candyshakes
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Hello all!
Just bought a 2012 Freelander 2 TD4 Diesel SE a couple months ago. Car has good service history, only driven 130,000km.
1. I'm trying to change coolant, but can't undo any of the 6 bolts for the front undertray. Tried to hammer out rust, heat up bolts, spray with WD-40, different wrenches, etc. Can't even get any to turn 0.00001%. All 6 are jammed. Starting to wonder if this is normal? Spent 2 hours trying to undo any of the 6 bolts and got nowhere. Bolts even gaslighted me into watching a wrench tutorial again to see if I was doing it correctly
2. I applied two jack stands to "2" below. Except the one on the front right side of car collapsed into the point a little bit and now the point on car looks damaged and dented into itself. Starting to wonder if this guide below is correct as never had that on a car before. I've seen the Haynes video at 0:37 here:
They apply the stand to a point that's not in the guide below. And completely ignore number 2. I also don't see a number 3 point anywhere so I assume this guide below is not for a 2012 Freelander 2. I also jack the car up at point 1 with my trolley jack, then can't fit my jack stand in point 2 because the trolley jack is in the way anyway, so have to angle the trolley jack sideways and still, the stand barely has room to be placed at point 2. I believe I'm jacking the car up incorrectly, but I'm following the guides/videos 100% so unsure what it is that's wrong. How does everyone else jack the car up?
Thanks for your time
Just bought a 2012 Freelander 2 TD4 Diesel SE a couple months ago. Car has good service history, only driven 130,000km.
1. I'm trying to change coolant, but can't undo any of the 6 bolts for the front undertray. Tried to hammer out rust, heat up bolts, spray with WD-40, different wrenches, etc. Can't even get any to turn 0.00001%. All 6 are jammed. Starting to wonder if this is normal? Spent 2 hours trying to undo any of the 6 bolts and got nowhere. Bolts even gaslighted me into watching a wrench tutorial again to see if I was doing it correctly

2. I applied two jack stands to "2" below. Except the one on the front right side of car collapsed into the point a little bit and now the point on car looks damaged and dented into itself. Starting to wonder if this guide below is correct as never had that on a car before. I've seen the Haynes video at 0:37 here:
They apply the stand to a point that's not in the guide below. And completely ignore number 2. I also don't see a number 3 point anywhere so I assume this guide below is not for a 2012 Freelander 2. I also jack the car up at point 1 with my trolley jack, then can't fit my jack stand in point 2 because the trolley jack is in the way anyway, so have to angle the trolley jack sideways and still, the stand barely has room to be placed at point 2. I believe I'm jacking the car up incorrectly, but I'm following the guides/videos 100% so unsure what it is that's wrong. How does everyone else jack the car up?
Thanks for your time