tinker all you like.....if it walks like a duck...and talks like a duck...then chances are its a duck! all be it a duck with a broken IRD

unless your planning on fitting some very aggressive off road tyres or the 24 spliners are very cheap and you fancy a bit of work doing the swap then i wouldnt bother........

on an X you should be clear of chassis/body rot.....but in a nutshell check all the bits were suspension meets chassis...the rear cross member(the big bit under the rear door)....then its bulk head rot from inside the engine bay and down in the fotwells inside......have a luck at the engine oil...

nah......the IRDs are suspect on them! good luck.......im off to walk the hampster!

crying isnt actually a recognised fix on the freelander.....kicking/jumping up and down whilst swearing have also been tried but also found to be ineffective.....therefore your back to that well known fix of'throwing ££££££££££ at it'....this often seems to work in the short term....i feel for...

brill.......and at the risk of showing you how to suck eggs remember that youve a aluminium roof so a mag mounts out lol

thats why i said a wheel bearing and an IRD are two different animals.....and from what you wrote then it sounded to me like an IRD.....sadly its a common fault(design fault?) that most seem to suffer from(that and over heating/head gasket) but at least you now know what your looking at before...

havnt the time to explain in here lol but this may be of some help/point you in the right direction Ashcroft Transmissions Fixes to the Freelander then when your sorted and its ready to sell,give me a shout and il point you in the direction of a defender dealer lol

gaylanders have a little doughnut on the drive shaft to the rear....IRD and these are so infamous are breaking down that il bet their even on obamas'to do list'whilst hes putting all the worlds troubles to rights.......but even he cant sort the freelanders IRD troubles.....but a wheel bearing...

cb radios work on line f sight as they are FM,therefoere the higher you mount it the better your range.....if you look at my foto then you can just see mine upon the light bar,great reception blah blah blah....having said all that then in the real world i rarely find that friends etc when out...

swapping from a scooby to a 90 eh.........youl notice a huge difference in performance...but if you take it steady then you should soon be able to handle it :welcome2:

just reread your thread.....'chop it in afterwards'..are you mad?! lol.....if they are rebuilding your engine(or replacing it with a new unit)then the last thing you want to do is change the car for another unknown vehicle....so id ask them to look at the costs again(in fairness to them it is...

i wouldnt do anything until i knew exactly what damage has been done.....and then id want to know the likely cause.......but for them to condem the whole engine then something major must have 'let go'inside so this to me points at either a timing chain(unlikely)or the engine hydraulicking and...

working on the theory....if it hasnt got it then it cant break......then the TDi is the one to get,added to the fact that landrover still makes the TDi for what they call'the rest of the world'...as they can be fixed by a bushmonkey with a big hammer as opposed to paying a guy with a laptop then...

an 'etch primer'

mines been up there over a year now........no probs,and ive uprated bulbs in the headlamps and A bar spots too

again.....its hard for anyone to say how long a £500 engine that theyve never seen/heard run is going to last.....as for how long to change....id say a garage would bill a days labour(doesnt have to be a LR specialist)though youd be silly not to have a clutch fitted whilst the engine is out.

bad experience? im only speaking as a buyer/seller of 4x4s....mainly landrovers,the guy asked advice and as i aint wearing rose tinted specs i gave an answer......ive no doubt all the RR owners in here will go ballistic over my comments.....but if you read through the RR section(which i...

thinking about buying a p38? then before you do try this......take the keys to whatever your driving now and ask your neighbor to keep them for at least a week.....this will give you time to see how'public transport works for you'......then at the end of the week give the neighbor at least £500...

then thats a choice only you can make........buy another'disco'for £3k.......or spend £3k on the one youve already got if the rest of the car is worth it and your planning on keeping it a while. When my crank went last year then for me it was a 'no brainer'...i bought a brand new crank(not a...