What have you done to your Freelander today

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Andy Warren said:
Hi, hope your keeping well, yeah sure is as it has all the prices as well. I've noticed a lot of genuine bits on flea bay are often over priced & some s/h bits are close to new or dearer ! I always check before buying bits.
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I have zero loyalty to any part seller but i must admit they have impressed me with the speed and price and the warranty
 
Dar ran Dar ran said:
Its better than a rattle can or brush painting and hopefully will be easier to keep than if it was powder coated
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So I've managed to source a replacement which will be arriving tomorrow. I will need to inspect it upon arrival but if it's okay I will be getting it shot blasted, and depending on the price I may get it thermal metal sprayed. There are a couple of firms local to me that do it. If that's too pricey it'll be Bonda primed and I'll paint it myself.
 
Yesterday I dragged mine into our garage as it is currently immobile due to a broken gear linkage.
I have a cheap hand winch bolted to the workbench for this purpose. The drive slopes up slightly to the garage and there is a lip of about an inch at the door. I had the front tyres almost over the lip and was heaving with all my strength on the winch when the cable snapped.
The Freelander shot backwards and I shot after it thinking it would roll right down the drive and out onto the road.
But I had dragged my trailer up behind it after it broke down so the Landrover hit the trailer with a crash, then like a giant Newton's cradle, the Freelander stopped dead and the trailer started to lurch down the drive with me running after it like someone in a youtube "fail" video.
Thankfully I managed to grab the brake lever and stop it before it did any damage. Then I re-tied the winch and got the car into the garage. But I'm now nursing a very painful ankle which I must have strained when the cable broke, or in the mad dash afterwards. So it will probably be next weekend before I can get underneath and inspect the gear linkage.
 
kernowsvenski said:
So I've managed to source a replacement which will be arriving tomorrow. I will need to inspect it upon arrival but if it's okay I will be getting it shot blasted, and depending on the price I may get it thermal metal sprayed. There are a couple of firms local to me that do it. If that's too pricey it'll be Bonda primed and I'll paint it myself.
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I'd just Bonda primer and then stone chip over the top. I've seen Bonda hold of rust for a decade on blasted steel. It's absolutely amazing stuff.
 
I allowed my infinitely better half to drive my FL2 down to Norfolk from Argyll. I cunningly reset the trip computer just before she left so it'll be interesting to see what mpg she achieves. I've been averaging 34.2 for the past couple of thousand miles.
I've always maintained she's a less conservative driver than me. Where I'll read the road ahead and lift off the loud pedal when I see the car in front getting closer, or traffic lights likely to change to red, or a change in the speed limit from 60 to 40 to 30 (20 in Wales), she'll go straight from throttle to brakes.

Update: Well, she made it back from Norfolk so I’ve put the insurance policies back in the drawer.
I’m impressed, she averaged 34.3 mpg at an average speed of 58.7 mph over 860 miles. Mostly motorway miles, but the twisty roads in Norfolk must have pulled the mpg down. She did well (he said patronisingly).
 
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waxer said:
Yesterday I dragged mine into our garage as it is currently immobile due to a broken gear linkage.
I have a cheap hand winch bolted to the workbench for this purpose. The drive slopes up slightly to the garage and there is a lip of about an inch at the door. I had the front tyres almost over the lip and was heaving with all my strength on the winch when the cable snapped.
The Freelander shot backwards and I shot after it thinking it would roll right down the drive and out onto the road.
But I had dragged my trailer up behind it after it broke down so the Landrover hit the trailer with a crash, then like a giant Newton's cradle, the Freelander stopped dead and the trailer started to lurch down the drive with me running after it like someone in a youtube "fail" video.
Thankfully I managed to grab the brake lever and stop it before it did any damage. Then I re-tied the winch and got the car into the garage. But I'm now nursing a very painful ankle which I must have strained when the cable broke, or in the mad dash afterwards. So it will probably be next weekend before I can get underneath and inspect the gear linkage.
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and this is the king of things Ring door bells were invented for 😂
 
Bought a Freelander luggage box
Don’t need it didn’t know they made one don’t know were to put it 🤣
EBay and the boredom a bad mixture 😩
 

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waxer said:
Yesterday I dragged mine into our garage as it is currently immobile due to a broken gear linkage.
I have a cheap hand winch bolted to the workbench for this purpose. The drive slopes up slightly to the garage and there is a lip of about an inch at the door. I had the front tyres almost over the lip and was heaving with all my strength on the winch when the cable snapped.
The Freelander shot backwards and I shot after it thinking it would roll right down the drive and out onto the road.
But I had dragged my trailer up behind it after it broke down so the Landrover hit the trailer with a crash, then like a giant Newton's cradle, the Freelander stopped dead and the trailer started to lurch down the drive with me running after it like someone in a youtube "fail" video.
Thankfully I managed to grab the brake lever and stop it before it did any damage. Then I re-tied the winch and got the car into the garage. But I'm now nursing a very painful ankle which I must have strained when the cable broke, or in the mad dash afterwards. So it will probably be next weekend before I can get underneath and inspect the gear linkage.
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I once had a winch cable snap while lowering a wind turbine (old project).
Thankfully I had warned eveyone to stay well clear before starting the job so no one hurt. In fact the only injury was my B&D Workmate table thing which the turbine landed on crushing it like a tin can and absorbing the impact.
I got lucky that day and it sounds like you did too. ;)
 
Alibro said:
I once had a winch cable snap while lowering a wind turbine (old project).
Thankfully I had warned eveyone to stay well clear before starting the job so no one hurt. In fact the only injury was my B&D Workmate table thing which the turbine landed on crushing it like a tin can and absorbing the impact.
I got lucky that day and it sounds like you did too. ;)
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I have a similar tale of a near miss from a snapping cable. This one could have been horrendous. I was an apprentice in a boat yard that built fishing boats and yachts. We'd just completed a 33ft fast fishing boat and it had been wheeled out of the shed and was being craned onto a low loader to head off for launching. It was about a foot off the trailer when the crane cable gave way and six tons of brand new boat dropped on to the trailer, and the hook came down and went through the deck. There were loads of us nearby and one person on board but luckily nobody was injured.
 
Following on from escapades with rear door not opening and window not going down when wanting to get to tools to put a nice new steering wheel on, did a few maintenance and needed jobs.

Changed the diff oil which had some water in (assuming form the recent flooding and fun) and was like iced coffee. Why they decided to not put a bloody drain plug in the diff...
At least the cover got a good clean

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Just need to find the source of the scary bearing whine at 50 which I think is front wheel bearing.
Just when you think you're problem free....
 
Rank Amatuer said:
I allowed my infinitely better half to drive my FL2 down to Norfolk from Argyll. I cunningly rest the trip computer just before she left so it'll be interesting to see what mpg she achieves. I've been averaging 34.2 for the past couple of thousand miles.
I've always maintained she's a less conservative driver than me. Where I'll read the road ahead and lift off the loud pedal when I see the car in front getting closer, or traffic lights likely to change to red, or a change in the speed limit from 60 to 40 to 30 (20 in Wales), she'll go straight from throttle to brakes.
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Any news on the mpg your better half achieved ?
 
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