Recent content by rusty_87

Can't put a price on a better quality of life x

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Hi guys! After much deliberation, I ended up scrapping the Freelander. I had spent a good few hours on her and learned a lot about how things work. There were belt replacements to be done, driveshaft replacements, oils to be replaced and transfer box which needed rebuilding. I realised...

Hello again! I'm going to bypass the coolant hoses to the IRD (by connecting them both together), but was wondering if I need to cap /close the IRD ally pipework?

Managed to grab some part locally today, but need to get a few bits. The drive shaft boots (that go into the gearbox and IRD), are blowing grease everywhere, but I'm unsure on what I'm looking at on the parts spec. Someone has put a cable tie on one of them - the other has it's original clip...

Yea, there's no sign of a prop or VCU/mountings, so the whole lot has come out. Looks like @andyfreelandy is right about the previous owner not being able to afford the VCU. I'd prefer to not drop the front subframe, but it wasn't half in the way when it came out. Is it possible to remove the...

It's been a fun few days and I have learned a lot! I think my favourite lesson was to always consult the manual for torque specs after tightening up my brake caliper holder bolts up to 129ft/lb (which didn't have to come off in the end) and rounding off the thread. I also did the second bolt...

You guys are the nuts, thank you!! That's a fair comment. When I say "just bought", what I meant is "I've just been donated". I've been in the building trade for 20 years and decided (about 6 weeks ago), that I was tired of climbing scaffolding and digging holes, so made an offer on the...

Well bugger me... I wish I had found that our before I started farting around with a virtual machine o_O Right you are! Rusty

Hello! Thanks to @Hippo for posting these, I was looking for ages! I finally got the .iso files and mounted them as a disk (windows 11), but couldn't access the rave.exe program as my computer didn't want to play games with Acrobat Reader 4.0 I figured that an old computer would do the...

From some further research, I think that the knocked ally pipes are fitted to the Intermediate Reduction Drive. Would the reduced flow cause problems down the line (not even sure what's flowing through them, but I'd say they're at 20% of their original capacity)! I should also mention that the...

Hello all - just bought a 2002 Freelander TD4 (BMW 2.0 diesel). So many problems that I will be tackling but was wondering if someone could help with some advice? I have removed the plastic sump cover to check the vehicle and have found that the gearbox casing has taken a whack at some point -...