Can you get enough grip - don't want to start rounding things off?

Thanks - i will have a look around on ebay. The French version of halfords (Norauto) seem very expensive so I am keen to shop around

Thanks. Maybe I will buy some wood and have a go at some home made ramps. I like the idea of all four wheels being off the floor. What a helpful forum. Gareth

Thanks guys - really helpful! Will go out and look for a set. Also on the look out for some ramps (hate working under cars in cramped spaces!) My VCU is on order from Bells - extremely nice people there. Gareth

Just a quickie. I have a reasonable set of spanners/sockets etc but the Torx tools are new to me. I want to drop the prop shaft and fit a new VCU in the coming weeks and know there are some Torx bits at the front end of the prop. I think these are E12? I can get a single socket for this or...

I crawled under mine today to get beter acquainted with the checklist of what to fix. Had a nice run to Toulouse and back over the weekend (500km) and all went well and I got 8 litres per 100km fuel consumption (thing thats about 35 m to the gallon). Nothing urgent going on but my checklist is...

And naively I thought Land Rover would know what they were doing .... Thanks for your offer of testing it. What I had in mind was to replace it anyway over the coming months on account of its mileage (192k km) - I guess I was trying to find out whether this should be done sooner rather than...

Good question as I was sat upstairs in a showroom and the mechanic went downstairs - but he said this beforehand il faut contrôler le contre poids sur le visco et les paliers ............on fait un bilan cela prendra 15 minute Roughly meaning they would check the counter balance on the VCU...

Yes - they do indeed. Very impressed and I am sure I will have dealings with them in the future. Right now it seems my VCU is still doing what it is supposed to do - I actually took the car along to a Land Rover workshop in Beziers and they tested the VCU for me (free). They said it was...

OK great will keep you posted!

Thanks - I will test the VCU tomorrow and suspect I may need to contact you. If you saw my first post in this thread you will have seen the photo of my VCU which has had the damper welded to the rest of the unit. Would you take this as part of a recon exchange or would I need to pay a...

Thanks That's good to know! I may well be in touch with them shortly ....

Thanks that is helpful. I actually live in France which complicates things regarding postage but I will bear it in mind. My first job is to test the current VCU. Thanks again

Thanks for clarifying this. Some people go to extreme lengths to 'fix' things. Looks like I probably need to brace myself for the cost of a new VCU then at some stage.....

Thank you Is this going to do damage - what does the damper do and why would they weld it?

Hello! Just playing with my 1999 Freelander Di 5 door 190,000 Km and enjoying it. Looks nice and tidy and generally sound and I am pleased with it. My first job is to get the VCU tested and I just had a look under the car this afternoon and took the photo here I am not really sure what I am...

I am new on here having just bought a 1999 Di model last week (and enjoying it) I too have been trying to find out about IRD serial numbers and found this on the Polish Rover site (below). Basically someone was looking on ebay for washers for their IRD and found that the ones offered by one...

OK first post on this site! I live in France. I just bought a 2.0 Di freelander 1999 which seems in good nick with a fair amount of service history. This is replacing an old 4X4 jeep cherokee 1991 which is really falling apart everywhere. For me the Freelander is a luxury vehicle and by...