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    Chassis No.

    I am trying to order a CV joint from Paddocks. The problem is I'm a bit confused with which my car is a YA999999 or a 1A000001. How can you tell? All I know is that it's an X reg freeelander td4. Does anyone know?
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    CV Joint?

    I am getting a noise coming from the front when going around left hand bends. It sounds to me like a cv joint knocking. has anyone had the same problem? How hard of a job is it to do, where is the best place to get the part from?
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    Brake drums??

    I have an x reg 3 door freelander. The wheels that came with the car were steel ones but it came with some alloys. I changed the wheels over some time ago and scrapped the steel wheels only to find out the 16 inch freelander 5 spoke wheels pressed on the drums causing them to bind (obviously the...
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    Td4 Engine mounts

    I haven't had chance to get under the car yet but over the last couple of weeks I have been getting a bit of a clunking when changing gears probably up to 3rd then it seems ok. I am almost 100% this is the engine mounting. I seem to remember reading something about how best to check the mounts...
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    Final Drive seals

    Can anyone help?? Rang the Muppets at the LR parts dept! What a joke they just about new what a Freelander was! I have a slight leak on the final drive(rear transfer) where the driveshafts fit in to it. I looked on the Rave cd and it clearly shows an oil seal and a bit further in a circlip (one...
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    Beefing up?

    I keep hearing from people from people how I haven't got a proper off roader when I tell people that I have a 3 door TD4 Freelander. My question is what improvements can be done to improve the off road ability of my car and beef it up so it looks a bit less like a hairdressers car? Only serious...
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    Fbh Electrical

    Cold weather is here and I was wondering if anyone has any electrical knowledge? My TD4 has a FBH, without spending a fortune I would like to make it remote control or timed is it possible to do anything with either one of these? Single Channel Wireless Remote Control Kit= or a timer not looked...
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    Squeeking noise

    Just in case anyone has the same problem! I posted a thread a while ago re my Xreg Td4 making a squeeking noise at low speed on full lock. As my MOT is due any time now I thought I would take the belly pan off and just give the car a quick check over. Everything seemed tight and leak free so I...
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    Rear diff failure?

    This morning whilst driving into work I noticed a slight clonk on changing gears. I thought here we go again bushes on the rear diff gone yet again! Then once I got on to the works car park I was forced to reverse about 30 metres which was fine until I had to turn at the end then I got a bad...
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    Scrap yards

    Does anybody know of any Scrap yards(Landrover parts) in the North west Wigan area?
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    Fixed a non starter for 4p

    I'm sure everyone knows that I have had problems with my TD4 not starting, well I have fixed it in half an hour at the cost of 4p. Fuel pressure regulator on the end of the Injection pump has 2 7mm rubber O rings. Mine had ripped and was allowing fuel back down the return at too low pressure so...
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    Another Pump question

    HP pump crank driven! How does it work? You have a fuel feed in a fuel out then the feed to the common rail. You have a connector on the back of the pump with a few wires in it. When does it re direct the flow o fuel? How does it know when to divert fuel etc?
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    Injector question

    Does anyone know if the injectors have a fuse or a relay that they use? I know they are controlled via the ECU but was wondering if they had anything and where it is situated? Reason I am asking is the car would start with a bump now nothing since I had the pump out. I am not confident the...
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    TD4 fuel filter

    Yet another problem! As everyone knows I am having problems starting my TD4. Today I took off my fuel filter and second pump. The fuel filter was less than half full so I topped it up to the top, I checked my pump was working by connectng it to an external power supply. I have put both back in...
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    EGR valve

    Why my car is off the road I decided to do some other maintenance. I took off the EGR valve and have never seen anything a crapped up in my life! I am in the process of giving it a good clean. My question is could this have any effect on the starting of the vehicle? Probably not but I am...
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    Common rail pressure

    Does anyone know what fuel pressure is needed at the common rail to start the engine? My car is 1023 kpa before turning the engine over. Does that sound enough?
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    Fuel pump pressures?

    Does anybody know what pressures the rear and front fuel pumps should be putting out?
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    Rear diff oil leak

    Good Afternoon, Can anyone help with the following! My td4 is currently off the road with a starting problem(but that's a different story) I thought I would take the opportunity to check over it, to my horror I found oil around my rear diff especially the drive shafts areas. I have rang the...
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    Starting Problem

    Yasterday I had a problem starting my td4, it started after a few tries. Today it would not start at all. I have had no previous problems(engine wise) I spoke to a relation who suggested a few things to try i.e make sure I was getting fuel to the injectors. He also suggested checking the glow...
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    Noise on lock

    Good Afternoon, Anyone got any ideas with this one? On full lock going slowly I am getting a what sounds to be a highish pitch rubbing sound. It is coming from which ever side I turn. I wouldn't say it is the wheel bearings gone but it does sound like it is coming from that general vicinity...