Christmas greetings fellows, A year ago I bought me a Freelander 1 with the good old (very old) 1.8K cheap - rebuilt the engine cheap & spent a year feeling smug as I the engine purred away & didn't lose a drop of coolant - then, just as I was getting ready to make a smug post about how your...

cut full bore isolator valves into the hot & cold supplies, removed the old mixer, fiited new taps with tees taking a supply off the taps to a thermostatic mixer -used the discs out of an old HDD to make nice shiney cover plates where the new taps went in....no...wait...this is what I did to my...

need to replace o/s drive shaft oil seal on diff. no problem undoing the two tie bars so the wheel & shaft can be pulled away from the diff. Tried prying the shaft out - no joy. I'm tempted to go for the piece of wood/hammer approach next but I'd appreciate a bit of advice first So , could...

rounded the heads on the caliper bolts & eventually fitted new discs & pads - dunno what size those rusty old bolt heads were but a 14mm impact socket and a hammer turn them into 14mm heads LOL Cheers Simon

Dang! That was last weekend but I only saw your post today - would have been jolly nice to link up. Cheers Simon

Loctite 574 ;) Cheers Simon D'oh: shoulda read the whole thread first :oops:

Have a look at this thread Check this page on the Powerflex website ;) Cheers Simon

Thanks for that - sadly the small bush got a bit mashed when the bolt through it worked its way out so I need to replace it. I am still on UKCAF but I haven't been doing any admin over there for a while due to having been rather unwell for a while - getting better though :) Cheers Simon

Anyone know where I can get the bushes - both the large one & the small one? I rang powerflex & they told me they don't do em Cheers Simon

that was my thought too but I'm struggling to find the bushes - could you point me at any? Tried Powerflex but they said they don't do them despite that I see Nodge68 found the right bush here to get back on-thread, tried to remove the front CV joint from the prop shaft with out taking the...

ok, here's the pic Cheers Simon

re-attached bottom tie bar on the engine - had to drive 7 miles home with the engine swinging from the other mounts - the result; front prop cv boot split & cv lub sprayed all around. For now I've stuck in a chopped down M12 bolt I happened to have but it's fully threaded - well the bush in the...

what prompted replacement of the HG? Cheers Simon

In case yer interested - done me HG mid-December - absolutely no coolant or oil loss in the last 4 months ;) Cheers Simon

fitted replacement rear belts - watched a man fit new windscreen. Re-test tomorrow. Failed to replace o/s rear drives haft oil seal because I couldn't release splines on the shaft from the diff :( Cheers Simon

wanting to remove the knackered centre rear seat belt I decided I couldn't be arsed to take the seat apart to remove the anchor bolt so instead I cut through the webbing on the anchor bracket with a razor blade. Obviously whilst doing this I ended up cutting the webbing on the adjacent rear...

is there any paperwork (service history, receipts) indicating HG replacement - it's supposed to be done every 72K. 1. Keep a close eye on the coolant level in the expansion tank 2. check the coolant for traces of sealant additive (e.g. copper coloured flecks around the neck of the expansion...

I bought one of those fly wheel locks - it still sits pristine & unused in the unopened packaging. I paid £22 for it - make me an offer & it can take up space in your workshop :D Cheers Simon

I recently put a new head on my Freelander - after setting the timing to remove the old head I left the crank nut alone until the new head was bolted back on ( but clearly you know about this & why it is important). Once the new head was torqued down I gunned the crank nut off with an impact...

agreed - with the new style switch leave the pedal alone else the plunger will be set incorrectly Cheers Simon