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You've got it. Front fogs were only fitted to models that also had automatic lights, and headlamp washers too. Auto headlamp switches also controlled the back lights of the Ipack, changing the brightness in relation to how much daylight is in the...

Started fitting a new air con fan motor on my son's Td5. Bit of a faff as he has front spot lamps and all the fan housing screws snapped. Just soldered the wires today and will refit the spot lights once I have painted the mounting bar. Oh...

Agree with Sierra, those DTC's don't really mean anything. Have a good look around starter, just beware of live wires ! Can't recall the part name but I had the ignition barrel fail on mine which resulted in non start, but this was a gradual...

Unfortunately you can't rely on those fault codes cos Foxwell is not reliable with the Td5 engine management codes that's a verified fact, first of all this has nothing to do with the engine management or fault codes and if you unlocked with...

My favourite saying, start where it stopped. Check all connections and hoses around the MAFF and air intake are secure. Can you hear the pump when you first turn ignition on and do you of course have diesel in tank ?

So, I had to move the old Disco so I could do some strimming, but found the key fob wouldnt open the doors. Luckily one of the rear doors locks is knackered, so I still had a way in. None of the fobs would open the deadlocked doors, so found some...

Well, at least you know.

That's a valid point. If you're fitting cheap parts you want to be paying cheap prices.

I fitted the black 'Britpart' ones without issue.

I bought my 2008 FL2 on Sunday, heavily discounted because it failed WOF (like MOT) on no power in the steering below 5-10 km/h. Power assist mostly works when driving very slow, and this failure is a known weakness in Ford era Freelanders. In...

I've seen worse

Anything that was working up to the point of the break down is probably still ok, except for one thing. So don't go trying to change stuff until you know it is fubar. Putting petrol down the throat of the carb may have been too much for it...

Thank you. Will give this a go too.

That is good lasted longer than my frying pan 😀 and that don’t go very far at all

Drainage flap for any water that gets into the box

Try a number plate sale company. Out of curiosity I enquired how much it would be to buy my own number. One company replied to say it was on their data base as 'For Sale'. It wasn't me so possibly a previous owner ?

All sorted now!! I spent some time wire brushing then wet sanding the area where the chassis number was supposed to be. Eventually after a few hours I managed to make out a very faint number. Did an HPI Check on the reg number and entered the vin...

sounds like my ideal job, like you am in IT and looking for a way out when i've had enough. also a motorhome owner so know the pain you are going through with maintenance etc. One thing that may help, if you don't do it already, is to get a set...

Started a new job yesterday. I'm doing pre delivery checks on campervan rentals. Never done anything like this before, been working with computers for 40 years! They wanted a reliable practical handi-man type person, so my "10 years keeping my...

I suppose the £30 quid fitting works for some models. My daughter’s battery recently died and I took it out to recharge it. On putting it back in I had to go through her handbook to erase the numbers that kept flashing up on the dashboard. Window...

I was feeling quite smug there until you got to the clutch. 30 or 40 years ago, perhaps ? With regard to Halfords, my Wife paid £25 to have them change the battery on her late model Zafira, money well spent in my opinion.

There are many people out there that don't know how to use a spanner, the fact that you do and that you are willing to change a battery yourself, puts you into a minority. If you know how to, and are willing to, change a shock absorber or brake...

What stood out for me here is that Halfords wanted £30 Quid to fit a Series battery ! Two spanners, job done ?

Don't know if this will help but a couple of years ago my 2a would spin over slowly only if it had a fully charged battery after checking connections and replacing starter solenoid I tried starter with good jump cables direct to a battery...

Yes no broken bits yet ! The string bags on the headlining are held with plastic studs and coarse thread nuts. I sprayed them with silicone spray before undoing to prevent studs breaking off and retightened to 0 Nm !!

OK will do! First bit of health and safety advice. This morning I appear to have minute shards of fibre glass in my hands. Must be from the roof board which looked harmless enough. Gloves to be worn !!!

If the aux belt breaks or comes off on an FL2 does the very clever electrikery stop the engine running ??

Have you checked the oil level? Experience tells me some mechanics have trouble reading a dip stick! (or don't bother, just bung in what they think is right and maybe make mistakes doing that!) Sounds like it could be a drive/fan/aux belt issue...

Probably using 1 of the "quality" battery testers they sell inhouse. :rolleyes: Using "highly trained" operatives. :rolleyes:

So did Halfords check the amount of charge or the capacity ? When I have used Halfords in the past, they did both.