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I bought my 2008 FL2 on Sunday, heavily discounted because it failed WOF (like MOT) on no power in the steering below 5-10 km/h. Power assist mostly works when driving very slow, and this failure is a known weakness in Ford era Freelanders. In...

Drove it - 240+km Still a very nice car to get around in. Pleasing economy: 11.12 Km/litre - or 8.99 litre /100km

Hi folks!! New challenge in my 1996 defender... The Hot air duct i stuck open so the air stream is sent down to th footwell. In the humid norwegina weather thats very inconvenient. Do i have to disassemble the whole dash to get to it, or is...

Still angry @Hippo? even though I explained it. It doesn't rhyme with anything and was a genuine mistake typing on a stoopid phone keyboard.

While I presumed the only way to cure is to retrim, I bought this FL2 on Monday that came with a rather creative alternative. Not the best photo (it's night) and it looks like I need to clean a pizza stain, but it is interesting. Google...

Morning All. :D Normal service is resumed, glad to be back. :) Have a lovely day. :D

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Fitted the garage doors then ?

The black electrical rectangular thing bolted to side of valve block

I just stopped by Pickapart for a steering rack, and someone had removed the glove box timber trim and the centre console but then tossed them under the car so I can't advise how or what you need to do to remove the glove box (presume it is...

How to improve the ride inna tratter

Me bin got empty'd. Result.

A tratter ain't a real tractor like a Ferrari tractor.

Yer quoted a post wiv swearing innit.

Sounds like a plan, don't forget some photos of your new ride.

So, I slept over my tinkering ideas. And had a closer look at the car. Hence, a change of plans. A) I need a new oil cooler, the old one is leaking at the thermostat and one crimped in hose. And the connectors are impossible to remove from the...

Ok, thank you 🙏 He has, very kindly. I’ll see how the MOT goes - if it drastically fails then I won’t be pursuing it I don’t think as just doesn’t make financial sense really. If we’re good then I shall take him up on it 👌