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Nothing too obvious on the external sills on mine - but I know the seam was crumbling… I’ll take the plastic covers off when the weather gets warmer - and perhaps aim to leave them off… can you get rock sliders? Might be a good thing to add if welding sills anyway?

Just watched Mr Furious Driving n YouTube - now quivering in fear that the rot in my hippo is more expansive than I feared!!! I need to learn welding, so fingers crossed it gets through MoT now and I’ll tackle any tin worm when the weather dries…

You’re not wrong! I ended up buying the kit with the micro switches included!

Changed the key fob batteries, so no more “beep-beep” noise after unlocking the car! One problem though: after changing one battery, the fob stopped working. Took the fob apart again and found that one of the battery cage terminals had snapped from the PCB. Luckily, just enough remained for...

Does the cheap part need to be new? Parts from a acrappedparts car are the best - in man-maths terms, these bits are effectively “free”! Lol

New sensor arrived and Sunday was dry enough for me to spend over 6 hours under the car... Ah, the joys of working on 21+ year old cars... Long and short, the three amigos have once again left the building and a joyous lack of yellow lamps have restored calm to the dashboard. There was...

Haha, yes, you’re absolutely right! waiting for new sensor to turn up now. Hopefully will be dry enough at weekend to breakout the air compressor - both sides coming apart to do sensor one side and diff oil seal on the other. anyone know what oil I need to refill the rear diff?

Mine is a 2001 “Y”. Came from the North Yorkshire area originally, but I suspect that its early life was as an urban runabout (as many where). looks good behind the plastic liners though. It is the end of the sills that have become crunchy and somewhat depressingly great chunks of rust came...

rust proofing is certainly a good idea. Some of the problems on mine appears to be related to failure of the underseal - and I suspect that moisture has been trapped against the metal. After the MoT I'll take a wire brush on a grinder and see how much metal still survives - and then think about...

That's what I am thinking too - worth a punt...

I had, thanks - the question I have not been able to get answered is whether the car will accept this "new" module - the dealership says no, but then they would say that wouldn't they?

@gstuart - brilliant! I did get some limited information from Land Rover themselves, but this information is super helpful! Hope you're keeping well mate - and Happy New Year! :)

Probably need an oscilloscope, or perhaps a CAN bus code reader...?

While under my Hippo yesterday, feeling a little frustrated by my having ordered the incorrect ABS sensor (incorrectly listed on eBay as being suitable for a 2001 FL1), I had a little look around at the underside of the car. Obviously, the fuel tank cradle is a little crusty, but I don't think...

I've been ignoring this for a while now, but I had a bit of time yesterday to get the wheel off and have a good look at what is going on. Unfortunately the sensor has failed - putting my multimeter over the sensor gives an open circuit. I had already purchased a spare reluctor/trigger ring...

No I don't - I may drop you a message later to find out more! I have also sent a message to Callrova and hopefully in the new year, I will have time to get access to the car once again and see if I can get some more insight into what exactly is going on!

I know - he seemed shocked that I asked for the recorded error codes before admitting that he'd deleted them! For better or worse, the fault recurred as a carbon copy, and I have the full list of these, although they don't provide a clear "smoking gun" clue as to where the fault truly lies...

Thanks! Will do :)

A vote for the pscan - it reads all versions of FL1. Really helpful for diagnosing the reasons why the three amigos come out to play, and the telemetry it can provide is perfect for uncovering those annoying intermittent faults. :)

Another vote for the Geolander GO15 - they're excellent in all road conditions - and fab in snow and fab in mud - what is not to like? :)