Did a 1100 kilometers tour with my 2000 D2. It was a bird hunting trip with my pointer. Diesel consumption was 9,5l/100km, lot's of 100 km/h driving. It's TD5 manual, mild lift and 235/85R16 AT tyres.

Nice cool Saturday morning here, it's bath time for Hippo.

Checked the IRD oil level. Last time was a year ago. This LR must a special edition because it doesnt leak anything. It's also a pleasure to do maintenance when it is not done by professionals but by myself. For example the IRD level plug is not overtightened and rounded.

I think it did work. Even if I have to do this twice a year. New facelift headlight units are several hundred euros per side so 18€ per year to keep those originals clear is really cheap.

The kit had somekind of ceramic UV coating that was applied after polishing. But cheap fix, probably won't last forever.

Did a headlight restoration using Turtle Wax kit for my 2004 TD4. Both headlights had a lot of this cloudiness. Didn't wait that much for a 18€ kit but have to say headlights are really clear and bright now. Let's see how long this lasts.

Both. Lot's of salt on the main roads. Northern Finland has very arctic winters, so there they can't use that much salt (it works only around 0 degrees) but here in southern Finland it is used excessively unfortunately. It is mandatory to use winter tyres here and of course we are used to drive...

That counts for sure. I'm also over maintaining my old cars and they typically pass our yearly inspection we have to do here in Finland with clean papers. Just had both FL1 and D2 inspected in a couple of weeks.

Started to hear very light knocking sound from right front corner when driving slowly on dirt roads. Today investigated and as I guessed it was the drop link; the upper joint had some play in it. My local parts dealer didn't have Meyle HD drop links so had to buy a pair of TRW drop links...

Started to hear very light knocking sound from right front corner when driving slowly on dirt roads. Today investigated and as I guessed it was the drop link; the upper joint had some play in it. My local parts dealer didn't have Meyle HD drop links so had to buy a pair of TRW drop links...

A good well maintained Freelander is a rare thing for sure. Mostly they are abandoned maintenance wise. So if you like it, keep it. I don't know anything better than a car that you have been maintaining and know well. Buying a used car you buy all the other people's problems with it.

Passed our yearly vehicle inspection (equals MOT in UK) with clean papers with my FL1 2004 TD4 Sport.

Short report for this one, happy ending. Ordered new adjusters both side and replaced the old ones. Now the adjustment process described here earlier does what it should do and the hand brake works.

Welded some soft spots on my D2 sills today in hot weather. Needed some cold beers after this job for sure!

Their answer is a bit strange? Why the functionality would be in the ABS menu if it is not supported?

Will do that.

Changed front rotors and pads to my D2.

No luck. Tried multiple times, waiting longer than instructions also. Just came to my mind...I have unplugged (the electric connector) the compressor but that shouldn't affect this?

Yes that's in the ABS menu. Ok, I'll try again tomorrow and wait longer. Thanks.