What have you done to your Freelander today

hd3 · Saturday at 17:35

said " sorry " to it ..
one possible mistake on my part,
plus a 'not-tried-this-one-yet' fueling tweak, now lets see how it drives,
then a 30mile exceptionally heavey-right-foot [for me] drive .. with hillclimbs,
resulted in a leaking water pump gasket / seal.

back to the docs surgery .. soonish.
have applied a bandaid .. looks to have worked for now.
though .. can only be only a temporary fix.
.
though .. it occured at 200k+mileage,
neighbours yeti coolant pump leaked at 50k miles.

GrumpyGel · Saturday at 17:49

xDParis64 said:
Replaced RHS Engine mount as it had perished.
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My L Series failed a WOF (MOT) on that part, probably about 6 years ago.

I got a replacement (from Bearmach I believe). Fitted it and the vibration was horrendous.

Put it through the recheck, then swapped back to the original.

Its been fine and sailed through its 6 monthly WOF checks ever since!

Yours looks like it really is toast though.

kernowsvenski · Saturday at 22:28

Well today I have had opportunity to add a post to this thread following a few days of posts of jobs being done by a learned friend on my car.

Assisted with the fitting of a poorly manufactured fuel tank cradle which needed considerable modification, and the fitting of a refurbed subframe and diff assembly. Also pressed out rear bearings in readiness for new ones next week.

Freddie17 · Sunday at 07:58

kernowsvenski said:
Well today I have had opportunity to add a post to this thread following a few days of posts of jobs being done by a learned friend on my car.

Assisted with the fitting of a poorly manufactured fuel tank cradle which needed considerable modification, and the fitting of a refurbed subframe and diff assembly. Also pressed out rear bearings in readiness for new ones next week.

Coming along nicely.
I hope you took biscuits!

kernowsvenski · Sunday at 08:12

Freddie17 said:
Coming along nicely.
I hope you took biscuits!

My offer of a McDonald's breakfast was politely declined

htr · Sunday at 08:22

Well ... Finally back on the road. My first clutch replacement - done. Been on blocks since the end of August! What a phaff waiting for one part to come from old blighty! That O ring to connect the IRD to the G'box - ordered in early September and waited patiently.... then get an email on the 25th of Oct' to say it was on its way - having been returned to sender by Royal Mail... What the ...!!!

Anyway - fired up first go and all worked as it should. Very nice to drive it again

Nodge68 · Sunday at 14:08

htr said:
Well ... Finally back on the road. My first clutch replacement - done. Been on blocks since the end of August! What a phaff waiting for one part to come from old blighty! That O ring to connect the IRD to the G'box - ordered in early September and waited patiently.... then get an email on the 25th of Oct' to say it was on its way - having been returned to sender by Royal Mail... What the ...!!!

Anyway - fired up first go and all worked as it should. Very nice to drive it again

Well done on the clutch change.

I have one of those O rings in my stash of FL1 parts. I ordered 2 when I last did an IRD, as the postage was basically the same as the packet contents.

xDParis64 · Sunday at 14:10

Nodge68 said:
I have one of those O rings in my stash of FL1 parts. I ordered 2 when I last did an IRD

Got 4 spare as bought 5 in one as it was cheaper to it that way but not really a short walk to deliver it to you...

Freddie17 · Sunday at 17:17

kernowsvenski said:
My offer of a McDonald's breakfast was politely declined

To turn down a sausage and egg McMuffin is borderline criminal !

Dar ran Dar ran · Sunday at 18:06

really
I am sure if someone can fix freelanders with his teeth i am sure he could knock a big fat bacon butty up no problem

Swl26 · 2024-11-11T17:48:04+0000

Finally sorted out the weeping thermostat. Bit of a pain to do but easy enough with patience; though trying to battle daylight is always a problem this late in year.

Annoying thing was its was getting to temp, no fault with the parts, just unpredictably leaking (1L worth in one day / 0.5L per week the other.)

Either way, its done and happy ready for the winter with a fresh Water pump too.

Nodge68 · 2024-11-11T18:23:27+0000

Freddie17 said:
To turn down a sausage and egg McMuffin is borderline criminal !

I thought I'd better not, as it would have been my 4th that week. My favourite is a double sausage and egg McMuffin meal with OJ. but like I said I'd had 3 of them already in the week.

Freddie17 · 2024-11-11T18:28:06+0000

Nodge68 said:
I thought I'd better not, as it would have been my 4th that week. My favourite is a double sausage and egg McMuffin meal with OJ. but like I said I'd had 3 of them already in the week.

Now you are talking! Had that exact meal yesterday morning… in the FL!

andyfreelandy · 2024-11-11T19:54:58+0000

Swl26 said:
Finally sorted out the weeping thermostat.

Looks like weeping IRD to driveshaft seal is next !!

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