My Front nearside was destroyed still partly on but mostly ripped off, passed MOT, not even an advisory 😂

Which tensioner? I have recently been doing my tensioners depending on what belt you mean and what model of Freelander you have it changes. There is the cambelt pulley tensioner of which the bolt is recommended to be replaced when undone anyway so may as well send it home if it is stuck 😂...

Yes this! I Broke so many LED Sidelights before I found out what was killing them, granted it was not on my Freelander but LED's are LED's

How are the gas bonnet struts? I have been looking at those for a long while now and really tempted to get them. Do they hold the bonnet nicely without drooping or bending? I got a cheap £35 pair for my Daily Nissan and they were completely Dog S***e

My thought was as i can't see the splines on the Gear box I'm thinking of getting an endoscope then looking through the starter hole to align it correctly. Thoughts?

Used a clutch alignment tool to get the clutch plate aligned with the pressure plate and bought oem parts so they should fit? I guess more shoving is needed haha!

So we got this going, Engine was removed and we started the conversion on the replacement engine. For anyone wondering there are a few things for a wasted spark to distributor conversion and I'll probably make a separate thread with a lot more detail but the distributor valve cover MUST be...

Nice Job, doing mine today, Your Sunday night to Monday morning? Me personally would get a s*** load of brake clean a wire brush / sponge and go to town on the engine around the gbox mounting, looks like but hey, like it to be shiny 😂

Let me know how the clutch goes, doing my one tomorrow!

This. As long as you are replacing the ball joint these take 'em out in mere seconds. Hammer it in. Hammer it down. Done.

Hey Yes it is, it goes on the clutch fork with some moly grease on the contact points, once the gearbox is out it takes about 5 mins to replace assuming this is a manual gearbox of course. Check the gearbox splines for play (up and down, side to side) if it wobbles, welcome to new gearbox town 😂

If you're removing the driveshafts I'd replace the c clips on those but you're right the ird main seal needs to be done and personally while you're there is do the throwout bearing and clutch fork they don't fail often but they are cheap to replace so might as well while you are there.

Hey! You'll be glad to know I got a clutch anyway 😂 managed to get a kit on clearance for £75 which is bearable so that should work. Thanks! Will use the crank pulley I got as a spare I am under the impression they rust out quite often? or at least that is what DMGRS tell me? Edit: I believe...

Problem is I don't have an impact strong enough to get it off out of the engine and those cost £200 upwards or about £60 to rent one which I don't even get to keep it. Just with the tools I have at the moment it makes the most sense

I have ordered some more parts for the engine they aren't in the picture but new spark plugs have already arrived, is there anything else I can should renew while I am there? I would do the clutch but with everything I don't have another £100 for the kit from DMGRS But ultimately I don't want...

Hey I think it can but the part the rotor arm sits on I believe is press fit in so it would be a right pain to get out of the current cam especially now its out of the carrier

Really working up a sweat today in this very hot room, decided that the cylinder head and tools would come with me to the computer today to remove the old exhaust camshaft from my broken engine as the brand new second hand one is a post 2001 model so needs to be converted from the wasted spark...

Air Fuel Spark Timing The 4 things any engine NEEDS to function outside of silly electronics I would recommend testing each part you can test air by putting your throttle to the floor when starting the engine and you can test fuel by spraying some form of combustible fluid into the air intake...

Pretty sure having done what I have on this car, I think mechanically wise I have touched every bolt other than silly ones like at the back of the dash, done full brakes > Rear diff and diff mounts > engine mounts > Gearbox > Propshaft like 6 times > Drive shafts > front sub frame > lift kit >...

Hey all. This is becoming a big post and it is only starting 😂 Tonight I got the engine out, the engine crane has not arrived but we do it anyway until we putting the other engine in but came out nice and smooth with no major hiccups may need to re-wire the alternator plug (Not the thick...