What have you done to your Freelander today

I started the fred to show the types of stuff we do to our landies


for all those who pay others to work on them fair enough but start your own fred.

removed back side panels, I expected dust but spiderwebs???

painted the rusty back speaker grills in matt black, now back ones match front ones

Tailgate won't open - glass drops fine on the switch/fob, no sound of the relay clicking when I press the handle so suspect its the handle microswitch.

Stage 1 complete, managed to get the tailgate door card off from standing outside and working through the open tailgate window.... got to the screws ok but the angle of the end one (lock side) was a doozy...used a stubby screwdriver with a rubbery handle and an adjustable to start it off ...might leave this one off when I put it back together.

Stage 2 will be an inside job though - to get the handle off

Today I mostly fixed my 3 Amigos with intermittant brake warning light fault, without a scanner turns out it was failing high resistance wise, measured it a few times, and it seemed ok, also on spinning the wheel I was getting good ac voltage .5v to 4v ac.... Today when I checked it, it was fooked, Changed it today for another eBay special £13 and all is well so far.....never had one give me the brake warning light as well.....

Also changed the engine oil and filter with Shell Helix 5w/40.

2 jobs down 3 to go:thumbup:

Brack said:

Tailgate won't open - glass drops fine on the switch/fob, no sound of the relay clicking when I press the handle so suspect its the handle microswitch.

Stage 1 complete, managed to get the tailgate door card off from standing outside and working through the open tailgate window.... got to the screws ok but the angle of the end one (lock side) was a doozy...used a stubby screwdriver with a rubbery handle and an adjustable to start it off ...might leave this one off when I put it back together.

Stage 2 will be an inside job though - to get the handle off

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Put 12v on the door lock motor it will pop open then.....I had to do the same but did not have to remove handle:thumbup:

It wasn't the micro switch either with mine

cut a hole in the boot floor to find this, no wonder it cracked so much...

Is this the creaking chasic fault

jedi said:

Is this the creaking chasic fault

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Yes

Hey Guys new to the forum,

So far this week I have changed out the Vac hoses for silicone ones, checked the fuel pressure sensor (that was interesting to get to) tried to start the mods to the rear lighting as the original set up is the most backward idea i have seen in a while. (basically after doing a swap around), and when my new turbo solenoid arrives I can get that changed and get the kick back in my TD4. Next on the list will either be a remap to balance out the injectors (as I have been doing a little reading regarding the occasional blue smoke). So that is my list for the next few weeks before the road trip to Brussels. So any other advice on what to look out for would be gladly received as defenders I am ok with freelanders I am getting a hang of.

Thanks in advance Chaps.

Put a tree in the back.

JC600 said:

Put a tree in the back.

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I assume your getting ready for christmas hahahaha

Not today but yesterday changed, air filter, crankcase filter, fuel filter (the one in the rear wheel arch) and the turbo vent filter, will give it a run today to see if it makes any difference

MGH said:

Not today but yesterday changed, air filter, crankcase filter, fuel filter (the one in the rear wheel arch) and the turbo vent filter, will give it a run today to see if it makes any difference

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Out of the above items , it was the fuel filter change that I noticed a bit more response !

Mine is a bit sluggish after start up so hopefully will sort that out

I changed my Synergy 2a to setting 2. Keeps the power low enough so the clutch doesn't slip under hard acceleration!
Still pretty quick in 2wd.

Took the tree out of the back, but at a different location.

Tidied up the side steps which were looking a little bit messy.

baptista said:

cut a hole in the boot floor to find this, no wonder it cracked so much...

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Just a little crack there! Blimey!

Heard my L series running for the first time in 5 weeks after doing the headgasket. It took a little while longer than planned. Just a few more little jobs to do on it and should be back on the road soon. Then can get my commercial ready for selling

more work on the chassis, ready for welding tomorrow