Recent content by colabear

it is so sad that certain small minded people believe they have reached the pinnacle of their motoring career by owning a landrover..the same landrovers owned by sh?tkickers up and down the country used for feeding cattle and housing chickens, the same ones that bottom all the reliability lists...

ultimately of course, landrover are to blame..if they invested some time and money into build quality, their trucks wouldn't fail so often meaning parts need to be replaced.

stop being so narrow minded and argumentative guys, taxi and 2001ytd4 only have our best interests in mind im sure.. they have helped to bring the matter to our attention. had i wasted money buying one of the mentioned units from the mentioned company i would have taken legal action against...

rear wheels connected to rear diff?? viscous clutch in the prop not locking??

interesting..i think ll my wheels are the same original wheels.. but mine all spin freely when they are jacked up..?? i really cant work it out

of course all vehicles have their problems but locally i know of 4 crv's that belong to neighbours and colleagues and around 9 or 10 land rovers (disco's and freelanders) all honda owners advised me that they never do anything other then service them and change tyres.. one has currently 225,000...

no.. ive just done each individual wheel in turn..one jacked up at a time... would that make a difference?? sorry new to 4x4's and begining to wish i had bought a honda crv..

hi guys..bought my 1998 1.8 freelander, it had a bearing whining noise that was road speed related.. and it felt like a brake was binding. i have just replaced the ird with a recon unit and test driven her with the prop and vcu off. it has no whining but it still feels like a brake is...

hi guys.. finally got round looking at the sunroof on my 1998 1.8 5 door... since i bought it the glass has been stuck up on tilt on the drivers side. the motor is spinning around and making the right actions but it has no effect or movement of the glass and its tracks. managed to get the...

Ha ha!! It's a red freelander, which will probably mean it is the most difficult to change!! She's a 1998 1.8 5 door, manual. Bought it in readiness for the snow so need to get her sorted. Thanks for any help

Hi guys, I have an ird and vcu on order.. How do I remove the ird?? Will it be like removing a gearbox, just unbolt it and remove shafts ?? Thanks for any help as I can't find a how to guide

thanks for that guys... following some research i think it is the vcu..i thought a brake caliper was seized on but a search shows this to be a common symptom of a duff vcu..will drop the vcu and prop to confirm it..will i need to blank anything off when i do it??

just read an artical from bell engineering saying that the actual VCU's themselves only last about 70k and give the same symptons as ive got..thats £300 to swallow!!

yes all 4 tyres same make/size and tread etc

thankyou i will have a look now..are they the end of the world or just a common thing