Thanks, that's what I'm leaning towards, but I was kind of hoping some one could reliably inform me otherwise

Hi again guys, I've got another question / issue that I was hoping to get some confirmation on, and I thought I'd just reply to this as it has all the relevant info on about the car etc I need to know whether it's the GVW of the freelander (2080kg) that matters for plating the trailer, or...

Realised that my towbar electrics have seemingly been professionally bodged... After realising that I had no indication of trailer indicators and with the knowledge that they deffinitely worked, discovered that the wiring loom had been (very well) chopped and rewired to make them work...

Thanks very much for your reply mate :)

Hi all, I noticed on my 2005 TD4 hippo that there was a fair bit of air blowing up (with the engine running) when I took the oil cap off. It didn't seem right to me so I decided the change the crank case breather. Old one was clogged up, put a new cyclone one in (not a genuine BMW one), and the...

Thank you for confirming what I thought, Blue Beasty. :)

Hi all, I'm after a bit of confirmation on what I can tow. I'm fairly sure after spending a ridiculous amount of time researching but I thought I'd ask myself as well.. I have a Freelander (don't hate me) with an MAM of 2000kg. As I passed my test after the 1997 law change I don't have the + e...

Show off! I haven't any :(

Thanks, all :)

Haha thanks! But to be fair, most of the questions about the various problems have already been asked by others, so I won't need to ask them ;)

It's a 55 plate, so a latter facelift. I have done the one wheel up test, although I didn't time it, I wouldn't imagine it would take 2 minutes based on how it felt when I was pushing it round. It was actually just about possible to turn the wheel just by grabbing the tire itself without using...

Yeah I guess it comes down to so many factors, but what I've written about seems like a much less subtle symptom to me than even general tightness :( I've emailed bell engineering as it's Saturday afternoon so I wouldn't expect them to pick up the phone. Would anyone particularly advise against...

Yeah that's exactly what I thought, there's no way it should do something like that, although it was only the once.. Has anyone got anything to comment about the Bell Engineering reconditioned VCU, and their bearings?

Thanks for the replies Well the car is on 98k and there's no record of it ever being changed so I assume it's original. When coasting forwards on full lock (at low speed) there's also the feeling of slight braking, which I know to be a sign of a dead vcu, however my trouble is I have nothing to...

Hi all, I initially thought my VCU was too tight as there is a fair amount of resistance on the full lock reverse (it can do it on tick over but you've got to give it a while with the clutch half up, but once up will go fine). I then did the wheel up test and it seemed to look the same...