What have you done to your Freelander today

kernowsvenski · Apr 10, 2021

Today I drove it, and the SRS light stayed on. Tommorrow I'll be checking the wiring, particularly on the drivers airbag that I recently removed and refitted when sorting the wheel leather.

Anyone know if my cheapy bluetooth odb will clear the fault? It does ECU codes.

Nodge68 · Apr 10, 2021

kernowsvenski said:
Today I drove it, and the SRS light stayed on. Tommorrow I'll be checking the wiring, particularly on the drivers airbag that I recently removed and refitted when sorting the wheel leather.

Anyone know if my cheapy bluetooth odb will clear the fault? It does ECU codes.

No, unfortunately an OBD2 dongle won't clear the SRS light. My Icarsoft I930 will identify and clear the code.

kernowsvenski · Apr 10, 2021

Nodge68 said:
No, unfortunately an OBD2 dongle won't clear the SRS light. My Icarsoft I930 will identify and clear the code.

I might ask you to plug that in when we get round to sorting the mirror in the nearish future, unless I resolve it beforehand of course

Nodge68 · Apr 10, 2021

kernowsvenski said:
I might ask you to plug that in when we get round to sorting the mirror in the nearish future, unless I resolve it beforehand of course

Not a problem James.

kernowsvenski · Apr 10, 2021

Nodge68 said:
Not a problem James.

legend.

Jayridium · Apr 10, 2021

kernowsvenski said:
I might ask you to plug that in when we get round to sorting the mirror in the nearish future, unless I resolve it beforehand of course

PM me your address and I'll send you a delphi code reader that will, when hooked up to a laptop, clear those codes for you.

stefaan · Apr 10, 2021

Hi, does anyone know what this wire is for, someone cut it

Petros71 · Apr 11, 2021

On Friday made an appointment at the garage to change the coolant pump at Whednsday so I had plenty of time yesterday to take off the headliner of the roof and strip the dropped fabric to replace it. I asked for a price at some shops around for the replacement and the best was about 170 euros ( the top was 220 euros ) so I ordered the fabric and the glue at a store for 39 euros total. I brushed the headliner to clean the orange layer of the old fabric and put it aside to my storage waiting for the new one. Taking off the headliner revealed an other issue, rust on the sunroof, it is just a small part on the frame at the right corner above the passenger seat so now I have to take the sunroof off to sand it and paint it. I had never opened the sunroof because the seller told me that it was damaged so now with the mechanism and the motor over my head I'll try to figure out where the damage is.

Nodge68 · Apr 11, 2021

stefaan said:
Hi, does anyone know what this wire is for, someone cut it

That's not a factory wire, so it could be for anything, but spotlights are a likely use for it.
Where does it go to inside?

stefaan · Apr 11, 2021

Nodge68 said:
That's not a factory wire, so it could be for anything, but spotlights are a likely use for it.
Where does it go to inside?

I dont know, it is behind dash, can I check it without removing dash?

Nodge68 · Apr 11, 2021

stefaan said:
I dont know, it is behind dash, can I check it without removing dash?

Yes. It'll come through the bulkhead, just too the right of the brake pedal, and probably went to the CCU, which is behind the fuse box.

Alibro · Apr 11, 2021

Petros71 said:
On Friday made an appointment at the garage to change the coolant pump at Whednsday so I had plenty of time yesterday to take off the headliner of the roof and strip the dropped fabric to replace it. I asked for a price at some shops around for the replacement and the best was about 170 euros ( the top was 220 euros ) so I ordered the fabric and the glue at a store for 39 euros total. I brushed the headliner to clean the orange layer of the old fabric and put it aside to my storage waiting for the new one. Taking off the headliner revealed an other issue, rust on the sunroof, it is just a small part on the frame at the right corner above the passenger seat so now I have to take the sunroof off to sand it and paint it. I had never opened the sunroof because the seller told me that it was damaged so now with the mechanism and the motor over my head I'll try to figure out where the damage is.

I believe replacement parts for sunroofs are still available. They often suffer badly from rust.

stefaan · Apr 11, 2021

Nodge68 said:
Yes. It'll come through the bulkhead, just too the right of the brake pedal, and probably went to the CCU, which is behind the fuse box.

It is from aftermarket cruise control, it is not working anyway, i must search for wiring diagram

Petros71 · Apr 11, 2021

Alibro said:
I believe replacement parts for sunroofs are still available. They often suffer badly from rust.

Yes there are mostly from stores in UK and e-bay in fair prices like this but I'm afraid of the customs costs which now is the biggest problem here in Greece. The customs at the ATH airport asking whatever their head flashes

. So I have to pay for the parts, the shipping, the greek vat, the customs broker, maybe additional fee (10 euros per day) if the package stays in the airport storage due to the HUGE amount of packages and I really don't know if there is anything else.

Leomas · Apr 11, 2021

Well I bit the bullet and did my first piece of work on mine having owned it all of three weeks now, changing the 7pin towing electrics to a 13pin ready for when we can change from glamping to caravanning. Sadly, a trip to the recycling centre pulling a trailer before I changed the cable showed that what was installed was not aware of having a trailer plugged in, didn't get the light on the dash and the sensors had conniptions when I selected reverse but the new cable came with fuses and a relay which were all missing from the original setup so hopefully things will be sorted now. Have to go past a LR dealer on the way to look over our probable 'van so may book it in for a once-over and just swallow the cost

ian mitchell · Apr 11, 2021

droplinks again

changed july last year and boot lock microswitch.

Leomas · Apr 14, 2021

So replacing the cable was a breeze but as expected it didn't magically fix the reversing sensor issue so had to find someone to flash the ECU. Good news is that there is someone only 10 minutes away and it was longer getting there than the guy took to sort it.

Now to start writing the wishlist of toys and tweaks to give my mind a treat

Petros71 · Apr 15, 2021

Finished the replacement of the fabric of the headliner.

kernowsvenski · Apr 16, 2021

Petros71 said:
Finished the replacement of the fabric of the headliner.

Good work. I'm contemplating this at the moment. Let's have some pics

Petros71 · Apr 17, 2021

kernowsvenski said:
Good work. I'm contemplating this at the moment. Let's have some pics

Thank you mate. Here are the pics
The headliner stripped

The fabric before

The fabric after

Job done 1

Job done 2

It certainly has flaws, but it's something I tried for the first time since I saw it on YouTube and I did it with a lot of pleasure. I also saved a lot of money, it cost me 40 euros (9 euros per meter and 12 for the glue) and they asked me for 170 or 200.
The link of the video I got help is here. If you need more info PM me, I'll be glad to help.
Cheers

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