Hi freetaz, read that thread and its certainly food for thought. My mrs freelander is or was front wheel drive only (now no wheel drive) as the prop and VCU were simply missing when I bought her the car. That does not mean the probs not the same tho, guess its spanner time and out the IRD and...

Snappers correct, cheap and fast to try and path of least resistance to.

The VCU sit midway down the cars length and central....the rear prop is in 2 halfs one in front off the VCU and one behind it. Disconnect the forward part of rear prop from the IRD and the rear part from the back diff. Then unbolt the vcu and lower it SLOWLY to the ground. Then your hippo is in...

Just disconnect the rear prop and go into FWD mode....then simply drive it....if prob persists then how can it possibly be the VCU ???

Well done for standing up to them ! I sincerely hope the story spreads and they suffer a drop in car sales. Bet they don't learn their lesson.

Thanx freetaz, dint consider the geabox. Will have the lot out by Tuesday tea time and will have some deff diagnosis by then, so guessing gunna get more expensive as will have to put a new clutch in as its silly not to at that point.

The reason its FWD only is it simply was that way when I bought it for the Mrs. 4x4 was not really needed, she had just owned a little pug 206 hdi but it suffered a total brake failure one day. I repaired it (master cylinder) but she had lost all confidence in it and asked for something...

Hi guys, my IRD is busted and im planning on stripping it and repairing/refurbing as appropriate. My question is on ebay theres loads of kits, bearings seals pinions etc etc, does anyone know what quality they are ? any particular seller that's good....or bad ?? Also im only im FWD only so are...

Ok will do, 4 record here Im chesterfield N Derbyshire. :tea:

Ok, will leave the brake switch alone. New plan is, not to buy a used ABS pump but spend the same £40 on the shuttle valve repair kit and remove my existing ABS pump, fit the repair kit then do the by-pass mod refit bleed up and see. :cool: Good idea ? :decision: OH as a PS, it seems the...

matt I always thought the by-pass only applied to discos and hummers, does it also apply to the hippo then ??? If so is there a how to guide on here that will aid a cack handed spanner monkey like me ? Is it worth a few quid to simply swop the brake light switch or is it not going to be that ...

Hi again, for those super tight nuts.....I went to my local MOT centre (run by an old school friend) and got them to use their impact air gun to remove them....grease the threads then refit. I then got them off at home easily. As far as ABS pumps go ive scanned flea-bay and there around...

Mine checks out as no faults on diagnosis equipment. To my mind that means no electrical issues ?? therefore that means a mechanical issue....hence my worrying about the ABS pump. Lots of valves and allsorts there. Im happy its not reluctor rings simply as mine are brand spanking new.

Yes there located correctly, be pretty hard to get em wrong lol. Reading between lines the original poster has done the brake light switch, Ive done the reluctor rings and we have the same problem. The pulling to one side thing is a fault with brakes but MAY be unrelated. The underlying fault...

Hi, no wish to Hi-Jack your thread but I have VERY similar issues as follows. Mines a 99/2000 w plate freelander 1, L-series diesel. I have the 3 amigos shining away, so I took the following action to try to cure. 1 checked the HDC switch, found it with broken wires and the switch itself...

Hi im dave from chesterfield N Derbys, returning to LR after a break. Got a few issues with the hippo :( so will be posting for help... :o