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Regarding the bms breaking at cell 48, a suggestion has been made to move the neg contactor in the rear battery box (that is probably overkill anyway) to between cells 48 and 49. This should protect against accidental damage to the bms and would...

If I use a buffer, it removes the paint patina around the r/n/s door :p

If you can connect one wire you can connect two. If you can connect two wires you can connect five. If you can connect 5 wires....... you get the point. It looks daunting and complicated but when you break it down it's just connecting wires...

The last few days I've been struggling to get my head around the BMS again. Although it probably won't be able be able to keep the pack balanced it's a good idea to have it working as I can use a simple Bluetooth dongle and App called LeafSpy to...

Erm, you could always take the lift out so that the CVs run at the angles they are supposed to. On the back, I suppose you could lower the diff by 60mm.... and hope the UJs on the prop shaft don't give up or the diff gets collected by a rock...

The drive shaft joints are at a more extreme angle so need to work harder and are further out in the cups, the rubber boots have a harder time too. You didn't say if you checked the clearance for the track rod ends. With a 50mm lift kit this is...

The only Issue I had with my lift kit was it shortened the life of the front drive shafts. If yours give trouble do not by cheap aftermarket as they will fail almost immediately. Make sure your track rod ends clear the chassis legs with the car...

The only back story was that it hadn't opened since Christmas time. And no mention of slamming etc. Anyway, there's been an update today, the door has been opened, the new latch assembly fitted, and all now working as it was before. More below...

Well done with the rear door, good to hear it wasn't seized after all. I've never replaced a lock mechanism in a Freelander but the latch is pretty easy so hopefully it is not too hard.

You would have to come at it from above actually, but yes, I was in the boot space poking my bent screwdriver around, and my niece was outside peeking down the gap in the window rubber guiding me.. Luckily somehow we prevailed. Anyway, the joy...

The one that had failed is on the left, you can see the rod had completely skipped the teeth and therefore couldn't activate the latch. As mentioned before I'm unsure if this is due to my "tugging" or whether it was like this before I even...

Last night I looked again at the new latch, and found that indeed the part at the top that you arrowed above could be raised and it did release the latch irrespective of the rod at the bottom. First thing I did once my niece arrived with the...

Did you get the back story to this fault? Before it jammed was it hard to close? Was she having to slam it to get it to close? Was it opening easily? Did it spring open fiercely when she opened it. There might be a clue here that will help get it...

WD40 for the drivers door key. The microswitch tells the car the door is open or closed. I've only been in that area once but I found it relatively easy to open the door by either pulling or pushing (sorry I can't remember which). I've never...

Maybe get someone to push on the door as you try to release it.

Had the first problem with the F2 yesterday and fixed it :D Got in the car to go to work and pulled away. All the way there the locks were clunk clunking locked and unlocked...clunk clunk, clunk clunk..... Here we go, my initiation to F2...

I bet the real land rover chaps are going to love this.... I've recut the NLA baffles from air filter foam, stripped and repainted the clamping frames not fixed yet (above) - but as below looks pretty oem once all clamped in and back on done...

Well yes, but I was convinced I would be taking console out and stripping the thing and had little confidence that a £5 cleaning disc would work. But it did! Saved a couple of hours. It was a facelift multi cd in the dash.

No no no..... This is all wrong... You've broken your Freelander 😭 The engineering on these includes a very important feature - the SDR (Self Destruction Regulator). This module ensures that as soon as anything is fixed, something else breaks...

New boots. Dug out the 16" rims from the shed and now shod with some Toyo AT3's in 205R16. Stock suspension and they fitted straight on with no mods or spacers. They certainly give the Freelander a better stance, to the point that you have...

Hi Ali - yes - i know - it was a half-joke about getting carried away. i'm working my way through your EV thread - very impressive (all involved) - i'm strugging to comprehend how to hack the d2b protocol for aux in and keep the clock!😂

Adding a turbo has been done, there is a thread here from a few years ago. VVC has been discussed but I think it was decided torque at lower rpm was more desirable than hp at 7k. Muddymods is your go to for upgrades.

i'm awaiting some air filter foam sheet to remake the scuttle vent, the clamping pieces have had a day in the deox-c and will go in again for a 2nd dip then be electrox'd and satin blacked....all without the use of pop rivets. i've got a NOS...

Have you seen my 'Mother of all projects' thread? https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/freelander-ev.360880/ It might take a while to get through it. 😜

Have you checked the emergency fuel shut off beside the ECU and fuse box? I might be wrong here but doesn't the fuel pump run for only a few seconds after turning Ign on? Were you able to meter it immediately after turning the key? If I recall...

I can't help diagnose it but would suggest maybe having a search through Rover/MG forums as the engine is more common there.

you need to remove the "S" from the badge now.

I put a few miles on the car over the weekend. I always wanted this to be a practical workhorse that I don't need to be too precious about Every time I use it to tow a trailer it's another time I don't burn out a little bit more of SMBO's Kuga...

I had a damper cause an annoying rattle that I had chased for months. I bought a used one from a scrappers that fixed the problem. Easiest way to fix it is turn the radio up and rip the knob off.

I have a similar tale of a near miss from a snapping cable. This one could have been horrendous. I was an apprentice in a boat yard that built fishing boats and yachts. We'd just completed a 33ft fast fishing boat and it had been wheeled out of...