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    windscreen wipers

    Search for my previous posting, Remove wiper arms, and then plastic panel to reveal wiper motor. Remove wiper motor complete, and then drill out rivets to remove cover. You will find that one of the contacts has burnt out clean reform the contact by bending it, and then clean the track it runs...
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    Glove box cover

    Hi, Anybody know how to remove the lid of the front glove box please ?
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    Fitting CB Radio into Freelander

    Info Sent from teddywood1 Thanks eddie Hi this is the way I run the coax through the door without going over the door seals first of all is to take the door card off there are 4 screws right at the bottom take these out then pull the door card upwards and out wards. Then from the...
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    Fitting CB Radio into Freelander

    Thanx Duncans
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    Fitting CB Radio into Freelander

    Thanx both, Mines the facelift model so no rubber mat.....sunglasses cubby is my favourite, if I can find out how to remove the liner
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    Fitting CB Radio into Freelander

    Mick 1986, I will be mounting my aerial on the rear door by means of a hatch mount which bolts on the side of the door. Have sent a PM to Teddywood 1 to ask for help in feeding cable through. Have not decided yet whether to mount the cb in the sunglasses cubby or the drivers side glovebox.
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    Fitting CB Radio into Freelander

    Hi, Picking up on this old thread, could Teddywood 1 tell us how to feed the aerial wire through, and also how does the sunglasses holder come out. I have taken the rings out, but it still seems as though the liner is attached to something - don't want to be too rough in case its damaged Peejwee
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    AA breakdown renewal.

    I have noticed for the last two years that the AA's renewal quote is extortionate, but after a phone call they very quickly drop the rates. I basically have the full package, wifey, recovery, homestart and breakdown insurance etc and have saved £130 for the year. Do the same with your insurance...
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    Screen Wiper Problems

    There's a great post on the forum LR4X4.com entitled :intermitant wiper parking problems : posted Aug 6th 2011 by phil-w should tell you all you need to know
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    Screen Wiper Problems

    Yes on my 06 adventurer. it is a contact on a secondary(park) circuit, which you may have cooked if your screen was covered in snow / frozen. You need to remove motor, and the contact is under the cover. You may be able to clean and reform the contact if lucky. If not its a new motor about £40...
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    Rear wipers staying on

    Yep, Same thing happened on my 2006 adventurer. Chap next door sorted though, as he worked at Lucas when they existed! Turned out to be a micro switch on the wiper motor, it tells the system where it is on the stroke...if its not working the wiper motor doesn't know where it is, so keeps going...
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    Boot side Panel fixings

    Thanx both, part numbers appreciated
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    Boot side Panel fixings

    Hi All, Does anybody know where i can get replacement "t" shaped Boot side panel fixings, or at least the captive square block that fits into a bracket behind the panel, as i have two that have snapped off Thanx peewee:confused:
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    Rear Brake Noise

    Annica, do you mean the handbrake releases with a clonk...it may be handbrake linkage seized.
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    Rear Brake Noise

    New brake shoes didn't cure it, however eventually my mechanic friend found the cause. Whilst putting great pressure on the brake pedal when the car was stationery, their was a cracking / creaking noise from the brakes this made him investigate the action of the brake, and found that the...
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    boot floor wet

    Try spraying some dash shine silicone on the rubbers - read somwhere that this seals it
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    HELP: Tailgate window stuck down

    Micro switch within the wiper motor ! There are two one to tell the motor the windows up and the other down.
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    Rear Brake Noise

    I. or rather my mechanic friend has solved mine too. It appears that the brake shoes that he was supplied with were too hard a compound, and would not bed in. the supplier swopped these for some bosch shoes and to touch wood They are noise free....fingers crossed.
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    Rear Brake Noise

    Mine has got worse, every time you brake it sounds like a loud throbbing squeek / creaking noise in time with the road speed. Have had drums off (changed one) can't see anything rubbing, greased backplate, WD40 the rubber bushes, but nothing stops it. doesn't seem to do it if you pull up...
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    Rear Brake Noise

    Hi Creeeg, Did you ever sort out your brake problem, as i have the same sort of noise too....sending me mad!