What have you done to your Freelander today

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Sure is but the car has been used on some rough tracks in the forest hauling firewood

This 4 tyres is a real mallarky - when i bought the Td4 it came on 4 new hankook AT's. now they are starting to wear a bit the wet grip is really shocking.
Saw the other day that the RH front tyre is down to the nylon on the outer shoulder so its fecked.
Thought about buying 2 but didnt want the same s**t Hankook's - so ordered 4 all season Grabbers - lets see what they are like ..............

will then have 2 slightly worn Hankooks to sell.

And the shockers - the car is very soft and bouncy when coming to a stop - in addition the shocks bottom out when taking a speed bump a bit fast

they should arrive tomorrow so maybe time to get them on before we go away for christmas.

Hopefullyl i can get everything done before any snow comes !!!!
 
Pulled my starter today for the second time in two weeks. First time was to replace the solenoid contacts because the car wasn't starting; today because yesterday it didn't start again and I wanted to check the contacts. Looked like they had rotated a little when I had tightened them down before, so I straightened them out, added a locknut, tightened everything down good and proper and reinstalled the starter. Then when tightening down the battery cable I noticed that I accidentally let the post rotate a little, so I took it out again and rechecked the contacts. Sure enough the corresponding contact had shifted, so I straightened it out again and reassembled. First try the car didn't start but it did start each of several subsequent tries. I was tempted to pull the starter yet again -- getting pretty good at it by now! -- but I'm working out of doors and was running out of daylight. I think I'll give it a week or so to see how it behaves then pull the starter to inspect the contacts. If all else fails I'll just bin the starter and put in a new one.

What's that saying about not having time to do it once but having the time to do it twice?
 
Replaced the clutch master cylinder seems to have done the trick :)
Moved this out of the way made things easier.
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did my shocks too - replaced all 4 last week - first time removed since the car was new in 2004 !!!
what a job...............technically simple but rusted bolts and stuff
and who designed the rear shocks so that you have to open the brake circuit to remove the shock - fecking idiots !!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
digby said:
did my shocks too - replaced all 4 last week - first time removed since the car was new in 2004 !!!
what a job...............technically simple but rusted bolts and stuff
and who designed the rear shocks so that you have to open the brake circuit to remove the shock - fecking idiots !!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Yeah, I know what you mean! I looked at slotting that bracket like the front ones are to make it easier - next time lol
 
Rimini-Scott said:
Not today but whilst I'm in the mood for posting pictures up.
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Liking the CF there, How did you do it, Wrap the original in real CF? Make a new CF part from mould or is it just sticky stuff? The door handles on my wifes car have already been painted at least once but need doing again.
 
Alibro said:
Liking the CF there, How did you do it, Wrap the original in real CF? Make a new CF part from mould or is it just sticky stuff? The door handles on my wifes car have already been painted at least once but need doing again.
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Its the cheap stuff off ebay. It is quite strong and pliable under heat but not the most adhesive. I found the best thing to do was wrap it right round and super glue on the rear. It stretches nicely but you do get left with a tiny crease when wrapping it on inner angles. All the coloured interior parts have been wrapped apart from the sides of the stereo, I even did the piece of trim between the glovebox and airbag and the little switch panel on the drivers side.
 
Camera: It's an Ambarella 801 1080P - no internal battery, no GPS and I run a 32Gb micro SD. Stuck onto the windscreen to the right of the rear view mirror. You can pick them up very cheaply mine was $89NZ.
Techmoan did a review on these. It's not great at night and the microphone is crappy. It's small and inconspicuous. It records the video files as H264. They are something I've not heard of, a Traffic Stream format [TS]
 
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