diff or not.

Save's "hours" of tedium bending down and looking UNDER your FL...

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How do you do that then?

We have a good spot just down the road called Beachy Head. A nice sea cliff some 600ft high and a favourite haunt of would-be suicidists. Every car I've seen that's gone off that particular precipice over the years seems to have always landed on its roof.

Anybody got props vcu etc for a Freelander 1 ?


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like singovel said try it on wet grass but perferable up a hill if the vcu aint woking the front wheels will just spin if it is working then you will just move but please make sure you are NOT near a cliff or you will please somebody on here

Thanks for that glad somebody in the landrover community doesn't want to take the **** or kill all freelanders 😊


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do we have to put up with that crapatork ****e?

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Thanks for that glad somebody in the landrover community doesn't want to take the **** or kill all freelanders ��


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they are very rare

Hi Dinks,

Maybe you didn't realise at the time, but my suggestion about the damp grass was absolutely serious.

A Freelander with VCU working and all the bits performing as they should, will not spin wheels on wet grass - it just gets going - same on snow, or mud - it just goes.

If the front wheels spin you ain't got 4X4.

Caio,

Singvogel.

ps I may joke around a bit - but I don't take the **** out of new folks. Welcome to LandyZone by the way.

i went on wet grass today and it was easy to get all 4 wheels spining only all 4 spin if its working ok

rhodie said:

i went on wet grass today and it was easy to get all 4 wheels spining only all 4 spin if its working ok

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Ah well - I'm wrong then.

I was basing what I said on my experience towing a 2tonne trailer with the Freelander which just moves off smoothly across the field.

My Sprinter van, even with diff-lock on, just digs itself into the ground.

I use the Freelander to get the trailer out of the field and onto tarmac where the Sprinter takes over.

I must try it tomorrow on grass without the trailer and see what difference the various Synergy settings make - perhaps the Synergy gives 'too much' power.

I know on the LandRover Experience day we had a Freelander on a very steep mud slope with all four wheels spinning. But I reckon gravity + maths, or Pythagoras or some such reason was the cause.

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or Pythagoras or some such reason was the cause.

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Was he there as well ? Just don't get him started on those theorems lol

The Mad Hat Man said:

unless its got a freewheeling VCU.

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Corrrrrrrrrrrrrrect .....
It may have a certain recon'd or should that be re "conned" vcu supplied by a certain supplier who I believe we are prevented from naming .
I bought and fitted one and can say without any contradiction that you get fook all drive to the rear wheels when fitted .