1. longdog

    Freelander 1 Manual gearbox gasket plug

    Doesn't have any type of seal on the manual box.
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    Bleeping when starting?

    Disconnect the car battery, reconnect it, and recalibrate the rear window as that can beep.
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    Bleeping when starting?

    Try your other set of keys.
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    Webaosto Wiring

    1 - from clock, remote, or manual switch on without engine running 2 - diagnostics 3 - from outside temperature sensor for auto switch on, or manual switch, on with engine running 4 - to relay to operate cabin heater fan when a certain coolant temperature is reached 5 - summer switch, just...
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    Freelander 1 Suspension

    2006MY Td4 and V6, including sport, have a gvw of nearly 500kg and rear axle weight 250kg higher than previous models, with Microcat listing different suspension part numbers for those models than previous ones.
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    Thermostat mod TD4 auto (facelift)

    I think the pre made £58 Rover 75 one has different sized inlet and outlet, seem to recall someone on here fitting one The spec yourself one from the same company is £65.
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    Thermostat mod TD4 auto (facelift)

    Are the inlet and outlet different sizes?
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    Any Radio experts out there?

    Just found this, not as simple as I thought, http://www.aulro.com/afvb/communications-car-audio-electronics/176823-adding-selectable-aux-input-single-cd-player-visteon-6500-model.html
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    Any Radio experts out there?

    Has the head unit got a source button to toggle between radio, cd, aux. If no aux shows, go into the menu and see if can can find an aux input setting and turn it on. Usually it's the blue mini iso connector that is used...
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    Freelander 1 Handbrake system - difference between <2001 and >2001

    The hand brake adjuster is not in the rear brake mechanism, it is under the cubby box. Slacken the hand brake adjuster right off, then adjust the shoes up correctly through the hole in the backplate. Then set the handbrake cable adjustment.
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    Freelander 1 Handbrake system - difference between <2001 and >2001

    Rear brakes pre and post 2001MY are different. https://www.famousfour.co.uk/new_parts/partslist?veh=freelander&sec=brks&sub_sec=drums https://www.famousfour.co.uk/new_parts/partslist?veh=freelander&sec=brks&sub_sec=shoesprings...
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    Freelander 1 Handbrake system - difference between <2001 and >2001

    There is a thread on here about rear wheel studs snapping if you fit early alloys to later cars because the rear drums are different. This difference in front and rear brakes has been known about for over 15 years.
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    Td4 Thermostat Replacement - The Way To Do It!

    Just do as described in this thread, but undo the water pump bolts instead of the 'stat torx bolts. 24mm combination spanner for the belt tensioner. You're supposed to remove loads of bits so you can get behind the engine to remove the bolts holding the coolant rail to the block, so you don't...
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    Td4 Thermostat Replacement - The Way To Do It!

    You could take the whole water pump/thermostat assembly off, allan headed bolts. Pump to block gasket about a fiver. I found it easier when I changed a water pump than when I changed just a thermostat in situ.
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    What have you done to your Freelander today

    Fit a new window regulator, might get a repair kit, wire and plastic bits, and see how easy they are to fix.
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    Freelander 1 second button on speedo

    It toggles between degrees F and degrees C on cars with an outside temperature display, North American market only.
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    Td4 Thermostat Replacement - The Way To Do It!

    http://www.island-4x4.co.uk/thermostat-pel100570lg-p-3760.html You will also need the o ring it mentions.
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    Webasto Fuel Pump Dosing Pump

    Webasto thermo top c, as fitted in Freelanders, are often fitted in boats to heat radiators.
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    coolant reservoir question

    Get a bluetooth obd2 reader and app on your phone, and find out what temperature your engine is running at. The stat should open at 88 degrees, about 5 miles, 10 minutes, on both mine. Have changed stats and water pumps on td4's, not hard at all, just takes about 3 hours.
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    Freelander 1 Possible to do away with the VCU?

    It was Westfield and Caterham that used the Freelander diff, fast road/track day cars that would benefit from a LSD