shouldnt make noise at all,id be very surprised if you take that a run and its not noisy, i presume you are holding the input shaft from turning and turning one of the output shafts?

i had a 1.8 petrol that did the same thing,but only in town in stop start conditions,a new clutch slave cylinder/master cylinder kit sorted it,i think the constant in out of the clutch was heating up the old fluid and wasnt as effective,

i would be sending that back,its fecked.where did you get it? is it new or a recon? only intrested as thats my next job,another diff my output bearings knackered

ok cheers,i would still like it rebuilt as a spare,so might get my local garage to do it,i take it even though it is the later diff with the bigger bearings a early diff would still fit ie the drive shaft cv joint will fit into the spline in the earlier unit?

as above,when my td4 2002 model was in for its mot i noticed the out put seals on the rear diff leaking oil,drivers side the worse,as i dont always drive it i also noticed a whine whilst driving but thought it was prop bearings but now im not so sure there was a fair bit of movement up and down...

yeh will need to get some kind of reminder sorted and busterbus,yeh we have an hour once the traffics are on ferry to hide cars lol:)

yeh but im the one thats suppose to keep an eye on these things,thats what happens with to many cars i got a bit mixed up with the mot dates lol

took my td4 for mot today passed no probs and no advisorys,oh, but it ran out in january oooops!! misses wasnt pleased about running about in it with no mot,but havent been to mainland since december so ok!!!!

jesus!! fed up reading about freelanders for sale on ebay/gumtree etc about how great they are then"converted professionally to two wheel drive as more economical" bull****!!! converted cause theres a problem with the vcu/ird/diff, and too expensive to fix,always check the prop shafts are fitted...

well chaser you may be right,but i wouldnt tow a caravan in mondo mode,i have had many cars over the years and the td4 is the main family car,my partner drives the td4 mainly and when i told her to take it easy she might notice a difference as the prop etc was off when she came home from work...

if your ,ird,vcu,diff etc all working fine the freelander drives great and is very reassuring on wet round abouts ,driving in snow,wet feilds etc,but i took my prop and vcu off to do the bearings and drove around for a few days in mondo mode,it was ****ing awful and dangerous ,would never leave...

yes,you will need to take out the wooden floor and bulkhead guard all holes for seat belts and seats should be there

well done anguslives,ive enjoyed this post,good luck with your k series freelander and for keeping your cool and geting on with you hgf,certain people on here like to slag newbies off but you fended them off well,respect!!! from another angus

k series was never in a maestro!!

well this sounds similar to what happened to me,i had a spare vcu off a car i new was fine,i left it in my shed for about a year,i needed new prop bearings for my daily use td4,so fitted new bearing to the one in shed to save time,fitted to prop and then fitted to vehicle,same thing happened was...

when did you fit the new front tyres? you should always fit four of the same make.and never put new ones on front only,if you only fitting two fit to the rear and put rears on front,if you do a search on here you will see why

yeh,it looks different,but it was same length and fitted into hub and gearbox ok,but it looks a bit heavier duty,so may be causing the vibration,think i will just get the right one and see if that cures it

this may have been stupid,but my brothers 1.8 freelander s reg 1998 2 door model had a worn inner cv joint ,i had a 2001 2 door td4 that i was breaking,so he took drive shaft from that and it fitted,i have just put the prop shaft back on with new bearings,and there is a bad vibration now from...

i would certainly check the back brakes,mines started doing the same as yours was,felt like i was towing something,checked the back wheels/drums one side was very hot,once cooled down i took of wheel and drum,hand brake at that side wasnt releasing due to siezed arm where cable connects to...

as above,will any other starter from a k series fit the freelander ie rover 75??? or what cheers gus