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Thank you, I worked it out eventually.

Sorted! got the blasted rave disc to run on windows 10 and worked out which pump and filter I needed. Gave up with the fiddly little screw that eventually disappeared into the gravel drive and used a cunning tiewrap, a lot better but still taking too long to start so I bought a new in tank pump...

Hi, I am having a problem identifying what primary fuel pump I would need to buy for my model. A problem appeared after visiting my local car wash, in short it felt like my car was being assaulted at the rear end by a very happy roller brush! the following day was fine but the second day the...

Thank you, I really appreciate that.:):)

As long as I can fit the sunroof and fit the wind deflector at a later date I'm good to go...even if it means the wife and Great dane get to spit flies and stuff out for a wile in the rear seat...I can live with that lol.

The usual non working sunroof which hasn't bothered me until now, with the very wet start to the year the tiny bit of moisture has turned into a tropical storm and has started the headlining to come away. Time to fix the headlining and the tiresome sunroof!!..I have been using the lock down to...

I have however taken on board your excellent advice and bought a new ignition switch just in case!!. Thank you all for your valued help.

Here we go, got her back from the mechanic last night...my new battery had a faulty cell and wouldn't charge above 11.5 volts and the culprit...starter motor...the solenoid was intermittent but not the real trouble which turned out to be the armature shorting out next to the brush...

I'll keep you all posted, I tried my mechanic and was surprised to find him working, I told him all that has happened and he said he'll come out this afternoon with all his gadgets and see what he can find, he is a good mechanic, worked for Ferrari, Mercedes and Audi..but I'm betting...

Battery fully charged, removed, cleaned and lightly smeared petroleum jelly on all the fuses (big ones, not the small coloured plastic ones), tested with the avo continuity between the positive battery terminal and each of the fuses...all ok, Now there is no mad clicking but no instrument lights...

Thank you for that, I plan to go over the engine bay fuse box with a fine toothed comb this morning before I fit the battery. I don't think the battery is dead flat, maybe if anything a volt or two low, I have an AVO and measured the battery when I took it off...set the avo at0-30v and it showed...

No water ingress, it's been as dry as a bone here and while I was under the bonnet everything was dry under there too.

Here is a picture of the fuse/relay box, on mine just above the large black indicator relay (on this picture are two black squares) is a relay Siemens V23081-C1061-X3 L00025.

Solenoid, hmm that might be a good idea, my social calendar isn't really full at the moment lol.

I wonder if it is sitting on top of the malfunction control module and the fuse box is just cut away to allow it to fit.

Just a note, while all the buzzing and clicking was going on I dropped open the fuse/relay box under the steering wheel and touched each relay to see if I could find out which one was buzzing and found it was the Black flush one above the flasher relay (6)...I cannot find out what that one...

Great thanks..no my cars more in the "thick" category, the head linings coming down, the sunroof is leaking but it was always reliable, key in and bursts into life on the first swing..BMW motor built to last.

Will do that, thank you..it should read 14 volts with the engine running shouldn't it?..I know diesels are killers of batteries and this lock-down we're having isn't helping. I think if this works then I will remove the battery when it's not in use and put it on trickle charge until it's needed...

Hi, really starting to get narked with this, I have a 2001 Freelander 1 TD4 ES and had several years trouble free driving. Just recently the central locking system failed to unlock the drivers door irritating but no bother, a few months later this February got in, key in the ignition...

Hello everyone, guess I will be on here quite often as I own a Freelander 1 and have heard all the jokes involving a box of matches and gallon of petrol etc, my beloved "heap" has served me well except for the dreaded sunroof and baggy headlining, so without further ado I'll head over to the...