What have you done to your Freelander today

dazzadazzadazzadazza · Jun 9, 2024

Today i cleaned the FL2 aka Beast.
Wash
Wax
Plastic treatment
Removed stuck mud around arches
Cleared gullys
Clar barred wheels and waxed

That took all day but the weather was perfek for it

Dar ran Dar ran · Jun 9, 2024

andyfreelandy said:
They look like dumbbells in the photo - that's all !!

And a dewalt drill

i thought makita was standard issue for sensible people?

Bounty · Jun 10, 2024

Reconnected the battery, switched on, switched off, idled for 10 minutes and set off for a little bit

That throttle feels so good now

kernowsvenski · Jun 11, 2024

MaxTheDog1 said:
Sorry Andy, didn’t mean anything untoward. The some remnant of my home ahem ’gym’ days when I did do that kind of thing. Now used as a weight to stop the ramps moving. The other ramp has a 120A 12V battery as a weight.

Also handy for the OWUT too!

andyfreelandy · Jun 11, 2024

An old brake disc from a Freelander 1 is 5 kg. Perfect with a wire loop through the hole !!

kernowsvenski · Jun 11, 2024

andyfreelandy said:
An old brake disc from a Freelander 1 is 5 kg. Perfect with a wire loop through the hole !!

That's great spannering! I shall remember that!

xDParis64 · Jun 11, 2024

Today I got fed up of my land rover and kick the drivers door because it ****ed me off.

Now the window won't go down...

lesson learned next time kick it harder so the frame falls out and I can scrap it

I Jest, I did blow it up though

got quite a lot of smoke coming from the intake... Oopsie there goes another 1.8 petrol head gasket... ugh...

MaxTheDog1 · Jun 11, 2024

kernowsvenski said:
Also handy for the OWUT too!

OWUT? I’m sure it’s obvious when you know…

kernowsvenski · Jun 11, 2024

MaxTheDog1 said:
OWUT? I’m sure it’s obvious when you know…

Have a read of these two threads...

The Definitive Freelander VCU testing thread

Information compiled from various source across the interweb. Special thanks go to Garrycol of Aulro. Firstly an overview of what a VCU (Viscous Coupling Unit) is - and what it does... A viscous coupling is a mechanical device which transfers torque and rotation by the medium of a viscous...

www.landyzone.co.uk

VCU Torque test results

In the FAQs section there is a VCU torque test, which you can (should) carry out on a regular basis, so you get warning of an impending seizing VCU. This is designed to reduce the chances of screwing up your transmission and having to replace your IRD. The main problem with this test, at the...

www.landyzone.co.uk

Freddie17 · Jun 12, 2024

MaxTheDog1 said:
OWUT? I’m sure it’s obvious when you know…

Picture a dog cocking it’s leg…

… to test a VCU

MaxTheDog1 · Jun 12, 2024

Aah. Yes that.

Bounty · Jun 12, 2024

Cheated on it a little bit.. someone's been showing off an FL2 to me that they're getting rid of in October
And it's beyond tempting

Freddie17 · Jun 12, 2024

Bounty said:
Cheated on it a little bit.. someone's been showing off an FL2 to me that they're getting rid of in October
And it's beyond tempting

Your FL1 will now seek revenge and spring a leak/pop a tyre/other suitable issue

Freddie17 · Jun 12, 2024

… that said, I just got back from McDonalds. There was a nice tricked-out 2 in there on a 61 plate.
Lifted with BFG tyres, nice dark grey. Few stickers and a checker plate on the bonnet. Looked quite good actually… just off-roadie enough without being silly.
I admit, I was a little jealous.

… but then my burgers came and I buggered off home with the dog.

kernowsvenski · Jun 12, 2024

Bounty said:
Cheated on it a little bit.. someone's been showing off an FL2 to me that they're getting rid of in October
And it's beyond tempting

Don't do it. Where's the fun in a more reliable (alledgedly), more comfortable, quieter, more efficient, better equiped vehicle? Pah!

Bounty · Jun 13, 2024

I thought there'd be a little more excitement over the idea of that Freelander becoming available

And.. well, look at it!

Freddie17 · Jun 13, 2024

Bounty said:
I thought there'd be a little more excitement over the idea of that Freelander becoming available

And.. well, look at it!
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Looks nice… I’d be tempted
I’m guessing you know it’s history too

GrumpyGel · Jun 13, 2024

Bounty said:
I thought there'd be a little more excitement over the idea of that Freelander becoming available

And.. well, look at it!
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Has it been rolled?

Bounty · Jun 13, 2024

Freddie17 said:
Looks nice… I’d be tempted
I’m guessing you know it’s history too

It's been treated very nicely at least by this owner, always kept tip top and good miles for the age (2011)

GrumpyGel said:
Has it been rolled?

Over? No, pretty sure it hasn't

Freddie17 · Jun 13, 2024

So, sounds like you’ll be having a 1 and 2 sometime soon?!!

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