What have you done to your Freelander today

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Turned on the Air Con! I'm usually to tight to turn the air con on - waste of burning extra fuel - and, if you don't use it it can't break - or at least you don't know its broke!

So it only gets turned on when we have visitors... and yesterday we took visiting whānau out for a drive. I fear it will be getting turned on quite a bit over the next couple of weeks. This is going to negate the fuel consumption increases of not having the VCU hooked up :)
 
I braved the artic conditions to finish off the double din and rear camera install, most useful tool of the day was a wire coat hanger, have to say I'm pretty pleased with the outcome and I can now use the steering wheel controls :)
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htr said:
So there's a seal inside the 'tube' that the guide pin goes into, not the rubber 'bellow' dust cover?
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Not a seal but a rubber damper. It's basically a rubber tube slid over a narrowed section of the guide pin. If oil based lubricant is use, the rubber swells. Once its swollen, removal or replacement is the only cure.

Alibro said:
Ah Nodge! You're spolin her. :p

Don't suppose you put a wee cut in the brake pipe did ya :cool:?
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Not this time.
 
Alibro said:
Is it just me or does that look just a tad dodgy H&S wise?
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I used 2 mechanical jacks on the sides and a hydraulic jack in the center of the car to distribute the weight and lifted it up. I made a stand with wheels, dropped the engine on top and pulled out of the car. To put the complete engine again I will use a hydraulic lifter.
 
comdek said:
I used 2 mechanical jacks on the sides and a hydraulic jack in the center of the car to distribute the weight and lifted it up. I made a stand with wheels, dropped the engine on top and pulled out of the car. To put the complete engine again I will use a hydraulic lifter.
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I took just the engine out the top.
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Cool, this car lets you take the engine up or down. I found it easier to remove underneath, and another problem is that I didn´t want to remove the battery because I don´t have the Radio Code.
 
comdek said:
I used 2 mechanical jacks on the sides and a hydraulic jack in the center of the car to distribute the weight and lifted it up. I made a stand with wheels, dropped the engine on top and pulled out of the car. To put the complete engine again I will use a hydraulic lifter.
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Last time I took an engine out it was a mates MGTF. He got a long piece of timber and cut notches out to fit the sills, then jacked it up with a trolley jack. We put concrete blocks under either end as it went up until it was high enough for the stands.
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Skinny Mike said:
Had the occasion to drive up to Hull today, had to go to the combined courts. As I witness I hasten to add, it wasn't me guv' honest.
Thought about driving past @davidsmith1307 house shouting "fix yer hippo" but thought he might throw mouldy biscuits at me:p
The Freelander didn't miss a beat, lovely drive up and back down, blown the cobwebs away aswell.

Mike
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They wouldn't let you near my house without your passport and a period of quarantine :)
I hope everyone at court was wearing their Sunday Best track suits.
 
I also went on a long drive, 138 miles pretty much non stop

Engine light was on due to "low cat efficiency" but the drive seems to have cured it
 
What have I done to my freelander today well absolutely nothing it is back home while I am driving some rented rot box in NZ but I am going past grumpygel,s house in a couple of weeks and going to leave it there and borrow his freelander so at least I can get into a decent car for a couple of hours,LOL
 
teddywood1 said:
What have I done to my freelander today well absolutely nothing it is back home while I am driving some rented rot box in NZ but I am going past grumpygel,s house in a couple of weeks and going to leave it there and borrow his freelander so at least I can get into a decent car for a couple of hours,LOL
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Will you be heading further south in NZ - Queenstown way?
 
teddywood1 said:
What have I done to my freelander today well absolutely nothing it is back home while I am driving some rented rot box in NZ but I am going past grumpygel,s house in a couple of weeks and going to leave it there and borrow his freelander so at least I can get into a decent car for a couple of hours,LOL
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:)

Sounds good - I'll have a couple of cold ones ready :)

Hopefully we won't be on fire here by then - we could do with some of the rain you're probably having up north!
 
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