Thanks for the kind words bud.
lol.
What should the 1 wheel up test result be? Under a minute?Hi guys
Just bought me another Freelander for a project car. Lots of pics of VCU refurb, fuel tank cradle repair etc.
Early 2015 I bought a 2004 K series Freelander from a dealer, it had full MOT, new window regulators, new diff bushes and decent tyres but because it was a K series I got it for under £1500. I thought I had done well getting such a fresh car for such small money.
Well that ain't nothin. Get a load of this, the newcomer is on the right.
Gertrude is a 2002 K series with 120k on the clock but with a replacement engine at 60k (some issue caused by the garage during a service), she comes with 2 newish tyres, two fairly worn tyres 3 dodgy windows a new clutch and possible head gasket failure (yet drove home 20 miles no probs) but the body is rust free. She has sat around untaxed or MOT'd for three years so covered in algae and moss but clean paintwork under it all.
Guess what I paid for her?
No go on guess
Ah go on
Go on, go on, go on, go on.
Ah your no fun atall.
£280! Yip thats right, £280 and she drove home (allegedly ocifer) no bother. In fact I would say she drives smoother than my 04 car.
I haven't decided what to do with it yet but will get her MOT'd and take it from there. I would love to put a 1.8T engine in like Disco_mikey did and take her off roading. I think the extra torque from a turbo would make a massive difference to the driveability in sticky conditions.
In the meantime I am going through her sorting all the issues and my goal is to have her running serviced and MOT'd for under £600.
First job when I got her home was the One Wheel Up Test. Which she of course failed miserably with a time close to 2 minutes, but at least it moved. My other car was pretty well seized solid when I got her. Anyway the propshaft will be off soon so I can have a go at refurbing the VCU. The last one I did is still working fine.
Next job was checking the coolant which appeared to have no antifreeze, turns out it was full of K seal (or such crap) instead, So gave it a quick flush with the hose and I refilled with antifreeze. I should say at this point the car was advertised with possible HGF as it had "lots of steam coming out the exhaust". I'm hoping the guy had panicked and threw in K seal when he saw the steam but it is just condensation. Time will tell but I hope it was just because it had been lying for so long.
She needs the windows sorting, disks and pads but otherwise I can't find much wrong that a good clean wouldn't fix. I is a happy bunny.
Of course! It's a very important light and must be fixed as soon as possible, no expense must be spared.Obviously you are going to fix the HDC properly after the Test.
Cheers pal, glad you enjoyed reading it, so far so good with the bargain.
Good question dfossil, I get momentary wheel spin while pulling away on a slippy wet road but it takes a lot of provocation to do that. Yesterday I was driving on snow and didn't feel any wheelspin at all so the VCU is working. I also used the car to tow a land leveller around a sand school and it felt as if 4wd was working as it should. Unfortunately I think I have a problem which might be the reason it is so free. When prepping it for MOT I was crawling underneath and noticed there is a leak in the VCU so I will have to take it off again to fix that. I guess it is possible lack of pressure in the VCU might cause it to be so loose but even with that it is working well enough for every day driving.
LOL, Expert? Me? No, not even close. I'm just too stupid to no when to stop.
Thanks mate. As with all cars if the cost if fixing it is more than it will be worth after doing the work you have to ask is it worth it. Especially with engine swaps when you could be putting in an worse engine than the one you have.
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