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Hmmm, no rear drive with a Beaumonts VCU, so thats 1 against them 0 recomendations so far. Just a one off duff one? If they've sold something that obviously does not actually couple the drive to the rear, then surely they are misrepresenting their product, so the courts would take a very dim...

I'll clamp them in a vice at work, and attempt the torque test. I'll put a breaker bar with a known weight on the end and time the swing of the bar through an angle. I'll post all the relevent measurements on here and if someone wants to do the sums I too would be very interested. I will ask at...

Had my 02 TD4 Auto ES 4 weeks. Disregarding the self inflicted gearbox sort out, I'm well impressed with it. Bought cheap, like a good £1250 under book price, but well aware that it needed a few things sorting, which , so far is proving easy and relatively cheap to put right. Doing the VCU now...

Hi all, After my self inflicted gearbox woes, my worries about the VCU wouldnt go away. I've had the car 4 weeks, and I'm certain that the "drag" or braking effect on tight slow full lock turns was just too much. This was further confirmed by doing the same tests in a mates car, same age, that...

To cut a long story short. There is nothing wrong with the gearbox! It's fixed. The wierd noises were because whoever put the undertray back on trapped the plastic inner mudshieds inboard so they touched the alternator pulley!!!! Profuse apologies from the auto specialist forthcoming, the senior...

I see you can buy just the ball joint, rather than the whole arm. Is it possible to change it in situ, without major dismantling, i.e removal of hub and wishbone from the car? No knocks but boot on joint looks a bit squashed up.

Hi How worn are the front tyres? I've just bought a freelander and it had brand new tyres on the front, but quite low, 3mm tread left on the rear. As everyone says you should have the least worn tyres on the back, to save vcu/ird probs I swapped them round. Wierd wobbles at low speed was the...

Update Just been out to the car again now it's cooled down. Whirring noise from box in P and N, chattering noises in R, no noises in D 4 etc. There is drive both forward and reverse. Guess they'll have to strip it again.

Hi all. Picked up the car today, had to have a new reverse band and drum, still, the price seemed reasonable taking into account the amount of labour involved. It's still not right though, so going back again tomorrow. There is a metallic rattle scraping noise, in all gears but worst in...

When I test drove the 2002 TD4 Auto I've just bought, being mindful of this 70 000 mile figure,( its done 72K,) I'd read about here and elswhere, I did a few full lock turns at tickover speed both forwards and reverse. I could only detect the slightest braking effect which vanished as soon as...

I did mine on Saturday, whilst servicing my newly bought TD4 (see Feeling VERY Stupid thread. The original filter had never been changed and resembled a chunk of coke, completely encrusted in carbon, with the foam element disintegrating. I really want to sort /check the EGR valve too, but my...

Hi all It's gone in today to "Automatic Transmissions", Huddersfield, who have been sorting autoboxes for years and have a superb reputation. The technician I spoke to knew exactly what I'd done, said they had had a good few of these cases, even from garages, gave me no bull and gave me an...

Thanks for the replies and good wishes. I'm still feeling totally ashamed for my big mistake. Thanks Optimus P for your reply, surely going to be cheaper than a recon box if the Landy Centre lads can sort it. Haynes book of lies suggests that the gearbox removal isn't an engine out job, but we...

Hi All, After 6 years with a 300tdi Disco, 1994 reg, which got beyond my ability to sort, re. rotten boot, wheel arches etc, I got myself a really nice TD4 ES auto, 2002 reg. I've broken it. Having thought to save a bit of money by doing a full service myself, I've knacked the autobox by...