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thanks Nodge - I have yokahama geolanders on all four corners - would you recommend regular rotation front to rear to even wear ? I will get onto the IRD and check the oil. Diff probably ok you reckon? I'm getting the jist that its pretty robust? cheers

Thanks Andy - I have just the rod - will run that test - 45 deg from where to where on the clock ? [1:30-3 ?] cheers ps NOT sad ! my head is full of that sort of stuff :-)

hey Grumpy - brilliant - thanks for the link - I googled vcu test freelander and got a youtube video ..

thanks - do you know of a way to properly test the VCU?

Thanks Grumpy, the "test" is the one mentioned here and elsewhere: timing the fall of a weight on a lever attached to the VCU - which is also said to be crude (hence the quotation marks) Not long got the car back from loaning it out, been sorn for a while - just done mot and now sorting bits...

Hi all, A rear diff bushing (front one) on my '05 Freelander 1 had gone and the diff was moving - took prop off for MOT - one of the prop support bushings is also u/s.. this vehicle was probably driven like this (not by me) for a few thousand miles - VCU "test" is ok. My question : Before I...

thanks wammers - will do

hang on ... its an artificial tail for a humpback whale ! of course

R2D2's condom? (he only gets one)

Teresa May ?

Brilliant - thanks guys - well after finding this helpful vid - I sort of thought I knew enough to be dangerous - poked my finger in the outlet (!) and fiddled with the compressor vane (!!) - all spins nicely and no play in and out or up and down (!!!) .... will do that intercooler Grrrrrrr -...

thanks Grrrrrr and tomcat - yes its the air inlet "manifold" / "pipe" that was loose and by "oulet" I meant the air outlet to the intercooler - I notice that a kit to "rebuild" turbo is 30 quid whilst a turbo is almost 900.. whats the collective opinion on whether using a kit like this is worth...

Dear RR's Well ... started out as a hose, became a water pump/fan replace ... then noticed that the black plastic turbo intake manifold was loose. Stripped away a layer of complication (leading to the unfortunate demise of the exhaust manifold heat shield....! ) and found that whoever last...

Hi there - Rave for MY02 says relay R176 is in the engine compartment fuse box - Actually looking at it again perhaps not - the fuse box is prob within the dotted line ...: the relay is not shown on the fuse box diag searching RAVE for R176 yields nothing I'm afraid ---

got Rave01 using this link: http://www.green-oval.com/data/lr/rave01.iso hopefully 02MY is relevent. The description from this document about blower motor operation is below - as are relevent diags ------------------------------------------------------------ DESCRIPTION AND OPERATION...

Fixed .. but not by me (boohoo!) Hello again all. Back to the hippo blower : a friend has FIXED the blower on my son's hippo while I was away, havnt seen it yet but apparently it was just a "bad earth" - which has been repaired. How simple ..... ! Could anyone tell me what earth I should...

Fixed Left hand indicator problem. Thanks Wazzajnr and dubbleRR for your replies and Wazzajnr esp. for clarifying. I butchered an old molex connector to extend pin 2 and pin 7 of C1278 out to a more workable position. Those pins look easily bent. ---------- BE CAREFUL AS PIN 6 ON C1278 IS...

looking at Plug :)

just found this pic help for indicator signal input to BECM : Right hand side of BECM - C257 is C1278 (sockets apparently renamed 1999)

ahhh of course - I'll do that - thanks Vmuch I did make a RHS list for comparison - but didnt see the obvious last night :)) According to electronic trouble shooter - if it helps someone : RHS indocator : Input to BECM Fom pin 7 of indicator stalk (x273) - wire colour GW - to pin 2 of C1278...