What have you done to your Freelander today

well after years of the Mrs driving the freelander I have took it back after buying her another car, turns out she has done nothing to it for years service wises ( she only goes 2 miles a day to work and back ) so find it with no oil or water. 2 weekends later it has new fully synthetic oil in engine, gearbox, diff and ird. new filters and spark plugs as well as a cleaned k and n. new diff mounts and vcu bearings as well. oh yea and led lights inside and on reversing bulbs oh yea and washed it

mot today passed no advisory's happy days

Got bored! Took the filter out of the old fuel pump and pulled it to pieces. Very black inside.

Filtered side of the paper element
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Unfiltered side of the paper element

Connected a solar trickle charger to the battery to keep it topped up. Not used it for over 3 weeks. Running the electric car is ever so slightly cheaper.

p3skymark said:

repaired my auto gearbox, no more f4 fault.

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How??????

DastardlyDan said:

I *need* those foglamp surround thingies... what are they called so I can grab some for my hippo in a few months]

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The light pods are genuine landrover, and they are driving lights the fog lights are flush in the bumper -again genuine landrover.

The bonnet deflectors are available on eBay - about 50 notes new. Very Occasionally pop up second hand and usually make 20-25quid.

I can't make up my mind with or with out, I like both looks though!

Looked at it again. It is feeling unloved. I've not driven it for 4 weeks.

I think I'll use it at the weekend and give it a run round the M25.

Going for a drive shaft change tomorrow, and to led the dash board if it goes well and I have time ( never done a drive shaft before so wish me luck)

My freelancers been parked for some time now also. Been driving the corvette around. Put it feels so good to not worry about land rover issues haha

Finally got around to fitting the EGR bypass, did a leak back test and tomorrow if the weather is ok I will be attempting to change the discs and pads.

Replaced rusted out fuel tank cradle to day. Not the most enjoyable job I have
done.In my first year as a freelander owner I have completed quite a few jobs.
New clutch,front brakes, propshaft bearings ,engine service ,track rod ends ,fuel
pum replaced.Most repaires I have ever had to do to one vehical in one year.but you know what I love the we car.Hopefully this year I can spend a little more time driving it.This forum has been a great source of information on all things freelander ,and has been of great help to me .Thank you .

Called out Flux rescue to jump start the car as the battery was totally flat.

Will it start in the morning?

Spit47 said:

Replaced rusted out fuel tank cradle to day. Not the most enjoyable job I have
done.In my first year as a freelander owner I have completed quite a few jobs.
New clutch,front brakes, propshaft bearings ,engine service ,track rod ends ,fuel
pum replaced.Most repaires I have ever had to do to one vehical in one year.but you know what I love the we car.Hopefully this year I can spend a little more time driving it.This forum has been a great source of information on all things freelander ,and has been of great help to me .Thank you .

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Great post!, well done.

Been busy this morning, fitted tinted wind deflectors to doors, fitted new dash cam (spent time running the cable behind trim etc) and replaced the old number plate bulbs with an LED panel

Took cam cover off to replace gasket as it was leaking oil everywhere, discovered it was caked in gunge so spent an hour or so cleaning it before refitting along with a smear of instant gasket.
I know for a fact the head gasket was replaced in the past as breather pipe from the cam cover to the throttle body was almost blocked with mayonnaise, so cleaned it out and removed the throttle body and cleaned it too. Mayo everywhere.
Was having issues with the idle speed so sprayed WD40 into the idle control valve to try and clean it out as I had stupidly forgotten to take it off and clean it while the cam cover was off, and don't have the right angle torqs needed to get at the bottom screws. Seemed to work though as idle was fine afterwards but if the gasket was as bad as I think it was it may have been part of the problem.

Anyway very pleased.

Spit47 said:

Replaced rusted out fuel tank cradle to day. Not the most enjoyable job I have
done.In my first year as a freelander owner I have completed quite a few jobs.
New clutch,front brakes, propshaft bearings ,engine service ,track rod ends ,fuel
pum replaced.Most repaires I have ever had to do to one vehical in one year.but you know what I love the we car.Hopefully this year I can spend a little more time driving it.This forum has been a great source of information on all things freelander ,and has been of great help to me .Thank you .

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I need to do the fuel tank cradle too, where did you get yours from ? Did it take long to do ?
-Hazel

landyhaze said:

I need to do the fuel tank cradle too, where did you get yours from ? Did it take long to do ?
-Hazel

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Me too, failed the norwegian MOT because of it, any advice is much appreciated..

Replaced the DRL. The first lot weren't water sealed and the circuit board fried! Replaced the passenger side LR Puddle lamp, reattached the cup holder strap. All annoying and fiddly jobs

landyhaze said:

I need to do the fuel tank cradle too, where did you get yours from ? Did it take long to do ?
-Hazel

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Hi ,I bought one from a breaker for thirty pounds,one of the plates was rusted away but
The tubes were good.I fabricated a new plate from sheet metal wire brushed the whole thing down to bare metal ,welded in the new plate and finished with three coats of rust inhibiting paint .Replacing it is a pain I unfastened hand break cable both sides,unbolted the
Long axle stabaliser bars got support under the sub frame and loosened four bolts connecting sub frame to car ,I did not completely undo them at this stage.I already had the prop shaft of as I was replacing bearings at the same time. I did not fancy removing the exhaust as it was rusted solid. I proped up the tank which I had driven till it was almost empty,and removed the four bolts which hold on the cradle .I then undid the two plastic clips that secure the flat metal section of the cradle.I then dropped the subframe as far as it would go ,With out completely disconnecting it and tried to wriggle the cradle out .I was beat by a fraction of an inch.I then undid the front two bolts completely and was able to
Tilt the subframe slightly forward and the cradle eventually came out.would have been easier if the exhaust was removed but it is only the rust that was holding it together.Fitting the reconned one was just the reverse and actually was not that hard. I am very lucky to
have a two post ramp in my shed,which makes this much easier it would be possible to
Do it with jacks axle stands ect if your young and fit . Rebuilding the old cradle is not that hard as long as the curved parts of the tubes are strong,you are a dab hand at welding and have the time and patience to do it .I was pretty pleased with mine and it passed MOT no problem. I am now rebuilding my old cradle .

Drove from Essex to Cornwall, lots of driving around for a week then drove back to Essex, perfect all the way averaged about 39mpg which is not too bad as I haven't serviced it for awhile!