Over here the main dealers are not interested in F1, and haven't been for a long time. Don't stock anything I don't think, some parts may be shippable from Auckland in a day or 2 otherwise they have to order from UK.
Interesting to know. I've travelled round the world joining country specific Freelander forums for a while and some of them have a similar issue. Previously LR parts were shipped about on a shared service with bmw. Shared to reduce costs. They moved to caterpillar last time I looked. A lot of the forums have found ways to get hold of general parts but struggle with many others. They try to fix a lot more stuff then we do over here due to not being able to replace it. Needs must I guess. With the FL1 being out of production for 11 years I can appreciate why the smaller markets struggle for parts. The main dealers should be able to get them but I would guess there's a delay and possibly an eggstra cost for shipping. By the time things are eggsported around the world it puts the price up anorl. Some forums I've come across have said dealers can't supply things like gear box oil but are happy to advise what alternative they use instead which can be found locally. Some give a little help over the phone if the person is too far away to travel to use their garage services to fix/diagnose problems. I get the feeling peeps in some of the less well oft countries support each other more than we do int UK. Main dealers give a bit of repair/diagnostic advice over the phone which doesn't happen int UK. Probably the remotest place I've found Freelander's is the top left of Russia but can't remember the name. Can't find it on the map either so not sure if it's changed. It's surprising how many of these peeps use LZ for info but discuss it locally in their own language.
Ah! The brake lights work, so this means the switch is not the culprit for the TC and descent lights? Electrics sometime work in mysterious ways so this might not be such a stupid question as it seems. Then again it might
The country I was thinking of was Siberia. Didn't realise they had Freelanders up there. Must be because our heaters are so good. Most parts are difficult to get so they fix stuff themselves more than we do if they can, or find alternatives. Like weld fixing a crack in a Jatco solenoid tin cover. Not on the kiwi site. I don't do FB. I was looking at me you tube stat's one day and it gave a list of the countries where peeps are from who have looked at me video's. That go me searching for me video links to see where peeps have put them up. I found an amazing number of small forums catering for local Freelander owners in many different countries. After joining some were a bit surprised I turned up and had to prove it was the real me by putting something up on ere in an old post then gave them the link. Naturally there's an issue with language so it's difficult talk with them but they're generally quite happy FL owners. Most of them at some point have found LZ and use it for info. LZ pops up a lot on goo gle. A lot can read the English but not speak it. Bit strange having to explain the localism's like who bob is and why he's ga*.When my transmission went bang in 2013, LR here didn't even have a VCU. When a tyre shop bust my locking nut 'key' a year or 2 later, the LR dealer didn't have masters - they couldn't even be bothered to keep a box of locking nut keys. I think they were quite embarrassed about it because they managed to get them off and didn't charge me (I replaced with standard nuts).
The problem as well is choice - when my transmission went bang - LR could get me the parts (IRD & VCU) but it was going to cost $7,500 (£3,750). I just checked on LRdirect for the prices of these and they are $5,886 and $1,369 - so the NZ price is reasonably comparable to the $7,225. However, who pays those prices? LRDirect do an OEM IRD for $1,637 (£800 bloody good price actually!!!) and GKN VCU for $548 - so $2,185 - much nearer to what people really pay. However, getting those shipped faster than the 6 weeks by ship is colossal.
Are you on the main Kiwi Freelander gorup?
https://www.facebook.com/groups/NZ.Freelanders/?ref=bookmarks
There's not a lot of activity on there really - mainly me
The most remote place I've seen a Freelander is here...
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...but a kind chap with a 130 pulled me out
Have no idea but if yer know someone with window then ask them to mount it, then copy the whole directory structure to yer Linux pc as it is. Then just use as is.
I have a feeling that won't work. I think the documents are encrypted or something and wont read using a normal PDF viewer. It has to be accessed using the PDF viewer supplied in the ISO.
They is licensed/controlled files. It uses the pdf reader combined within the rave iso which yer copy across with it.
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