^ as above. Why undo the subframe. Just slacken off the rear mounts, that gives enough swing on the diff to get access to get the front one off and on.

I changed mine recently as I was relacing all the brake pipes. 9 years and at the time about 110000 miles. Must have caught it just in time as they never boiled.

At the hanbrake, remove rear ashtray for access, but wait till you've driven it for a while. Auto adjusters can take a while to fully adjust and your brakes will bind if you have already taken up the play.

Wheel off, big cross screwdriver or better, impact driver for the screw on the drum. Remove grommet on the back plate and use a small screwdriver to wind back the tensioner to allow it over the lip on the drum, turn it the way it is more difficult to get a turn on it. Drum off and I bet the...

Thought i had heard of this somewhere before 53 plate freelander fuel gauge back to front

Bg244 is a fuel system cleaner that you only use as a one off about every 10.000 miles. Redex is just an every day addative that as you say does little. Dont know about syringes on a leak back test?

Correct but they shouldn't create a vacuum in the tank.

Ok mine is a TD4. Cant see why a diesel should be different. Had plenty petrol cars before and never noticed it.

Injectors can come out fairly easily with a bit of care but before you chuck a load of money at a guess put a can of BG244 in the tank, it does clean them. If that doesn't help at least do a leak back test first.

As an afterthought I do remember the alarm going off a couple of times one night around the same time it started, about 9 months ago but never happened again. Perhaps the micro-switch is switching during the night activating it. The part you show is where I assumed the switch is located, could...

I had a fault with the tailgate causing the door open light to be on all the time but it never activated the alarm. Fault rectified itself a couple of week ago for no reason.

The tank is vented, why would you get air sucking in? Perhaps thats why your fuel pump is straining Hippo.

Think you might want to do that a bit more often than the annual service!

The pivit point where the cable joins the shoes have a habit of rusting solid, take the drum off and clean it. I also changed the shoes to Mintex, huge improvement.

Its been around for 5 years now, some with well over 100000 miles, you still dont hear about that many major problems.

Yes but no but.... What?

I'm not saying there aren't, but to elaborate a bit might be helpfull. More than a few on the FL1, although i'm more than happy with mine.

Pressume you have looked under both front seats to see if you have a cd changer?

Yes. I did realise that. A poor attempt at humour.

Guess you want to change the filter to find out. Not going be a wasted job if it hasnt been done in eleven years.