What have you done to your Freelander today

Philgt50 said:

Today any plans of anything productive are ditched as the rag top is coming down and the Hippo is going topless through the New Forest and Bournemouth.

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hi
my job today was to put the glass back in the rear door
im in the back door more than the wifes underwear
i see you have a rag top mine has one but how the fook does it work
ive got four strips in a big bag where do they go?
cheers

This is a cheat really, because it wasn't me doing anything in "my" Freelander and it wasn't "today" either, but it's quite a good clip! The previous owner sent it to me. I think at one point, he might have exceeded the manufacturer's quoted wade depth!

Discovered quite a bit of oil in the expansion tank today. First port of call is the oil cooler I guess? TD4s aren't known for HGF really are they?

Washed it

We should have er show us yer bike rack fred

kernowsvenski said:

Discovered quite a bit of oil in the expansion tank today.

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I know that one.

kernowsvenski said:

First port of call is the oil cooler I guess?

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It is.

kernowsvenski said:

TD4s aren't known for HGF really are they?

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Not at all. Oil cooler is the first thing to change.

spinus said:

hi
my job today was to put the glass back in the rear door
im in the back door more than the wifes underwear
i see you have a rag top mine has one but how the fook does it work
ive got four strips in a big bag where do they go?
cheers

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For the soft top like mine there are 2 window pieces, 2 rubber corner pieces and the main piece is the large material covering with the struts etc attached. There is also a shower cover which is different again; I think you will have to have a hunt around to find exactly what you have got and then how to do it. Instructions will be here somewhere for both. The top I have is not hard to fit when it was shown to me by the guy I bought it off. I think I would have probably ended up burning it if I had to try and work it out myself. If you can take pictures of what you have and post them on here someone will be able to identify them for sure.

Tried to replace the missing aircon drive belt on my FL1 TD4 but gave up trying to get a 24mm spanner on the tensioner to release the main belt. Who thought "Let's put this right out of the way and with no clearance as well as only leaving part of the bolt head protruding just to make it a bit more of a challenge?". I'll give it another go tomorrow when I've got a bit more time.

A tip on slackening the belt tensioner. The bolt is actually 15/16 inch and you need a flatish ring spanner, an open end will round the bolt head. I put a thin piece of wood on top of the fitted spanner as a wedge to jam it on and prevent slippage. I also put a tube on the spanner for extra leverage. DON'T put your fingers between the belt and any pulley as if the tensioner spanner slips you will loose a pinky !!!

Lyndasbottom said:

Tried to replace the missing aircon drive belt on my FL1 TD4 but gave up trying to get a 24mm spanner on the tensioner to release the main belt. Who thought "Let's put this right out of the way and with no clearance as well as only leaving part of the bolt head protruding just to make it a bit more of a challenge?". I'll give it another go tomorrow when I've got a bit more time.

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I think that when I replaced the belts I used a 24mm ring spanner that fit very securely; bought it specially. Also had to have wheel off I believe. When you have found a really decent fitting spanner the thing that needs to be emphasised really strongly is that to move the tensioner enough to make the job easy you have to really give it LOADS OF WELLY to turn it the tensioner enough to get the belt on and off. I kept holding back thinking I was going to damage it but that’s not so; it’s just really stiff so make sure you have a really good fit on the spanner. And I think I also used a piece of wood or something to keep the spanner on to the bolt head like Andyfreelandy said.

Changed one window regulator, but the motor still won't drive.. best check fuses and that power is getting to the new motor.

Found the source of my wheezing (see pic).
Much easier looking job than I was expecting!
Ordered new silicone hose.

Damn it

what happened? i see a damp patch..

looks better in the second pic

Today I replaced the small rectangular piece of plastic inside the front wheel arch which you apparently remove to access the indicator bulb which appears to have been missing for a while but I did not even know existed until I noticed the hole last week! Freelander; a never ending source of time and money consumption.

kernowsvenski said:

Damn itView attachment 180508

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That's not good. I think I've just been about half a mile from where you took that picture. You should have messaged me for assistance.

Philgt50 said:

Today I replaced the small rectangular piece of plastic inside the front wheel arch which you apparently remove to access the indicator bulb which appears to have been missing for a while but I did not even know existed until I noticed the hole last week! Freelander; a never ending source of time and money consumption.

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They're often missing on the Rover 75 too (same part), as nobody ever puts the locking scrivets back in, after changing the bulbs.

Today replaced oil cooler and fitted thermostat in top hose, as per a thread on here, and it works a treat so far. Temp gauge holding steady at halfway mark.
This is as good a place as any to say thanks to the site and the members who have posted in the past. I've never worked on cars before but have so far done the above and full service and replaced the wiring loom for the high pressure fuel sensor, which also is holding steady and solved the cut out problem (touch wood, not tempting fate). I wouldn't have attempted any of it without access to the threads on here.

pardec said:

what happened? i see a damp patch..

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HP pump seal has let go rather abruptly I think.

pardec said:

looks better in the second pic

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Second pic?

Nodge68 said:

That's not good. I think I've just been about half a mile from where you took that picture. You should have messaged me for assistance.

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I did consider it to be fair @Nodge68 but it was a fairly swift diagnosis and I only had to wait 30 mins for the RAC. I was literally two minutes from home too!

Had a new HP pump about three years ago so it is quite frustrating if I'm honest.

Eye tie wrap those plastic arch indicator hole covers into place ter make sure they dun't come oft.

That is a really good idea nice one. It seems to me that they are designed to get knocked off if it gets muddy in there.