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Evening ladies and gets. Changed my VCU bearings 2 years ago along with a recon VCU. Last year the car has sounded a bit sick, to say the least. Turning left in roundabouts etc. and the car makes some bad noise. Had a LR day today, failed it's norwegian MOT of course, and I thought I would have...

Hello my friends! Does anyone have a decent UK spare wheel cover to sell? I think it would look great to have UK dealer cover of some sort on my spare wheel. :) I know other people from around the globe has also inquired about this, and now are happy owner of a UK dealer cover. :) My spare...

Hello all! Well, after having some troubles with yet another (unknown which), ABS sensor , I'm now pleased to report that the three amigos has disappeared. However... The TC system now got a mind of it's own? I'm still guessing it's got something to do with one of the sensors, but I have not...

Hello all. Bought a set of 17" rims for silly money, including the spare. As my existing summer wheels, same rims but 16" need new rubber, I thought I would give it a go and refurbish these. Previous owner seem to have just painted over them with a spray can, which does not look to good. I...

Hello all. I have a strange problem, some might have seen the pictures in the "what have you done to the expensive lander today" thread. Long story short. In June (I think) I heard a loud bank from the engine, a aux belt pulley had failed, causing the aux belt to lodge on the crank shaft timing...

Hello all! Bought a cheap rear parking sensor kit on ebay a while back. This one to be precise. Need some advice to where I should put the sensors, please. The two in the middle is no problem, already drilled the holes, similar to the blue one in the last picture. The ones one the sides are...

Hello all! After the engine went and a complete rebuild is in progress, I'm going to change the water temp. sensor aswell as all the other bits and bobs. It's got a small leak and when every other gasket/belt/pump/valves etc. is beeing changed, it needs to be replaced. :) Well, ordered this...

Hello all! The AC in my 01 Freelander have not worked since I bought it. A couple of weeks ago, I got i refilled by a local garage, no major leaks, the machine did not detect anything, and the system worked fine after det regas. (50grams). I do understand that it coult very well build a vaccum...

Hello all. Had a "funny" problem yesterday, started it up, and every time I would get off the acc. pedal, the car just died.. No engine warning lights, or any other lights for that matter. The car drove fine, as long as I kept giving it some gas. No lack in power, no misfire etc. I should...

Hello all. The car has been leaking coolant for a while now, not the HG, suprise suprise, but somewhere else. Yesterday the leak went from "a bit annoying, and having to top up every week", to major leak. I can see that it's coming from the area with arrows on the pictures below. The car has a...

Hello guys. I am wondering if a nice soul out there, could perhaps unsrew his or her aerial and take a photo for me? My car had an awfull bee sting type aerial, which was rusted to bits. Got rid of that one, and bought one of these on Ebay. However, it does not fit at all. So I'm...

Hello again. I have fitted the wire harness etc. from the US kit I bought from Ebay. Just to see if it all works before I start cutting into the front bumper. See this thread, if you are interested.. :) The V6 lights, nuts/bolts, brackets etc. are still for sale, see this thread, as I have...

Hello all! After a catastrophic Norwegian MOT, it's now all good. Lots of new parts, including all the brake pipes etc. I ordered a recon VCU from Bell a while back, and had the garage install that one aswell. What a difference!! The car has done 208 000 KM, and as far as I know, was...

Hello. Bought a set of foglights for my Freelander 1, turned out that the fogs was for a V6 Freelander, which have a slightly bigger front bumper. They are now for sale, offers? See this thread for details and pictures.

Hello all! :) I did the plastic bits today with a bit of black bumper shine, it made a great difference! (In my opinion at least.. :) ) Everything was in a grey'ish colour , now they are back to black, sort of speak. A few pictures.: 50/50: Before/after: It went from grey...

Hello all! Need advise how to fix this! Any suggestions?

Hello all. I found a rather big leak in one of the pipes to the steering rack. My local LR dealer is supplying me with a new one, just £125. :S Well I guess it's cheaper than buying a completely new rack.. I usually buy all my spares from the UK, but steering parts are a bit different, due to...

Hello all. Just some quick pictures to show an easy way to change a headlight without removing the front bumper on a Hippo. When I asked the same question, it was several answers, some said it could be done, other was not so optimistic. :) I hope this could be usefull to any future member...

Hello all. It's probably been covered before, but i took some pictures when changing my front speakers, and thought I would share. I bought a set of 13cm Pioneers of Ebay. Similar to these. They have a mounting depth of less then 50mm, which means they will not interfere with the window...

Hello all. As one of my headlights, Left/NS,seem to give the same amount of LUX as a candle light (see picture below), and the Norwegian MOT is coming up, I will change it. However, according to this thread, it's possible to change it WITH the bumper in place, could anyone else confirm? It...