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Is anyone breaking a freelander or have a 2nd hand VCU I could buy from them or, point me in the right direction of where I can get one. I've been crippled by Xmas and need a one in the lower price bracket.

Sorted, got them both on !!!!

I'm replacing the track rod ends on my 55td4, and have managed to get upto the part where you count the number of turns it takes to get the old track rod end off. this may be a real simple question but, do I twist clockwise or anti clockwise ? its stiff as hell and I just wanted to ensure I was...

I've connected up the two coolant hoses, and the breather hose, put the correct oil in the IRD and in the gearbox. I filled the IRD with slightly over 1litre (couldn't get any more in, it was coming out of the filler hole) However, I have noticed that the coolant level which was on maximum...

I've replaced the broken IRD on my (55)Td4 this week and have taken it for a little test drive today (10 mile ish) however, the IRD seems hot. I can hold my hand on it so its not mad hot, but hot enough to cause concern. The gearbox is cool. Should the IRD have heat coming from it ? Sorry...

It's in !!!!, took some jiggling but finally got the IRD box into position. Initially I had the car in gear to get it in but still couldn't get it into place so I dropped it into neutral and started jiggling again ( as described by Vissie - Thanks again) and millimeter by millimeter it...

Thanks Vissie, I'll try again in the morning. Hopefully my next post will be to say its in !!!

tried moving the rear flange around, just cant seem to get the IRD box that last inch so its fully into the gearbox. Does it require a little persuasion with a hammer or something, or should it slide in quite easily ? Tried to get it central and tighten it in with the bolts but with the...

Thanks, I'll give that a try

I've just experienced the dreaded IRD fault on my 55 Td4. I've managed to get hold of a replacement unit and have spent the day removing the old unit. I have the new IRD in position 'kind of' but Im having a little trouble slotting the shaft into the gearbox. Should the shaft just push in...

I was following instructions on an old thread by Northern Irelander (IRD Removal from Oct 2008) and to be fair, I cant see what advantage removing the subframe would give me, the two remaining bolts would still awkward to get at.

No, I've removed the lower tie bar and the IRD Bracket. Do I need to remove the front sub frame ?

Hello all, I've made a start on removing my IRD today and have just ran out of time (got to go and collect the Mrs). When I stopped, I only had the two bolts on top or the IRD nearest the gearbox to remove, these a proving to be a little fiddly. Does anybody have any hints/tips on getting...

When I came to drain to IRD, it was already empty which I'm guessing is where my problems are coming from. There was also quite a bit of debris inside. I removed the debris and filled with 75w/90 geabox oil and took it for a drive and its no better infact its worse, the gearstick is shaking...

Thank you vic middleton, I will try that tomorrow and update the thread as to how I got on.

I've taken off the full propshaft from the IRD to the rear diff, should I still be having problems ?

Hello again, After having experienced a load of whiring and clanking, a visit to the garage and some great help from Landyzone, I have established I have the VCU/IRD problem going on. To temporarily remove the issue I removed the propshaft this afternoon which has eased the problem however...

I took the propshaft off this afternoon, buy still have a kind of metal to metal whiring noise and handling is not so smooth. Can anybody tell me if a damaged IRD would still be causing this without the propshaft on, or could there be damaged caused elsewhere?

I just got the propshaft off the car and the problem has eased but there is still a metal to metal type of whiring noise and not quite smooth handling. Is this just the broken IRD or could there be more damage somewhere ?

It only happened last night and I had to drive it for about 5 mile to get home. How much do you want for the IRD & VCU Disco Mikey ? my email address is [email protected] if you want to PM me.