Now the biggie, the automatic gearbox. I had noticed that when it got warm it would slip between third and fourth. Turns out it's apparently due to a weak part inside that can crack and let fluid through. It's described on this page from the Jatco manual: My gearbox clearly had the earlier...

Time for a few more bits of Geoff's history. I took him for the first green lane run, with the hard back off. Not sure if I was brave or stupid to go without the roof as it wasn't exactly a sunny summer day. I think old hippos look fantastic without the roof. Shown in these photos is a CTEK...

One more for today. The whole interior cleaned up pretty well, just the seats needed attention. I have a Bissell carpet cleaner, so that sucked the farts right out of these seats and got them looking nice again. I really like this pattern, they're a bit worn but this has done 123K miles so it's...

Next job was to tidy up Geoff's rear end - ooh err. Roof bars were fitted at some point but had gone the way of the dodo somewhere along the line, so I replaced the mounts with some nice blanks I found on eBay. And then the door card came off to tidy that up. I wanted to give some vinyl spray...

After a couple of weeks, it was time to get some jobs done. As you can see in the first interior picture, there are no floor mats. Somehow the carpets haven't got too messed up and I wanted it to stay that way, so I got some used rubber mats. I was originally going to get a new set of floor...

Despite owning him for two and a half years, I never got around to posting on here. Don't mention the bobtail I've had since 2017 and haven't posted that either... After juggling cars in 2021 and having an MX-5 as a daily, I wanted a cheap winter car and the masochist in me decided a Land Rover...

Time to do something about my bobtail D1, its gearing and/or engine. 1990 bobtailed D1 with a 200Tdi that seems to be a little worn out, no intercooler and a heavy external roll cage. I fitted an intercooler last year to see how it ran but it just caused it to burn oil with little improvement...

I was going to to the brakes on the Freelander today but it's too damn hot so I grabbed the donor drum instead and finished stripping it to see what I have. Took some work to get the piston out as you said but I got there in the end, and I'm very pleased to say that this piston is the later...

Well I stripped the drum out of my donor box tonight and measured the rings, 1.56mm for the high clutch and reverse clutch. how does that compare to the 80K and 31K boxes? I won't be taking the drum apart any more just yet but I suppose what I do depends on the condition of the piston and if I...

Bought the gearbox on Ebay and picked it up tonight, there was even a coupon to get another 10% off so I only paid £36. I'm assured that all the parts are inside, it certainly weighs enough.

I'm certainly not in a rush so I intend to take it apart and check the friction rings at least, no idea how many miles this gearbox has done. If there's little to no chance of there being an issue with the piston then I probably won't go that far. Thanks again!

Mine is 2002, the box I'm looking to buy is 2004/2005. I'm undecided if I will remove the piston on the donor to check it, seems like it would be the smart thing to do. I will certainly remove my old one once swapped. The car didn't come with much history, for all I know the gearbox could've...

Excellent, thanks. Yeah for the price I think it's worth the gamble, for ease of getting the parts out to rebuild if nothing else. Really intrigued to see if a later box has the old piston or the new one. I have a quick-assembly engine crane if it's too heavy for a couple of us to lift, I...

Thinking of getting a spare gearbox myself to do this, was going to tour the local scrappies but just came across this on Ebay. It's local but I think they've got it down as the wrong name, or have they? Did the JF506E get a model name change at some point or are they just going off an internal...

Thanks both, don't know why I couldn't find any information about it. I'm definitely a newbie when it comes to Freelanders having only owned this one since February. I'll get another set of axle stands.