I would try a new master cylinder, mainly because of the ease of fitment and its all you haven't changed, although its too late now, its a good idea to test the clutch works before its all back together, it can be done on the freelander as soon as the ird is back on as you can try turning the...

Black smoke suggest that its fuel related, or getting to much fuel to the air coming in which is what everyone's been saying with turbo and boost hoses, so unfourtunatly I can't really help :D. However I would have expected a fault to be logged if it was over boosting, from past...

I've often wondered about this set up as (only what I've read) the disco block means you get to keep the original mounts on the series and the defender turbo saves a lot of hassle with the exhaust and boost hoses so seems like the perfect set up, I bet it would transform the series though,

The f2 has a steel sump guard anyways? How heavy duty you after?

I've got some of the britpart seat covers and can't reccomend them enough, they fit fantastic, and are properly waterproof

Although some of the f1s only had 4 seats anyways, I would I amagine you would have major issues with insurance ect carrying out a mod like this, just with them being so safety critical, and to do with the actual physical fitting of them they may be too high to fit, however anything is...

What's that in the last picture, is that a supercharger?

The handbrake has shoes that work on the inside of the rear discs, you take the wheels off and pull the plastic plug out and have peer inside, check that the linkage isn't siezed as it is fairly common. If its alright get some spray grease on it while someone works the linkage. Next you need...

How old are your tyres as these can show some very strange faults when old, gave a hell of a vibration and steering shake or the freelander. Also has the front prop been fitted the right way round? I know for the td5s the sliding joint goes towards the tbox but I think it could be different on...

Mine has been doing the same recently and its getting more frequent so I would suspect it needs a fresh belt, I had been green landing few a couple fords and its been more frequent since then.

Mine does the same too, even with fan off if you turn the heat up it bothers it just like you say and dims the headlights for a a second.

Need a new box then.

What other problems you had like I find the f2s to be fairly reliable, they are great though can't wait for them to come down in price.

See what this next bearing does, like they say it might have been faulty parts/faulty fitting, so it should be alright this time, what do u think of your f2? I think they're fantastic vehicles.

I've never changed a f2 wheel bearing while I've been at the garage, however a good friend who works at a different garage has changed three or 4, when getting a new bearings, britpart sell a complete hub bearing, knuckle and the round arm bit that fits the the strut, I can't remember if its...

I'm quite happy when I get more than 400 miles,

Sounds like a bias plate which isn't something you can break by being rough, its more something broken over time and age and probably just gave up when in their hands, you also need to drill rivets out to allow the gear sticks to drop through the floor so that'll be where they're from.

Turbo boost solenoid, its electrically operated.did it die when you put your foot down or started going uphill?

Ideally yes, lifting it changes all sorts of suspension angles, the main difference the caster corrected arms make is the feel of the steering. However I would advise against lifting it unless you really need to as all sorts need changing like brake lines, panard rod and the trailing arms as...