First time Landrover owner

Hi my name is Rob,
Thought I would introduce my self first before I bombard the forum with questions.
I'm 45 and I live in Sevenoaks married with four daughters and now a Freelander, That the girls have named Oliver ?
Its my very first Landover ever and so far loving it, She is an old girl (1999) 2.0 Di and need's a few things sorting / fixing but on the hole she is good for here age, But for now,
Hello All.

Hello and welcome!!
You're certainly in the right company here to get all the answers you may have about your freelander.

Hi and welcome to your Freelander.

If yours is still 4WD you should learn about the Viscous Coupling Unit (VCU) that sits between front and rear drive. Learn what a One Wheel Up Test is and why you should do that from time to time and why all 4 tyres have to be the same diameter. Not knowing about this could end up with repair costs that would write off and older one.

I am certainly enjoying mine (now the prop shaft bearings have been done).

Bandit127 said:

Hi and welcome to your Freelander.

If yours is still 4WD you should learn about the Viscous Coupling Unit (VCU) that sits between front and rear drive. Learn what a One Wheel Up Test is and why you should do that from time to time and why all 4 tyres have to be the same diameter. Not knowing about this could end up with repair costs that would write off and older one.

I am certainly enjoying mine (now the prop shaft bearings have been done).

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That is one of the first thing's I did check was to see if the prop shaft was there and yes it is, The second thing I did was the rear wheel up and put an 18" bar and it did turn with resistance slowly (as I followed the you tube Vid).

Strange you mention the prop bearing as It is going to be my first job, As there is a kind of Dry bearing Noise coming from around the handbrake area which has got worse after I jet washed the underside, Is the noise I'm trying to describe similar to your reason for changing your prop bearing's

No. I got mine changed because the rubber isolating the bearings from the mounts was split and shot on both front and rear. I had a worrying knocking coming through the floor on tight turns. The guy that did it was a Land Rover specialist and he did say the bearings were usually graunching and shot by the time the rubber gets like that.

If I had done that job at home I would probably have taken 4 hours, got cold and ****ed off under the car and failed to align the new bearings properly when I fitted them, thereby reducing their life.

In all, for me it was money well spent in handing the problem to someone else.