jest got a freelander 1.8 v reg to tow caravan

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hidehitow

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:mad:Hi guys well i gone and done it got another caravan 800kg Avondale 4 berth.
And a 1.8 V REG Freelander To tow it, what you think ??.
It has 7 months mot ex tires like new, seems to run ok, probs with it are the guys daughter crunched the rt sill on low wall, so needs new sill, small scrach on door, no dents.
Front windows mec not working right, back exhaust box got small hole in it rest ok.
The guy wanted more but i gave him £350 cash what you think.

he also said that the preev owner also local changed the gasket ?? to the new type.
Sorry guys but i have never had a freelander before so is it :) or :mad:
 
The Mad Hat Man said:
have you got both prop shafts?




Are there still fairies at the bottom of your garden?
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the guy said 4x4 working fine, how can i chek , help have i done wrong guys am i :crazy: geting this, the caravan is verry light at 800 kg so will i get probs towing, the book says up to 2000 kg
 
hidehitow said:
the guy said 4x4 working fine, how can i chek , help have i done wrong guys am i :crazy: geting this, the caravan is verry light at 800 kg so will i get probs towing, the book says up to 2000 kg
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Poke your head under the beast and see if it has both prop shafts. If not, your VCU is toast and someone has taken a short cut to keep it on the road.
 
to check the propshaft lay on the floor and look under the car you will see a thick tube runs from the front to the back with the black VCU in the middle putting some details in the Freelander section may be of some help to you if your still not sure lay on the floor and take some photos and upload to the Freelander section

i have herd that the 1.8 are the most unreliable of the Freelander's but you could say that with any car if you look after the car well and keep it serviced and do the cooling mods you should be and for £350 isnt the end of the world
 
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it was cheap. thats good
yu have joined the most knowledgable site to help with any problems. thats good
do a search for freelander problems - there are lots.
yu have bought the runt of the landrover litter. thats bad.
 
matt1295 said:
to check the propshaft lay on the floor and look under the car you will see a thick tube runs from the front to the back with the black VCU in the middle putting some details in the Freelander section may be of some help to you if your still not sure lay on the floor and take some photos and upload to the Freelander section

i have herd that the 1.8 are the most unreliable of the Freelander's but you could say that with any car if you look after the car well and keep it serviced and do the cooling mods you should be and for £350 isnt the end of the world
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Thanks jest looked unerneath, ok there is a propshaft running from front to back like the old 1960 cars or rear wheel drive lark.
 
is there a big donut like thing in the middle? thats the VCU. check it. test is in FAQ section. check it regularly... it can ruin your transmission completely.
 
the guy told me that it has had the new type gasket kit fited by the prev owner and he has a pub so may pop over to his pub to ask Qs about it
 
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