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  1. sorea

    What Freelander Have You Got Poll (version 2)

    Pity i wont be driving it till i get home.
  2. sorea

    What Freelander Have You Got Poll (version 2)

    Just acquired a 2006 2 door from my uncle in immaculate condition 90.000 klm even the air con works replaces my 2002 that finally went to the Hippo graveyard last year , after over 350.000 miles. Not that i put all of them on Once completing Spain to Iran and return in 160 hours , the only...
  3. sorea

    Overworked

    Overworked
  4. sorea

    Freelander 1 floppy windscreen wipers

    Just back in the country took Sid out for a run to the shops flipped the washers on worked fine then just flopped back to rest thought it might be tthe fuse but No. looks like linkage has come apart or broken, Can anyone give me some pointers on best way to get at the works I know its under...
  5. sorea

    Freelander 1 Over Fueling

    My trusty TD4 has been garaged for last 6 months while I have been away. put the battery back on it this morning Started first time , Great . Driving down the A21 put my boot into it to pass someone Huge Huge cloud of black smoke of course then I start to watch overfueling black smoke under hard...
  6. sorea

    TD5 Clutch

    How difficult would it be to change the clutch in the field, we have no work shop as such but plenty of tools and have a hole in the ground we can push it over I am not bad with a spanner and there is plenty of muscle on call for any heavy lifting. somebody is downloading a haynes manual for us...
  7. sorea

    DEFENDER TD5

    Managed to get to it again and low and behold it was as suggested the waste gate sticking its as good as gold now no problems at all . the one other thing we have initiated is we made an inline filter for the diesel storage tank after seeing the state of both it and the tanker that feeds us...
  8. sorea

    DEFENDER TD5

    Oh ime blowing you big kisses neilly. let you know how i get on tomorrow.
  9. sorea

    DEFENDER TD5

    Well tank cleaned out fuel filter changed oil and air filter changed . The problem persists next job check the waste gate , any tips or cheats to make this as easy as possible. Thanks in advance Sorea
  10. sorea

    DEFENDER TD5

    The Story so far , fuel filter is a Mahle type and when you look in the holes at the top looks like dirty cotton wool and its very heavy compared to the spare we have, so have changed that also drained tank full of shi t, fuel filler has a removable wire filter that has been damaged god knows...
  11. sorea

    DEFENDER TD5

    Thanks lads I will be getting dirty tomorrow checking your suggestions. will let you know how get on looking at the diesel storage and the tanker that delivers it I think its going to be shi t in the system contributing to the problem.
  12. sorea

    DEFENDER TD5

    Dont know it was here when we got in country 2 weeks ago one of our nurses noticed it first and it happened to me last night the other TD5 revs freely
  13. sorea

    DEFENDER TD5

    Hi guys not normally here but have a problem with one of our Defenders its a 110 with a TD5 engine . Starts on the button runs perfectly when in the bush and on back roads, But the minute you approach 3000 revs it stutters almost like a limiter, speed drops of and at about 2600 revs its back to...
  14. sorea

    Freelander 1 Overfueling

    Drove up to London today with a run round the M25 no black smoke at all plus is much quicker of the mark and looks to be returning better consumption.
  15. sorea

    Freelander 1 Overfueling

    No miles. My dad bought it for me in 2008, the VCU was not reconditioned untill 110000 clutch at122000 has gone through about 4 sets of disks and 1 of side drive shaft other than that tyres and servicing oils and filter every 4 to 6 months depending on where I was.
  16. sorea

    Freelander 1 Overfueling

    Tropicalised filter kit with a mesh pre filter would have taken a photo if I had thought of it before I threw it away.
  17. sorea

    Freelander 1 Overfueling

    Its an 02 two door 189000 69000 of that on African roads and tracks, the kind gent who lent me his garage and lift works for Bosch Automotive training and took it in.
  18. sorea

    Freelander 1 Overfueling

    Well chaps I have replaced all the turbo hose clips with clamps the manifold has been of and cleaned (not that it needed it ) the Maf sensor tested by bosch is fine turbo vac filter replaced Air filter back to standard fitting.toilet roll removed and cyclone unit fitted Looks to be A OK...
  19. sorea

    Freelander 1 Overfueling

    I was wondering when some one would have had enough Its been blanked of for about 3 years african style 22mm copper end cap inserted into the entry of EGR body.
  20. sorea

    Freelander 1 Overfueling

    Next time I need to look up egotistical in the dictionary I will know where to look under Wammers. Thanks to everybody who made a suggestion or an insight to the problem Lap top does not work well it works but I cant make head nore tail of it , will start checking all the turbo tubes again guy...
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