What have you done to your Freelander today

Nodge68 said:

I'm an avid YouTube user so I'll check some HHG stuff out on there too.
Cheers.

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I am receiving a recon A/C pump over the weekend, a friend is bringing it over from the UK. Does anyone have any experience of fitting one or are they a real pain in the derrier? all tips and advice welcome for this, my weekend project.

The compressor?
I've had mine off my V6 and it was straightforward but involved removing the engine mount and aux. belt which is time consuming, but the system should be evacuated and recharged by an A/C specialist to avoid environmental issues.
It will need the specialist to recharge it regardless

Rich in Vancouver said:

The compressor?
I've had mine off my V6 and it was straightforward but involved removing the engine mount and aux. belt which is time consuming, but the system should be evacuated and recharged by an A/C specialist to avoid environmental issues.
It will need the specialist to recharge it regardless

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Thanks for that Rich, mine is a 2003 TD4 Mk1 BMW Diesel motor 3 door so I don't know if there is a huge difference between yours and mine,. The aircon system has already been vacuumed out by a specialist after they tried to do a recharge and found the pump was dead. I managed to find a recond pump for £50 INCLUDING DELIVERY to a friend in Scotland who is coming over to France next weekend. The transport costs from the UK to France often double the price of the item. There are a couple of questions however, firstly do you have to use any kind of thread sealant on the connection between the pump and the pipes and do you have to put any oil in prior to recharging. I know that the machine they will be using at the specialist automatically doses oil but I wondered whether a small amount needed to be put in considering it is a dry recon pump. Any tips from yourself and this forum will be greatfully received as I will be doing the swap this Sunday. This is the company I found for the pump, they ship worldwide. .http://jbs4x4.co.uk/
cheers
Paul

If there are O-rings on the hoses make sure they are in good condition, other than that I would not use any sealants as any sealant that gets into the system could cause problems. If there are leaks the tech can sort them out when he refills the system.
Being in Canada I know what you mean about shipping. It is common for parts to cost me more in shipping than the cost of the part, particularly with heavy stuff like a compressor. It sounds like you got a very good deal on that one!

Paulindre said:

I managed to find a recond pump for £50 INCLUDING DELIVERY

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I threw a perfect AC compressor away a couple of years back. There wasn't any answer to the ads I posted, so off to the scrap man it went.

At least you found one at a sensible price.

Added some black badges and gloss black lettering to the front.Comma diesel magic/manifold clean which I done a week or so ago seems to have sorted the smoke on a cold start.still waiting for a few more bits to turn up but she’s getting there.

Customer complained of noisy brakes!

htr said:

Customer complained of noisy brakes!
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Wow I have never seen the likes of this! what is the rest of the car like?

Changing the subject slightly, when I upgraded the turbo filter I pulled out the big air filter behind it. It was not too dirty but I found that the white outer fabric cover just slipped off. I did a little test and found that this cover is washable and the paper filter under it was still quite clean so I blew out the paper filter from the inside with the compressor and washed the white outer cover in detergent giving it a thorough rinse and drying it off . It came up like new. In the middle of France it not that easy to get bits, if you can find them they are an arm and a leg, if you buy from the UK the cost of postage slaughters you. Some sites are charging £25 to post an oil filter. I am now ordering in advance and getting them sent to friends in the UK, usually free, that are coming over here. If there are and LR owners here in France that need bits give me a shout and I can add them to my list, providing it is not an engine, gearbox or some such bulky heavyweight items that won't fit in the overhead locker of an Eastjet plane.

My A/C compressor arrived today through visiting friends who drove down from Glasgow, does anyone have any tips on fitting one. It cost £50 including delivery to Glasgow and was sold as reconditioned. I will have a go at fitting today and having it recharged tomorrow.

Paulindre said:

I found that the white outer fabric cover just slipped off. I did a little test and found that this cover is washable

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Lots of people remove the fluffy filter cover as it's actually very restrictive to air. I take it off as soon as I open the box it arrives in.

In my case the outer covering is not fluffy, I have no idea where the previous owner obtained the filter but I rather suspect it was changed during the last service in Greece so it is very likely made out of a pair of Grans old knickers like the oil separation filter I found. Hmm and I thought the stains on the filter came from oil, but on reflection........

Took the Freelander in for its 6 monthly WOF (MOT) today.

I knew a brake light was out, so stopped off at the parts shop to get a bulb. Fitted it in the carpark, tested the tail light OK, but needed help to test the brake... the first car to drive past was a D Sport which was amazing cos I've only seen about 3 or 4 of them over here. Anyway, the fella driving it confirmed it was working so off I set for the testing center... realising about 1k down the road that I'd forgotten to screw the light fitting back in

Anyway, it failed on the front brakes and NS tyre - both of which I was basically expecting. I've already got the pads sitting in the garage, so no issue there. Just tyre(s) to sort out. Which got me thinking, I have a parts car, so why not raid it. It has a couple of tyres with loads of tread on and good nick, so I'm planning on using them. Question is, they are on a 2001 car's 6 spoke 15" rims and mine's on the '99 5 spoke 15" rims, is it OK to run the different rims on the different axles rather than getting the tyres swapped over? The car's 2WD so I have no problems with tyre mismatch.

nothing as of yet but i do plan on trying to get to the bottom of the dam window issue i have grrr

GrumpyGel said:

Question is, they are on a 2001 car's 6 spoke 15" rims and mine's on the '99 5 spoke 15" rims, is it OK to run the different rims on the different axles rather than getting the tyres swapped over?

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It'll be fine, but will look odd. When you swap to the later wheels, you can use the vented discs off the later car too.

Nodge68 said:

It'll be fine, but will look odd. When you swap to the later wheels, you can use the vented discs off the later car too.

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I thought it would be, but wanted to get 2nd opinions. Agreed, it will probably look strange, but there again, might just do it for the crack! I didn't even realise there was an extra spoke on the later cars for years, even after getting the parts car, I had to go check the 2 cars one evening when it was mentioned on here and was amazed I hadn't seen the difference before! So will be interesting to see how obvious it is on the same car

I did think about it being a good time to swap the brakes over, as I'm also thinking the calipers could probably do with changing - but I'm not sure on the ones on the parts car either - it has been sitting for a couple of years now.

GrumpyGel said:

I thought it would be, but wanted to get 2nd opinions. Agreed, it will probably look strange, but there again, might just do it for the crack! I didn't even realise there was an extra spoke on the later cars for years, even after getting the parts car, I had to go check the 2 cars one evening when it was mentioned on here and was amazed I hadn't seen the difference before! So will be interesting to see how obvious it is on the same car

I did think about it being a good time to swap the brakes over, as I'm also thinking the calipers could probably do with changing - but I'm not sure on the ones on the parts car either - it has been sitting for a couple of years now.

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Just make sure the same rims are on the same side and no one will ever notice.

Alibro said:

Just make sure the same rims are on the same side and no one will ever notice.

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Except from the front or back, where the offset might be noticed by someone really keen eyed.

Nodge68 said:

Except from the front or back, where the offset might be noticed by someone really keen eyed.

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Only you would spot that one mate.

Alibro said:

Only you would spot that one mate.

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lol