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This is ridiculous i dont know if this land rover is jinxed or cursed, i looked for the closes ebay seller to my which is in Sydney, Australia i am also in Sydney its not a very large city and usually next day delivery, well according to my tracking the starter repair kit has been sent from...

Done some searching and found out its a common problem on the LR's the starter solenoids fail, i looked one up they are everywhere on ebay for a TD5 but none for a Freelander L series so i done some more searching and found they use the same parts as the TD5, parts ordered from ebay and are on...

I jumped the little flat pin with a screw driver and my fuse box under the bonnet made a squeel noise Shop wants $240 to rebuild my starter that is to much, what year models fit my car?

I just pulled the air ducting hose off and had a look at the sensor it was still connected so i tried to jump the starter motor with jumper leads, i connected the jumper leads to the main red terminal on the starter and hooked it up to the battery and nothing

Found this picture online and it looks like the coolant temp sensor has come unplugged

Location of the lose plug is here

Ok the pump noise ended up being both radiator fans running while the ignition is turned on, i went out with a torch looking around the engine and i spotted one black plug lose its located strait under the turbo on a small length of cable around 10cm long off the harness it must go to the back...

Ali battery is ready 12.58v could it have dropped a cell?

Here is a video i just took, sorry if u cannot understand my voice basically i jump in put the key in the ignition turn it to the first click all the lights come on some stay on and some turn off than the battery and oil light come on now at this point i am about to turn the key to "Start" which...

The doors open via the button, no clicks from starter, no beeps from the dash, the alarm led is off

The car wont start.

I got these special sockets for removing the stripped bolt i think u guys recommended the Irwan Sockets? i bought a brand from ebay and waited 1 week it showed up from ebay with 4 of the 12 sockets in the pack and not the one i needed size 19mm so i went to super cheap auto and bought the socket...

Guys this bolt is sone up incredibly tight the rattle gun didnt strip it strait away probably took 45 seconds of pounding before it stripped I'm going to heat the bolt before i use the irwin bolt grip

When we pulled the car apart every single bolt was blue loctited that is why i'm thinking the fill bolt was also loctited

Yeah just the bolt head is rounded

Thanks Gel i could almost swear that bolt has loctite i used the rattle gun and it would not budge i kept at it thats when it stripped, i tried a 12 point socket first than a 6 point socket it just wont come loose

Ok just filling up my oils and i cant get the IRD fill bolt out i used a 19x12 sided socket no good i tried a 19x sided socket no good it just stripped the bolt i think some useless person has gone and loctited the bloody bolt now its stripped I'm stuffed also my drive shafts are not going back...

Yeah i have the petrol 2.5 litre T30 Xtrail

I rebuilt the engine in the Xtrail in 2015 shes finally worn out again towing cars and big boats now she can barely make it up hills towing a load had to rop her back to 2nd gear to get up a hill last weekend towing my 4.5m boat so Im hopping the Land Rover works out better being diesel

I have a Nissan Xtrail seemed way easier to do than the Land Rover just a lot less rooting around it was strait forward