I was a teenage hooker 😲

Traded it in for a 2020 Disco Sport 6 months ago 😉

Agreed. We have (relatively) big panels on our campers (340w) and they kick out quite a lot of power when the conditions are right and although we replace the house batteries every 3 years, the starters that they also charge last double that...

If there's no charge controller between the solar panel and battery, the voltage will climb high enough to boil the battery. Even a cheap Chinese £10 charge controller will prevent battery damage...

That must be all those years playing in the front row for Scotland ;) 1 of our mates is an ex professional rugby player, huge bloke, but walking on artificial joints these days. I'm doing fine. Keeping in good health, but still grumpy mind...

Good to see you Watty, I hope you are keeping well.

No idea what it should look like. But agree, don't look right !! Is it a bearing or should it be a bearing ?? Looks like a J cloth to me 😀😀

If you insert the key and wiggle the steering wheel as you turn it, I'm sure the key and steering wheel will turn. That's the way steering locks on that and previous generations of cars have worked. The immobiliser does not stop the key or...

If you put the key in the ignition you can release the steering. Yes it has an immobiliser, the key needs to be in the ignition - but the immobilier doesn't lock the steering - it will just stop the engine cranking or starting and a LED will...

Taking a break is often the best plan. I've taken 15 year break on some of my F1's problems :D

I know nothing. A search looks like it might be the axis gyro gadget thingie.

It doesn't take much to find it... https://www.lrdirect.com/kkh102260-rod-assy-tie

Yesterday I had the wheels aligned. The nearside rear was a pig as the suspension is all original on that side but the guy used Oxy to heat the nuts and they moved easily. All the rest had been loosened before so were not too bad but the job...

Front wheels balanced and all vibration at totally legal road speeds now gone 💪

There are lots of threads on here about the 'center engine mount'. Its a tie bar that bolts between the subframe and the IRD bracket which itself is bolted to the engine. There are a couple of types (IIRC rounded and hexagonal ends being the...

I agree the immobiliser chip is in the key not fob. So maybe they expect you to have the original key rather than getting 1 cut or replacement key and barrel. However, it does say... If you cannot start your Freelander this replacement key fob...

It has been discussed on LZ before a few times, here's a Google search listing hits...

This seams to imply it is for both alarm and immobiliser, however, it may just be the alarm. worth checking though... https://www.remotekey.co.uk/shop/land-rover/freelander-1/land-rover-freelander-1-key-fob/

I agree, the TD4 is a great all rounder. The feeling I get is that the I6 would be expensive to run and parts, the I4 would be better being a Ford engine but don't think they were available in UK and would only be at the tail end of your year range.

2.2 TD4 in the FL2 👍 Perfect - plenty of grunt

I think you will have to get a key and remote from a LR garage who can program it. Failing that you are going to need to get all sorts of bits from a breakers. Which bits depends on the year. Mine has the immobiliser chip in the fob, not the...