Recent content by Rob Burns

Dear all, MOT guy helpfully noticed my NS rear brake light not functioning - easy job I thought, just a new bulb. But no! Behaviour was: DS brake light on = NS side light on DS side light on = NS nothing DS side and brake light on = NS nothing Confusion, much checking of wires, voltages...

thanks Nodge - I see that LR T4 type devices are indeed expensive - I've been putting off buying one for ages - praps I should .. hasnt anyone simulated one for pc ?

Dear Hippos, When I press unlock once on my remote (on my three door 2005 landie 1) it unlocks just the drivers door. Twice, and the passenger and rear doors are unlocked as well. Cant tell you how many times I've turned the air blue when going to open the rear to find that its locked! :) I...

'05 TD4 : Hydraulic clutch actuator mechanism fluid "leak". A triumph of bad design that results in a car that can't move.

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hmmm - anyone know whats wrong with Bearmach ? website over last few days just has a holding msg. Was thinking of buying a hawkeye. cheers

thanks for the advice Nodge - I will start swapping front to rear every 3k

hmmmmmm the new diff hanger bushes I have to replace the old ones are polyurethane ... not too stiff are they?

thanks Nodge - I have yokahama geolanders on all four corners - would you recommend regular rotation front to rear to even wear ? I will get onto the IRD and check the oil. Diff probably ok you reckon? I'm getting the jist that its pretty robust? cheers

Thanks Andy - I have just the rod - will run that test - 45 deg from where to where on the clock ? [1:30-3 ?] cheers ps NOT sad ! my head is full of that sort of stuff :-)

hey Grumpy - brilliant - thanks for the link - I googled vcu test freelander and got a youtube video ..

thanks - do you know of a way to properly test the VCU?

Thanks Grumpy, the "test" is the one mentioned here and elsewhere: timing the fall of a weight on a lever attached to the VCU - which is also said to be crude (hence the quotation marks) Not long got the car back from loaning it out, been sorn for a while - just done mot and now sorting bits...

Hi all, A rear diff bushing (front one) on my '05 Freelander 1 had gone and the diff was moving - took prop off for MOT - one of the prop support bushings is also u/s.. this vehicle was probably driven like this (not by me) for a few thousand miles - VCU "test" is ok. My question : Before I...

thanks wammers - will do