Recent content by Greenmekon

That seems even more difficult. There does not appear to be any way to get a spanner underneath the pump with enough room to move it, unless I am missing something obvious (which is quite possible)

Can anyone give me some advice on getting at the vacuum pump oil feed pipe from the engine block please? In the RAVE and Haynes manuals it simply says "remove oil feed pipe from the block". Great! How? I can see it; I can just about touch it with my fingertips; how on earth do I get a spanner at...

Thanks for your suggestions. I`ll work through them all until I find one that works, even the more radical solutions!

I'm hoping the wealth of advice on this site will be able help me as much as my previous cry for help! I have to replace the ABS Modulator on my '98 Freelander 1 XEDI and have discovered that, although the job seems fairly straight forward at first glance, I now have to dimantle half of the...

Thanks for your suggestions guys. In the end, I reset the throttle pedal potentiometer. I have doen this before with no success, but this time I made sure that there was no obstructions (mats, carpet etc.) and I also depressed the pedal by hand just in case my foot was fouling on the side and...

Thanks for the tip about the vacuum pipe, I'll check that out at the weekend. The brake-light switch is all-plastic construction (it is the "straight" type rather than the later L-shape type). Although not impossible, I'm kinda hoping that the new switch works properly and hasn't got stickiness...

This is my first post so please be gentle with me! :) My Freelander XEDI (1998 2.0L) has a tendency to rev-up to around 3000rpm when idling (e.g. at a road junction). As soon as I put my foot on the brake pedal the revs drop back to 1200rpm. Foot off the brake and the revs shoot up again...