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I can't even see it :mad:
Honestly if this forum continues to deteriorate people are going to stop coming here. It is only the likes of yourself and GG, etc (sorry if I didn't mention you but these two are lifers and anyone less than five years is just a blow in. :p)
that keep me here now.
I had a look at old posts and can't see videos there either FFS. :mad:
 
It seems that the forum administrators don't give a ****. I'm bloody pleased that I don't pay forum fees, because I'd be asking for my money back.

How's about setting up your own forum Ali? ;)
 
Nodge68 said:
It seems that the forum administrators don't give a ****. I'm bloody pleased that I don't pay forum fees, because I'd be asking for my money back.

How's about setting up your own forum Ali? ;)
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I'm paying the forum fees but will be cancelling if they don't sort things soon.
Sadly running a forum would be way too time consuming for my liking. :(
 
Yip, all shiny and new looking. :) Not sure about the colour tho. :rolleyes:

So last couple of days I've been gathering parts to sort the brakes.

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Two new calipers, a slider refurb kit, a rear wheel servo, two front and one rear flexi hoses, a length of copper nickle pipe and a box of assorted unions.
Guess what I'll be doing this weekend? :(
 
I guess we'll get used to this forum too. It's actually quite similar to the last forum they used.

Keeping busy Ali.
At least it's a Freelander 1 and not a D3. It took me a day to replace all the lines on my FL1, but 3 days on the D3.
 
Alibro said:
Have you seen these guys? Very entertaining and seem to be pretty knowledgable.

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Yes I saw it. I must admit I was lucky with my D3, I did 45k in it, taking it from 145k to 190k. However I always had a worry in the back of my mind that the crank could fail at any time, which isn't a pleasant feeling.

I have no such worries with the FL1 or FL2.
 
Fronts done along with disks and pads I had from a previous car. The disks are Brembo and had only done a few hundred miles. ;)
The carriers have a load of paint too.

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I repaired a rusted rear brake pipe and half did the rear flexi hose when I managed to cross thread the hose and cocked up the threads. :mad:
Then I found this. 😭

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The sills are otherwise good so I'll probable make a plate for it and weld it in tomorrow, I'll pick up a new hose on Monday.
 
Sanded back the worst of the crusty bits and primered. The metal gets very thin as you get nearer the hole

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Made a plate to fit and drilled for plug welds
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Badly welded and crudely ground back, I only welded a few plug holes near the top as it was blowing through here and would have been much worse lower down.

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Sealer at the top, primed and stone chip.
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Pretty it ain't but good enough for the girls I go out with. 😂

With the wheel liner back on it won't ever be sen but maybe it adds another 12 months to the life of the car. ;)
 
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Alibro said:
I can't even see it :mad:
Honestly if this forum continues to deteriorate people are going to stop coming here. It is only the likes of yourself and GG, etc (sorry if I didn't mention you but these two are lifers and anyone less than five years is just a blow in. :p)
that keep me here now.
I had a look at old posts and can't see videos there either FFS. :mad:
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Cough cough, ahem. Not got the post count but def got the years in and I'm not intending going anywhere anytime soon ;)

I think the forum is suffereing a bit as FL1s must be deminishing in numbers fairly steadily now, and alot of people who own them just go on the groups on FB (where the same old repeat questions/subjects far surpass the numbers on here). Hopefully FL2 owner numbers will go up on the forum to keep it going. It certainly seems to be noticeable that there are more and more FL2 threads these days.
 
Alibro said:
Sanded back the worst of the crusty bits and primered. The metal gets very thin as you get nearer the hole

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Made a plate to fit and drilled for plug welds
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Badly welded and crudely ground back, I only welded a few plug holes near the top as it was blowing through here and would have been much worse lower down.

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Sealer at the top, primed and stone chip.
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Pretty it ain't but good enough for the girls I go out with. 😂

With the wheel liner back on it won't ever be sen but maybe it adds another 12 months to the life of the car. ;)
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When I gave mine the really thourough pre-mot blast a couple of months ago I was amazed to discover just how much crud had built up in that very area, in the fold where the skin meets arch. Fortunately I didn't discover too rust as I wouldn't be able to just weld in a pannel like you've done. Top work!
 
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kernowsvenski said:
Cough cough, ahem. Not got the post count but def got the years in and I'm not intending going anywhere anytime soon ;)

I think the forum is suffereing a bit as FL1s must be deminishing in numbers fairly steadily now, and alot of people who own them just go on the groups on FB (where the same old repeat questions/subjects far surpass the numbers on here). Hopefully FL2 owner numbers will go up on the forum to keep it going. It certainly seems to be noticeable that there are more and more FL2 threads these days.
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None meant. 😁

Have a look at the numbers of Freelanders for sale, there are very few F1 or F2 so they seem to be a dying breed. :(.
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When I gave mine the really thourough pre-mot blast a couple of months ago I was amazed to discover just how much crud had built up in that very area, in the fold where the skin meets arch. Fortunately I didn't discover too rust as I wouldn't be able to just weld in a pannel like you've done. Top work!
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Yes there was a load of dirt in the bottom corner. In my case the car has been off the road for several years so it was dry but the rot tells a story.
To be honest my welding was very poorly done. The rot should have been cut out and the metal replaced but life it too short and the car has way to many other issues. I could have used something like Tiger seal to stick my panel in place and it probably would have been just as good. ;)
 
Alibro said:
I could have used something like Tiger seal to stick my panel in place and it probably would have been just as good.
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To be honest, a cill closure plate does little to the structure of the vehicle, other than keep the muck out the cills.
So sticking a suitable piece of metal in there, and sealing with Tiger seal would have done the trick.
 
Alibro said:
I'm paying the forum fees but will be cancelling if they don't sort things soon.
Sadly running a forum would be way too time consuming for my liking. :(
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I might set one up if I thought it would be useful. This one has been the best for a long time though.
I have domain FL1.UK ready to go (no offence to non-UKers).
We could use any advertising revenue (if any) to help fund scientific projects like yours ;)
 
bukko said:
I might set one up if I thought it would be useful. This one has been the best for a long time though.
I have domain FL1.UK ready to go (no offence to non-UKers).
We could use any advertising revenue (if any) to help fund scientific projects like yours ;)
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LOL, I'm all for random people giving me money to spend on toys. Bring it on. 😂
Sadly Freelander are getting more and more scarce so your target audience would be tiny.

Nodge68 said:
To be honest, a cill closure plate does little to the structure of the vehicle, other than keep the muck out the cills.
So sticking a suitable piece of metal in there, and sealing with Tiger seal would have done the trick.
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That's what I thought too which is why I didn't get too excited about the welding job. ;)
 
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