d.i.y ird recondition

I am new to the site , have a freelander es 2001, after some expensive repairs due to wear and tear recently , im thinking of reconditioning my ird unit myself, as a novice spanner man my knowledge is low but im willing to learn , i do have the haynes manual ive watched a few videos on ird reconditioning, any advice would be appreciated and welcome, thanks

just burn it....

gallon8 said:

I am new to the site , have a freelander es 2001, after some expensive repairs due to wear and tear recently , im thinking of reconditioning my ird unit myself, as a novice spanner man my knowledge is low but im willing to learn , i do have the haynes manual ive watched a few videos on ird reconditioning, any advice would be appreciated and welcome, thanks

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have you found spares to fit in it and cost ,you need a new heat exchanger at least imo

defender 11069, it wont burn...

jamesmartin , thanks for your reply, i am checking out the costs of parts ,

defender11069, wasted one box of puck matches, it still wont burn, ..., maybe if a fix it , a might get it to burn, your advice is welcome and appreciated,:scratching_chin:

I'm a pretty skilled and experienced Spanner monkey and take most things on, but wouldn't dream of this one! Imagine spending a day taking it out whilst its performing poorly, spend a good day overhauling it and then another fighting to get it back in! Worse case scenario it's worse than before from the off or lasts 5k and damages something else.
Fair play to you if you have a go and it comes off, guess that's the fun.
Good luck!!

ChrisHughes, thanks for your reply and advice, im a novice spanner man but will give most things a go, and if a job is worth doing its worth doing right and make a good job, i have done alot of research on this ird unit and it is a big task for me, its just poor or bad advice from the experts that made me think of trying it myself. worse scenario is i buy a reconditioned unit from a recommended place. there are a few recommended on this site,