I bought this FL1 to be my hunting car but it turned into a project. I live in Finland, so this is a left hand drive car. It has 280 tkms in odometer.
But who wouldn't love to work with these. I just think that Freelander 1 has some special thing in it. The design is so plain, workhorse like, which is missing in FL2 and later designs.
Bought this one in 2020 December. It has 2 previous owners. 14 years it belong to a older couple and served as their daily driver. Being older they didn't drive it that much during the last years.
What have I done to it since December:
A lot's of cleaning, vacuuming every place to get all the **** out. I don't understand people that just don't clean (or get it cleaned) their cars. Now it smells and looks good.
Haven't driven this more than couple of hundred km's but done 2 engine oil changes. It has a service history but I want to be sure that oil and filters are changed a lot for these old cars. It is just cheaper than changing a whole engine.
Engine and cabin air filters.
IRD, gearbox and diff oil changes.
New clutch, master & slave cylinders, new dm flywheel.
New backbreaks, new drums, new cylinders, shoes, everything. And new handbrake cables.
New tie rod ends during the clutch change.
Rear wheel bearing, gave some noise.
Driver front door had a rust problem in lower part of the door. Seems like it has started from the seam. Had to to clean it to a bare metal with grinder and then spray it with primer, paint and clear coat. The other side is better but will do it also later.
Also converted the car into a van by removing the rear seats. Don't have kids and typically driving this alone, or with my german pointer.
There's a company in Finland that manufactures custom seat covers for all kind of cars. Bought these vinyl covers for the front seats, which were originally fabric. Covers are easy to clean and look quite sharp with stitching. Not cheap at all. But who cares.
What else..? I have a new GKN VCU and bearings already waiting, will do that also during the summer. Also in the todo list are rear diff hangers and fuel tank cradle. And my windscreen wiper switch is a bit erratic, will change it when I get a new one from Rimmerbros.
But who wouldn't love to work with these. I just think that Freelander 1 has some special thing in it. The design is so plain, workhorse like, which is missing in FL2 and later designs.
Bought this one in 2020 December. It has 2 previous owners. 14 years it belong to a older couple and served as their daily driver. Being older they didn't drive it that much during the last years.
What have I done to it since December:
A lot's of cleaning, vacuuming every place to get all the **** out. I don't understand people that just don't clean (or get it cleaned) their cars. Now it smells and looks good.
Haven't driven this more than couple of hundred km's but done 2 engine oil changes. It has a service history but I want to be sure that oil and filters are changed a lot for these old cars. It is just cheaper than changing a whole engine.
Engine and cabin air filters.
IRD, gearbox and diff oil changes.
New clutch, master & slave cylinders, new dm flywheel.
New backbreaks, new drums, new cylinders, shoes, everything. And new handbrake cables.
New tie rod ends during the clutch change.
Rear wheel bearing, gave some noise.
Driver front door had a rust problem in lower part of the door. Seems like it has started from the seam. Had to to clean it to a bare metal with grinder and then spray it with primer, paint and clear coat. The other side is better but will do it also later.
Also converted the car into a van by removing the rear seats. Don't have kids and typically driving this alone, or with my german pointer.
There's a company in Finland that manufactures custom seat covers for all kind of cars. Bought these vinyl covers for the front seats, which were originally fabric. Covers are easy to clean and look quite sharp with stitching. Not cheap at all. But who cares.
What else..? I have a new GKN VCU and bearings already waiting, will do that also during the summer. Also in the todo list are rear diff hangers and fuel tank cradle. And my windscreen wiper switch is a bit erratic, will change it when I get a new one from Rimmerbros.
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