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8 years is pretty good for a battery. The varta brand ones in my bikes are 10 years old, but live in the house over winter and are top up charged monthly. I have two car batteries that will not give out the huge cranking amps needed to turn over the TD4, one is an ex TD4 BTW but power the 12v...

Drivers behind look very surprised when the tailgate glass goes down.

Will hopefully be checking the top nuts this weekend, changing brake pads too, getting a bit thin. Thanks for the tips Singvogel.

Now thats interesting, Andrew. I have noticed that when driving home after covering the odd night for the regular night-man, I drive home, er, a bit quick! This includes speedbumps etc. There is more creaking and mild knocks at low speeds in "everyday" type speeds over poor surfaces or...

I've done all the usual suspects, all front bushes, wishbones, ARB links, checked ARB hasn't moved sideways or bent, TRE's, checked for parts touching etc etc. Upper suspension turret bearing/bush and security of top nuts next, once I've got some time to move the fuseboxes and coolant res! BTW...

Its nearly time to get the bikes un-sorned, but freelander stays ready for those jobs the bikes cannot do, carrying the weekly shopping, taking pooch out on the moors etc. It has been known to snow here in April...........

The 03 one sounds expensive, it's 9 years old. I would want full spec, i.e leather, air con, auto, aux heater, heated front screen, full gen rubber overmats, etc at that price, no questions over service history, in fact, perfect in every way, fully loaded with all options. The 2001 is more...

Looks like my trucker customer was wrong then. Apologies for the post. note to self, do not believe everything you hear over the parts counter................

Had a guy with a 1.8 petrol FL1 come in today wanting a clutch slave cylinder pushrod clip, the one on the end. He says not available thru landrover, have to buy the whole assembly. No you dont! LDV Maxus van, pt no 5319 9007 7 will do the job, £16.31ex vat. If you need one mail order call Steve...

I've done both of my mirrors now. Both pins were broken in each case. I have repaired using a slightly different method to described. 1) Once you've removed the motor base plate, you'll see the broken pins. Drill these out from whichever side works, 3 or 4 mm drill. 2) Put the motor base back...

People who are stationary for any length of time, say more than 10 seconds with their footbrake on, especially at night are both inconsiderate and lazy. The bright hi intensity red light is very annoying and causes dazzle to the driver behind. It is also dangerous, what if you involuntarily let...

I'm well pleased with my Freelander, it replaced a 300Tdi Disco. Have had to be hands on with it, but, that's no different to any other Landrover I've had! Enjoy!

It wasn't that cold here on Sunday when the starting trouble happened. It has been fine since, but true it is warmer. It has always been a perfect starter even on the coldest mornings to date, so will check the gloplugs at the w/e. thanks for all the input so far, will keep thread updated.

Interesting, so did my old 300TDi Auto, 94 vintage! Just occaisionally, usually if not run for a few days, so put down to fuel drain back or vapour lock. Freelander has been fine today, instant start at 7:15am and again at 6:00 pm. Would like to get to the bottom of it though, am rather...

Hi All, I've done a search on bad starting but most people have other symptoms! TD4, 82k, all fiters/oil etc recent, no synergy mod, egr air hose off and blanked, new battery last week, old one died from frostbite! Ignition on, wait a while, hear pumps whirring fine, turn to crank, spins over...