new member in somerset

hi guys, just thought i'd introduce myself, im 42years old, live in yeovil, somerset,uk, currently I do not own a land rover of any description but i am on the look out for a freelander td4 preferably auto, I have a budget of £500 at the moment(obviously not expecting a minter). i'm enjoying reading up on the common faults and the prices of parts to fix those faults, i dont mind doing a bit of dabling myself. any advice you have would be much appreciated,

hope to chat and possibly help out in the near future

Welcome, good ,luck, and keep us posted maybe you will find some help.

raywin said:

Welcome, good ,luck, and keep us posted maybe you will find some help.

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thanks, looking around i think im going to struggle to find 1 for £500, so i'm raising my budget, anyone got a diesel automatic(preferably) for sale in somerset? must be diesel. thanks

hi guys

bit of a story here, I have bought myself a 2002 freelander td4 auto, its very tidy with virtually no rust anywhere but the gearbox was slipping in 4th when hot, I have read the forums on here over and over and performed did a gearbox oil change-fault still occurred. so as my slipping gearbox still slipped

I have sourced and fitted a rare second hand 'good' auto gearbox and filled with fresh oil correctly(carlube ATF-U), the freelander now drives exactly as I think it should and i'm very pleased with it, however since changing the auto gearbox(which was a pig of a job) I now have the brake warning lamp in red iluminated on the dashboard,

I have tried shorting the wires in the brake fluid resivour but the light stays on, I have checked the front brake pads and theres no warning wire attached to them so I cant have snapped a wire there, the handbrake is fully released so i dont think its that, does anyone have any idea please on what might be causing my brake warning light to stay on?

I should mention the freelander is currently in 2wd but I do plan to get it to 4wd at some point when money allows.

any help you give would be much appreciated, thank you