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Driving it around, with lots of use of hand and footbrakes eventually got it up to mot standard

Well, after nearly 4 years sitting in the drive the Freelander is back on the road - in no small part due to the Info on this site (swapping pins In the clock-spring for a start). Still a few jobs that need doing, but they're of the optional variety. Upping the tyre size to 225/75 has...

After coming close to scrapping/setting fire to the damn thing, the only thing standing between me and an mot is the handbrake. It's crap. Cleaned out drums new cables, adjusted up (shoes first, then cables) - still crap. The adjusters are the early type and not that old and are working fine...

I thought the CCU WAS the immo module on the early cars...... Can Hawkeye reprog. this? The new Total jobby isn't too much - or are thy just diagnostic?

I gained the impression that all the immobilisation was done within the CCU - as long as you had the matching remote no reprog. was required.

So the ECU is coded then? I had hoped to prove that by refitting the original CCU, but when that didn't work either...... Anyone around Grantham with the above mentioned kit reading this??

Back again with the never-ending Freelander saga! A while ago I posted about rear door and central locking issues, and the 3 Amigos. I eventually sorted the ABS so decided to get it Mot'd (back door not required). Went through the usual checks and found that the foglights didn't work...

I've never been beaten by a vehicle before. There's been times I've started to think I've bitten off more than I can chew, but I've got there in the end. The Freelander has done it. A year after posting about tailgate issues I'm no further forward. The situation: 1998 XDI After a flat...

This bloody thing has bee sat in my drive since December! I'm now at 'fix it or f@@@ it off' mode. Had a play today and made a few discoveries! If I unplug the 20A fuse from the engine bay fuse box, the window and door operate ok. This seems to be the alarm fuse though - so the bloody thing...

Yeah - thought of that, but it doesnt explain the door not opening. can't move it by hand, or hear anything trying to work when using the dash switch either.

Sometimes I like the freebie. At other times I hate it! Lack of mot, combined with ripping out everything in the back garden and another car available means the freebie hasn't moved for a couple of months. Fast forward to today: Battery flat - pull the cable through the grill (because the...

Harsh! (But probably true - the more I look at my 200tdi the less likely its resurection seems)

Thanks for the responses! First order is to get the brakes actually working properly - lights will have to wait. Interesting to hear that Stan's did the same thing after heavy braking - hurry up and fit the new hub so we can see if it cures it! I'll try and bleed the again this weekend...

As a return to the world of Land Rover I bought a '98 XEDI - maybe not the brightest move, but it was local, cheap mot'd and, in all fairness, drives well for what it is. The brakes have always been a bit spongy and the handbrake crap. I put this down to the adjusters being buggered -...

Hi all. I'm sure I used to have an account on here before, but it's been (quite) a while since I had a working Landy. The return didn't last long (the working bit that is - but I'll post that in the Freelander section). I'm on the Lincs/Leics border, prefer my Landies simpler, and when...