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Hi I'm looking for a top spec, low/reasonable mileage 1.8 Freelander 1. Must be a facelift. Must have all the toys (heated seats, A/C, folding mirrors, reverse sensors) Must have leather seats. Must be a colour that SWMBO likes. I can cope with transmission problems as I have a spare IRD and...

I bought SWMBOs replacement Freelander 1 TD4 because the bodywork and interior was so exceptionally nice and in the full knowledge that it would need a new clutch. When I bought it a couple of months back the clutch was heavy, and could also be provoked into slipping, though to make it slip I...

I soon need to be rid of my wife's old TD4. This is the one that was hit my a minicab, set off the airbags, and which the insurance company has demanded is crushed. Matt from Furious Driving removed a load of bits and I have already taken the transmission and IRD. Today I had a go at finding...

I am kind of tempted to get this head unit https://www.joyingauto.eu/joying-newest-ui-7-inch-universal-double-din-head-unit-support-android-auto-carplay.html for my wife's Freelander 1. It's a 2005 with a rubbish non original head unit. I notice that double din cage units are available for the...

The insurance company have agreed to let me keep SWMBOs old Freelander 1 TD4. Written off because the airbags deployed. Still runs and drives. My intention is to keep the gearbox, flywheel, clutch, IRS and rear diff. I will probably keep all the ECUs because they are useful for my diagnostics...

SWMBOs new Freelander is here. It's a year 2005 facelift HSE TD4. It has factory reversing sensors. If I put the car in reverse and put my ear to each sensor I can hear all four making a ticking noise, but there is no audible warning of proximity. My suspicion is that this is because a previous...

I need to start looking for another TD4 Freelander as the insurance company is adamant that SWMBOs 2003 TD4 must be crushed :( These days most of them seem to be facelift model (her old one is a 2002). Is there any disadvantage of a facelift one?

Has anyone fitted a heated windscreen in a Freelander 1 that didn't have one? I have to get a new windscreen fitted at my own expense (so not covered by insurance). By Jag has an electrically heated windscreen and it's brilliant so I asked the windscreen guy to order a heated one for the...

SWMBO has had a knock but wanted her Freelander fixed. It's a year 2002, 52 plate. I need:- Left headlight unit. Front bumper cover (I don't need the aluminium bar behind it). Towing eye. Complete airbag kit (ECU, drivers and passenger airbags, left and right pretensioners). I am in Ruislip...

The inner sills, so what comes down vertically from the floor on each side have previously been patched on SWMBOs Freelander 1, and look quite crusty in quite a few places. As I now have a welder and I'm getting half competent at using it I am wondering it it would be better just to replace the...

SWMBOs Freelander 1 is dripping water on her head. I had a look and it seems so me that there is a metal frame, which I think is part of the moving mechanism of the sunroof (is it?) which is sort of U section and in each front corner it has rusted through. Therefore small amounts of water that...

If anyone has a 2004 (maybe some 03) onwards Freelander 1 and needs a new key please contact me. I have nearly finished writing the code for the SAWDOC immobiliser but my SAWDOC is from a scrapped vehicle and I don't think that Landrover is going to sell me a new key for it. I have written all...

I have been offered a good tailgate for a very reasonable price, but I will need to go and remove it myself. The tailgate on the scrap FL1 is currently closed with the window down. I have to assume that it will be electrically dead. Is there a way to release the tailgate lock on a FL1 that has...

A bit of a complex story this I'm afraid, but as I don't understand what's wrong I will have to give all of it. A detail could be important. Short version: the tailgate glass won't stay closed. It will close, the dash gives four short beeps, and then it goes down again. The window used to...

My wifes 2002 TD4 is due an oil change, as is my own 2.7 Jaguar XJ diesel. For the Jag I use Millers XF Longlife C1 5w30. The reason for this is that it meets specification Ford M2C934-B which is the right one for the Jag. I have used Millers products of one kind or another for over twenty years...

The coolant has started going down on SWMBOs TD4. Fortunately I realised before she cooked it. It appears to be coming from the thermostat housing area in fact the gasket going to the bit that takes a pipe going back to the expansion bottle looks quite wet. I am quite tempted to just replace...

I have cracked the airbag protocol on my wife's 2002 Freelander and my customers now have access to this, but my understanding is that the earlier models had a different protocol. If anyone near me can contact me I would like to crack the early protocol as well. If I can offer anything in...

sorry I know that this is a very basic question, but it is now getting cold and wet and I have to work on the vehicle outside, so in order to save discomfort can someone tell me where is the fuel filter on a 2002 TD4 and how do I get to it ? My Haynes manual only mentions one in the engine bay...

I have seen quite a few threads about FL1 tailgate window problems, but no this specific one. The problem is that when you pull the tailgate handle the window drops, but only maybe 1/8th inch so not enough to open the tailgate. When the tailgate is pushed closed again, the window then goes...

I am trying to replace the master slave on SWMBOs FL1 TD4. It's all really simple except that I cannot separate the two pipes at that clip in joint. It moves around a bit and will twist, but it just will not pull out. I even thought of unscrewing the connector barrel from the slave cylinder...