i am excited

i pick my freelander 04 sport premium in black up in the morning!

Another lamb to the freelander money pit

wrasse69 said:

i pick my freelander 04 sport premium in black up in the morning!

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Good for you wrasse69 - I hope you enjoy it and drive many happy miles in it.

Enough of the doomsayers - always look on the bright side.

I'm looking forward to your future posts saying how wonderful it is.

Singvogel.

ENJOY IT, I do mine.....

Enjoy! (Oh and invest in a decent socket set!) you will be getting spanner rash in the not too distant future. (I've started to enjoy fannying about with mine) there are some 'essential' mods that need doing to 'unstrangle'(not even a word I know) ie: egr blank and bmw crankcase breather to name just two.

:welcome: does it have the props and a VCU?

if it does - then test it.

Congratulations and enjoy.... keep a check on those 17" wellies tho, not cheap.

Hope you enjoy the new motor, got the same one but in silver. Its really worth doing all the mods you'll read about on this forum, EGR bypass, silicone hoses, BMW crankcase breather etc but best of all is install a Synergy2a, all those combined makes it a much better car in my opinion.

Well done friend and welcome to Freelander ownership . Just make sure that the transmission is all tickety-boo as MHM said and everything'll be just dandy .

I'm driving back from holiday tomorrow and mine (also '04, but 1.8) has been a complete joy all week. Looks like all that work I've done on it has really paid off, it's a real honey now.

Enjoy it!

Oh and if you're in southish Yorks, looks like a few of us on the forum are in that general area so if you want to do some laning if and when we go, just give us a shout!

sorted the temp prob then Wayne?

thanks for all your comments!


i been here a while now just been looking for a good freelander to come up at the right price!

i need to test the freelander out to make sure everything is working as is should be i have a 3 month warranty from the garage i am buying it from!

i have a mods list its very long

i start with the engine hose's in yellow if i can find them? egr ,synergy2a, crank case breather, going to order all this next week!

then i will have a 2" lift done (maybe do it myself it i could find someone to help me do it)

snorkel
sump gaurd
tank gaurd
have the rock silders powder coated in black (dont like them in chrome)
have wheels re done
new tyres

etc
etc
etc

oh i hope to find some local people who go off road and have lots of fun in it


regards lee

wazzerincowshed said:

Congratulations and enjoy.... keep a check on those 17" wellies tho, not cheap.

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errrr...that'll be 18's he's got not 17's!


enjoy it, do all the mods and it will serve you well buddy.


as madhatman said earlier... BEFORE you drive it away, get on your back and get underneath and make sure that the VCU and propshaft are there. there are people on here who have bought cars only to find out later that they are missing. tis an easy way of disguising VCU/diff/IRD problems that can be very expensive to fix....

No affordable snorkels available at the moment but who knows what the future holds .

MHM, I'm enjoying lovely drizzly west wales weather at the moment, I'll see about my little temp problem when I get home .

Will.

Will, your location states nottingham yet you say south yorkshire ish.

Im from Doncaster, where exactly are you, fancy a bit of off roading myself.

I'm in central Nottingham until I can remedy it. Well I often go up Sheffield way to fly model gliders, but it's not far if you're in Doncaster. In fact the green lanes in the peaks should be about mid way between us. But me, Diesel Do and I think Freelaner and some others are in the general area .

yip i'm nearby
where do you fly Will?

Freelaner said:

yip i'm nearby
where do you fly Will?

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Callow bank near Hathersage. Not many club members fly in winter but I got myself winter flying gear last year so maybe I can catch some good westerly breezes over this winter .

markyzs180 said:

errrr...that'll be 18's he's got not 17's!


enjoy it, do all the mods and it will serve you well buddy.


as madhatman said earlier... BEFORE you drive it away, get on your back and get underneath and make sure that the VCU and propshaft are there. there are people on here who have bought cars only to find out later that they are missing. tis an easy way of disguising VCU/diff/IRD problems that can be very expensive to fix....

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thanks i will be on my back having a look!

WLJayne said:

Callow bank near Hathersage. Not many club members fly in winter but I got myself winter flying gear last year so maybe I can catch some good westerly breezes over this winter .

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i be up for a meet one sat or sunday!

is there a way to test the vcr while i at the garage?