What have you done to your Freelander today

Today I treated Budy to an oil change, as it occurred to me that it's 10 months overdue.

Nodge68 said:

Today I treated Budy to an oil change, as it occurred to me that it's 10 months overdue.

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Who's a naughty boy then ? .
I'm 60 next week & despite best intentions I find things like this creep up & whizz past before you know it, that reminds me I forgot to do the dogs flea/tick treatment Wed. (even though I put it on the calendar, doh) so better phone my daughter as we're away as of today.

Andy Warren said:

Who's a naughty boy then ? .
I'm 60 next week & despite best intentions I find things like this creep up & whizz past before you know it, that reminds me I forgot to do the dogs flea/tick treatment Wed. (even though I put it on the calendar, doh) so better phone my daughter as we're away as of today.

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I don't expect the efficacy of the previous dose of the poison will disappear so instantly

Drove my FL2 to Wembley from Cornwall, which took over 7 hours!! However the slow speed was good for fuel consumption.
The range remaining is also showing 400 miles, which means at the current consumption rate, it'll do over 800 miles to a tank.

Replacement of all the rear bulbs, unfortunately when I went to investigate the stalk above the spare wheel the lens on that might've cracked a little.. a lot.. shattered into three pieces when prised with a screwdriver

Does anyone know the part code for the cap that's supposed to go over that bulb? ..And what the bulb itself is meant to be, it's blown up right over the ID

Findings: AMR4104 and a W16W maybe?

andyfreelandy said:

Stripped interior out of new tangiers vehicle. Popped headlining out, stripped, cleaned and recovered headlining. Repaired sunroof slides.

Will give a good clean with seats out before fitting HSE leather.

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I'm a bit behind with keeping up on LZ of late. Don't forget some pics!

Newly blasted subframe
What’s people’s opinion on power coating or good old paint brushing a quality paint on ?
No one will ever see it so cosmetics don’t matter and hopefully this will last a lifetime
The spare wheel carrier is surplus now if anyone is interested?

Dar ran Dar ran said:

Newly blasted subframe
What’s people’s opinion on power coating or good old paint brushing a quality paint on ?
No one will ever see it so cosmetics don’t matter and hopefully this will last a lifetime
The spare wheel carrier is surplus now if anyone is interested?

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I've found the powder coat chips off if impacted by stones, giving an area exposed to the weather again.
I like to use Bonda Primer and then a good quality paint over the primer. The paint will still chip off from stones, but Bonda holds fast, maintaining protection, and because the primer is red, it makes spotting stone chips easy, so a top coat can be reapplied.

Nodge68 said:

I've found the powder coat chips off if impacted by stones, giving an area exposed to the weather again.
I like to use Bonda Primer and then a good quality paint over the primer. The paint will still chip off from stones, but Bonda holds fast, maintaining protection, and because the primer is red, it makes spotting stone chips easy, so a top coat can be reapplied.

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My opinion is that too
It will probably never be scrapping over rocks so the most damage it will get is off axle stands and stone chips which is easier maintenance if it’s painted

Dar ran Dar ran said:

My opinion is that too
It will probably never be scrapping over rocks so the most damage it will get is off axle stands and stone chips which is easier maintenance if it’s painted

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Definitely use Bonda primer on blasted metals, as it won't come off. This will be the metal protection medium, the paint top coat is there as look shiny and helps keep water off the primer.

a sad goodbye to my Freelander today after 4 years of ownership as always a bit of seller remorse

Thought you were painting it up ??

andyfreelandy said:

Thought you were painting it up ??

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It for the new one I have just bought same model year but Caledonian blue
very good underneath and low mileage with the change£££ from the one I have just sold it should end up being a really nice one

Ok, good you got another ! I am doing the same with a newly aquired Orange 1.8. Clean, derust, upgrades, rustproof. The list goes on....

andyfreelandy said:

Ok, good you got another ! I am doing the same with a newly aquired Orange 1.8. Clean, derust, upgrades, rustproof. The list goes on....

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It’s in a big unit taking no harm i have spent a small fortune on bits
I am in no rush but hopefully done for October

New money pit
Over the moon with it tbh
Full service tank cradle bottom front arm with poly bushings including diff bushings
Silicone hoses DPH MTEC discs yellow stuff pads so lots to do
And ordered a full stainless steel exhaust
4 week wait for that !
Getting it started soon first rustproofing
And working up
Full set of sport wheels good condition thinking of putting winter tyres on

Drove it - passed an auspicious 'milage' today.

It was late yesterday evening. I drove back home from London, which took a much more sensible 5 hours. I had to stop 3 times to top up the coolant (yes I really must get round to replacing the HG) and averaged 44.6 MPG in total for the 600 mile round trip, which isn't too bad at all.

htr said:

Drove it - passed an auspicious 'milage' today.

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And actually stopped to take the picture

Nodge68 said:

It was late yesterday evening. I drove back home from London, which took a much more sensible 5 hours. I had to stop 3 times to top up the coolant (yes I really must get round to replacing the HG) and averaged 44.6 MPG in total for the 600 mile round trip, which isn't too bad at all.

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Really good mpg shame about the coolant loss

Water injection is a good way of upping the MPG !