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Live in the south of Norway, born in Manchester area and the last 30 years been an upholsterer, restorer, boat canopy and interior mender plus many other odd jobs they cant do themselves.

Used to ribbing, am with a small group of expats over here and we all do it to each other.

Thanks for the welcome, trying to find my way around.

Sounds a bit like relationships, some work, some need more attention and some are heavy going. I bought mine as a mode of transport with a bit more space inside, not to go thrashing it in rallies or quarries. It looks pretty good, is practical and not overburdened with under used bells and...

Seen it, does that mean you don`t think much of the Freelander?

Many thanks.

Thanks for your input. If you are talking about grip then I can see the problem of not having drive to the rear if you are going to drive in steep or slippery conditions but 99% of the time we are on bare asphalt unless we put ourselves on a surface with less friction. I am not an expert driver...

Hello, I am a new member too going by the name Buttonman. In my intro I described how I managed to stop leaks from the rear door seal on a Freelander 1 I had just bought. I cut away the carpet in cubby hole so that any puddles could be dealt with quickly. So far it has kept dry. The complicated...

Thanks for your reply and advice. Yes, they are the bolts in question.I drenched everywhere with graphite penetrating oil which has helped many times. Sprayed through every opening and hole I could find in those areas starting more than 2 weeks before I started the job. The bush and housing was...

Last year I bought a 2003 Freelander 1 1.8. The front brakes and lower suspension arms were past it and I planned to replace the lot this spring. For about 6 weeks I have been spraying all the bolts with penetrating oil and last week went round losening and tightening all the fastenings. There...

We have the advantage of being able to use studded tyres up here but it still pays in slippery, icy conditions to use the accelerator as if you have a raw egg between your foot and it. If we don`t use studded tyres then winter tyres of some sort are almost compulsary. Nobody in their right mind...

Thanks for your comment. I did a lot of research about removing the props and VCU and I couldn`t find any technical reason against it. On the plus side if you get an unreparable puncture like I did it seems that you have to buy 4 new tyres instead of one in order to maintain the same rotational...

Many thanks, I look forward to exploring LZ and contributing if I can.

Hello folks, my first time on a forum so most likely a bit clumsy at first. I suddenly became a Freelander 1 2003 owner late last year when a mate of mine turned up outside my workshop in his new Land Rover offering me his old one. His asking price was way under the normal for Norway so after a...