99% of people that could own a defender
Would pick that over a Freelander ( including me )
But the hassle that is owning a defender would probably bit you on the arse
Pretty quickly
DON'T drain the oil from the IRD until you first remove the fill plug. The reason being if you round off the fill plug) which are made of chocolate) & have already drained the oil you're in for a lot of aggro !
Immobiliser issue would prevent cranking.
Check the plug on the end of the fuel rail. This pressure sensor plug gets corroded connections and can turn green with build up of crud. Easy to check. Battery end of fuel.rail. 3 wires.
Yesterday I dragged mine into our garage as it is currently immobile due to a broken gear linkage.
I have a cheap hand winch bolted to the workbench for this purpose. The drive slopes up slightly to the garage and there is a lip of about an inch...
Evening guys and gals…
(FL1 TD4)
Strange one, and an easy fix I’m hoping… Freddie has been running sweet all winter and into spring. Used him regularly, and was out on farmland only this weekend. Jumped in this morning, and he was just turning...
I like that.
All week I have been getting in the F2 and enjoying the smell of the leather and wafting to work, knowing that, if I dab the right peddle, I can fly to work ;)
Today, Mrs Grumpy can have choice of cars. If she wants the F2, I...
Drove it. :)
For the first time since taking it off the road almost three weeks ago to sort the heater and tidy the Low Voltage junction box.
Everything that could go wrong did but I finally got the heater working and the newly tidied JB...
I think everyone here has been (and always is) ‘gentle’. It’s a very welcoming forum with a friendly bunch.
You could have just asked for some help with it!
So a number of people have given you sound advice, but because you can't navigate a simple website, you're going to p**s off and not come back with info on what solved the problems that might help others in future.
Cheers.
You don't have to...
lol, the garage look like they are taking you for a ride rather than the car!
I'm sure they'd do the same with a Rav4.
Not sure how they think the injectors would make the speedo go manic.
If the EML light is on, you'd think the first stop...
So today I managed to pretty much complete the LV junction box and get the car working again (spinning the motor while in neutral and charging). I made a couple of minor errors with the location of some wires but they were easily sorted and no...
There's a thread going on a NZ Landie forum posted by a fella, who's not had a 4wd before and wants to buy 1. He had looked at a new 5 door Jimny at $45k but then his boss said that he was changing his 2004 V8 D2 HSE (in immaculate condition)...