Recent content by JPC1888

Hi Stv123, Thanks for the video, really useful to understand how the system works and gave me a few ideas of things to check. Unfortunately his test rigs are probably a little beyond my ability to produce. I removed some of the PS fluid to see if the system was circulating which it seems to be...

Hi Nodge and thanks for replying. No the reservoir wasn’t changed. I’ll give the pipes a good check tomorrow in the daylight but they seem to be in good order visually as does the pump itself. I’ll see if I can get the bottle off to see what state it’s in. As ever thanks for the advice and...

So my 07 plate FL2 lost its power steering this afternoon. A little bit of background. It had the rack replaced about 9 months ago and I’ve just replaced driver side front wheel bearing and lower arm ball joint (not sure if this could have impacted anything). So it happened suddenly on the...

Hi Guys, So a quick update, and a positive one at that. As I had already removed the HSE’s interior, as I’m scrapping the vehicle, I thought I’d quickly whip the drivers seat out of the SE and give the other one a try to see what, if any functionality was present. As it turns out everything...

Hi all, Just a quick question. Has anyone ever put a HSE interior into an SE? Both vehicles are 2007. I’m looking at putting the the full black leather interior from the HSE into the SE to replace the half and half that’s in there. The black leather is full spec with full electrical adjustment...

That’s exactly the spot, thanks Nodge. Looks like a bit of a pig if all that has to come off to access it .

So, having rectified a couple of issues on my HSE, the Mrs’ SE has decided to spring a leak. We noticed the coolant dropping very gradually over a number of weeks, we kept topping it up (very small amounts). There was no sign of any leak so my first thought was maybe that it was slowly expelling...

Thanks again for all the advice. It was indeed the seals in the rack. Unfortunately because of the gaiters being in a poor state there was a lot of ingress of water and all sorts of other cr@p, meaning a lot of rust inside the rack. So unfortunately it was away with the old and in with a new one .

PS pipes are ok if a bit rusty. The fluid is p@ssing from the rubber gaiter on the track rod, which is in a poor state. The MOT was only done about 2 months ago and I can’t see this much wear happening in that short time.

And just when you sort one issue another one pops up. I’ve now got a big steering fluid leak from behind drivers side wheel . Was getting too dark to inspect properly so I guess she’ll be up on the ramps tomorrow .

On checking again it seems that it was the intercooler hose but came up in searches as boost hose. The one circled in green.

So thanks again. Oil catch tank and associated piping all removed. Nothing but a complete oily mess with the tank (cylinder) seeming to leak back out more oil than it was catching. And spot on with the boost hose. There was an inch and a half split in it. Fortunately the one on my dead FL was...

Nodge68 Thankyou very much for your reply, very helpful and all makes sense. I think I might remove it, main reason being is that I’m not happy with the way it just seems to have been stuffed in. I’ll see if I notice any difference and if it looks like it’s going to cause an issue I’ll stick it...

Can anyone shed any light on this addition to my HSE? My guess is that it’s some kind of moisture interceptor. Inside the main cylinder is a fine mesh wire gauze. It seems to collect quite a bit of oil in there. The long hose in the last pic has a small thumb tap at the end which the previous...

Hi everyone, just wanted to introduce myself as a new guy on the forum. I’m JP, live near Chichester in West Sussex. I’m the owner of 2 LR Freelander 2’s, 3 if you include the dead one. One is a 07 plate HSE and the other a 56 plate SE. As an ex squaddie I was weaned on 90 and 110 Defenders...