I'd love to be able to dim the instrument lightning when driving in dark. It's very bright actually.

The company in Finland is this one: https://www.polarautovaruste.com/c327-verhoilusarjat-istuinsuojat-fi.html My seat covers are those Art Pipe style. 315€ per both front seats.

I bought custom made seat covers for my FL1 TD4. These are from local company in Finland. I'm sure there are similar companies in where you live also.

The first deer hunting trip for this season. Freelander drives very nice. Coming back home in dark and found the osram nightbreakers quite good in high beams.

Sounds unbelievable that you can by FL1's under 1000£ there. In Finland (yearly inspection done, like mot) prefacelifts are typically around 2000EUR and facelifts 3000-4000EUR. And these have 200k km's, even 400k km's in odometer. 3 doors are really rare here. Actually found 1 right now on sale.

@Nodge68 Thanks, I'll leave the belt then.

It's about 282 000 km's now and this is not my daily driver, so I don't care if it spends more time in my garage than on the road. Been really enjoyable times to work with it. My first LR ever and super happy with it. Don't know is there any point to change the serpentine belt in TD4? Don't...

Nothing, absolutely nothing. I am actually a bit worried now, because I have fixed all the known issues in my FL1 that I bought last December (drum brakes, wishbones, tie rod ends, clutch, VCU & bearings, diff mount, fuel tank cradle). It has no issues. Maybe I just drive it? ;)

Got it tracked today and it drives straight and nice again. Important thing to get done if suspension related parts are loosened and/or replaced.

I bought my 2004 FL Sport TD4 in the end of last year and read here about the VCU first time after the purchase. In other 4wd systems there are also weak points that can brake if oil changes are neglected. But stiff VCU taking IRD and Diff with it is of course thing that is not that common and...

Sunday morning coffee outdoors.

New fuel tank cradle in. Wasn't the most pleasant job have to say...Subframe has to come down to get old cradle out and new in. And lot's of rust and dirt in my mouth and ears.

This was definitely done. Wasn't sure can the front mount be removed without taking others loose but it was doable by wiggling it out towards the front. And new one in same way.

Weekend again and I'm under the Hippo. Fuel tank cradle replacement but before that I'll change the front diff mount while the prop is off.

Generally speaking these 1k-3k cars can be anything in terms of reliability. Freelanders are now in the bottom of their value and it is very typical that owners neglect every maintenance and fix if possible. If you find one that has been cared and serviced well despite its age and low value, it...

Preparing the new tank cradle. Gave it a layer of rust preventive paint and on the bottom side facing down I sprayed couple of layers of stone chip protection.

Bolt porn

Didn't have anything special planned for this weekend, so decided to do some preventive bolt maintenance :) I'm doing the fuel tank cradle replacement some time in the future. Wanted to try to get the rear subframe bolts (4 x 18mm) out. They were relatively easy actually, no rust at all. Took...

Drove the car (FL1) on ramps and gave the rear subframe bolts (4 x 18mm) a wd40 bath and brush. Going to try take those out tomorrow just to see. Should change the rusty tank cradle but don't have the new cradle yet.

Thanks for the tip.