Freelander 1 Return of the (Land) Rovers: Kilo-Hippo-Delta

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I know! Nasty. I think I’ll see whether I can get a facelift version of the scuttle trim: it did away with the rubber bits altogether.
 
Hmm. Not sure whether I have another problem, or there is still some of Salisbury Plane hiding somewhere that didn’t get washed out, but there’s an odd coarse vibration on full lock or on reverse... the hippo is otherwise driving fine!
 
Good news: brilliant days' laning across Salisbury Plane on Saturday, with a great crowd of fellow LZ'ers :D
Nothing broke, nothing stopped. The doors didn't fall off. ;)

Two minor irritations:
  1. On the drive up from London, one of the decayed rubber bonnet hinge covers decided enough was enough and departed company with the car.
  2. On washing the Hippo the next day, I managed to break the aerial at the base mount on the roof - the cast base-metal hinge point sheared off (only gently nudged it with the high pressure hose, promise!)
I've previously looked at the cost of the rubber hinge covers. They're around £30 each. :eek: Must be re-inforced with unobtainium? I had hoped that someone woke up and smelt some coffee, but instead they must have gone to Costa (other coffee outlets available).
I am thinking of the later, face-lift two part scuttle trim panel? @Nodge, I recall you mentioning that these are a straight swap? A question of removing the windscreen wipers, unscrewing the old and fastening the new?

Aerial base. That's another £20. Argh! None advertised on the bay of fleas (except new ones). May be I should contact a few advertisers advertising "breaking for parts"...?
Shark fins are pretty cheap. :)
No idea if the cheap ones work tho. :confused:
 
Pressure washed the engine bay. Loads of mud removed, but still mud trapped between the sump and undertray. I’ll need to remove it to clear out all the muck.

The really bad news is that 60 miles later, the 3 amigos have made an unwelcome apparence on the dashboard. Gulp. Have I drenched the ECU or has something else broken?!?

Will need to sort out a diagnostic session now... o_O:mad::(
 
Pressure washed the engine bay. Loads of mud removed, but still mud trapped between the sump and undertray. I’ll need to remove it to clear out all the muck.

The really bad news is that 60 miles later, the 3 amigos have made an unwelcome apparence on the dashboard. Gulp. Have I drenched the ECU or has something else broken?!?

Will need to sort out a diagnostic session now... o_O:mad::(
Bugger!

Usually when the amigos turn up there is something that needs fixing. I did have them show up though after I'd got stuck on a gravel (and dirt/sand) bank and was recovered off it - they did though go by themselves a while later and didn't return. Don't know what it was because it went before the codes were read, maybe some muck got into the system somewhere. Hopefully your's will go by themselves - fingers crossed!
 
I’ve switched off and back on again GG, and the three of them stay on, unblinking - I fear you’re right: something has gone wrong. Just need to work out what.
 
Well, that’s weird... the three amigos have now extinguished themselves.

Good news?

Will get the errors read on Philip’s T4... I’m curious as to what happened!!!
 
A little update on the 3 amigo situation. They’ve been popping up and self extinguishing themselves intermittently. Occasionally I’ve had the “2 amigos” - in my case the TC and HDC lamps, often on light braking but not always.

These lamps are rather annoying.

Got over to Philip’s this afternoon and had it on his T4. This is a picture of the diagnostic screen:

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The right front ABS is the EBay replacement. Not sure why there’s a gear box data failure? Both were historical.

Fault codes cleared. Checked the ABS connector: looks as though some muddy water managed to get past the O-ring? Quick clean and put back again.

Time will tell if the intermittent fault reappears. Watch this space!
 
The gearbox CAN failure code is an odd one for a K4 considering it was never available with auto transmission. :confused:
 
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The CAN code is there on manual vehicles as the instrument pack takes the gear position inputs (1st and reverse gear) and then transmits the status over CAN to the ABS module
 
The CAN code is there on manual vehicles as the instrument pack takes the gear position inputs (1st and reverse gear) and then transmits the status over CAN to the ABS module
That's what I had assumed too.

Philip has been looking at the code, and it appears that the VIN stored on the Teeves Mk20 ABS ECU is not the same as for the vehicle (stored in MEMS). SALLNAAA71A320379 - only the last 6 digits are different from the number on the chassis plate. I don't think this causes a problem, but it looks as though the ABS ECU may have been swapped for another unit of the same year of manufacture?
 
Three amigos popped up again. My pscan now reads the Teeves Mk20 ECU. it’s reporting an electrical fault on the NSF ABS sensor - that’s the one I replaced from eBay.

It’s an intermittent fault though. I’ll investigate further: I wonder whether this is a plug fault or something else? Hopefully I’ll have some time on Sunday to investigate further and ensure that the cable hasn’t chaffed or become damaged...

Oh, and I had to tip up the coolant reservoir - some tell tale deposits around the coolant expansion tank lid: failing expansion tank cap?
 
Hmmmm... I’m suspicious that the coolant tank may be a bit suspect:

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It sure whether you can see, but the seam appears to have pulled apart, and there’s fluid around the circumference.

Symptom or cause of the intermittent fluid level drop?!?

New tank and cap on order
 
You should probably order a few bottles.

It appears replacement ones just split for fun, so might as well have a few ready!

Going by what reports on here, if a car's still got an original, but got crazing, I recon it would be better to apply a layer of something over the crazing than replace the bottle!
 
I doubt it’s an original - it looks far too good (ie not aged).

Actually I also have a VW Polo expansion tank with coolant sensor, so might fit that instead! ;)
 
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The expansion tank seam doesn’t look too healthy, so I’ve replaced the tank this morning. I decided to replace with original type as I think about how to install the VAG tank I have.

I rather wished I’d more thoroughly flushed the coolant system when I rebuilt the top end of the engine: there’s a lot of rusty-coloured silt floating around - here filtered by a kitchen towel:

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Yuck.

Pretty simple job to change the expansion screw, held in place by a single plastic scrivet. Inevitably the plastic screw destroyed itself, but I reused using a selt tapping screw:

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So that should make it easier to replace later... ;)

These are pattern parts from Allmakes - let’s see how these last...
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