Harold 4x4
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LAND ROVER FREELANDER VISCOUS COUPLING VCU 2WD 1.8 /2.0TD TD4 | eBay
Is it just me or is this 'the emperor's clothes'?
Is it just me or is this 'the emperor's clothes'?
WLJayne
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Wow, I see they are located in baloneyville but they also have a branch in phooeytown.
That's just a piece of **** VCU that has had it's fluids drilled. Anyone who buys that is very poorly advised. I'm not sure about Prop removal being an MOT advisory, I call that horsehoeey.
That's just a piece of **** VCU that has had it's fluids drilled. Anyone who buys that is very poorly advised. I'm not sure about Prop removal being an MOT advisory, I call that horsehoeey.
Singvogel
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What a fantastic piece of kit - I must get one before they are all sold.
It'll save me a fortune on repairs.
Mind you I could buy a bicycle and save even more.
Who in their right mind is going to buy this.
Wait a minute - if I had a Freelander with a duff VCU or rear diff I could fit one of these, and sell it as though it were in perfect nick.
Wizard idea - what, Biffo!
How many people will believe this cr*p.
Singvogel.
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I can see nothing in the UK VOSA MOT Tester's Manual that would warrant an advisory for having no prop-shaft.
Personally I would not want to run at all in 2WD except in an emergency (waiting or saving for a new VCU for example) - but there is nothing in the Law or MOT rules preventing me from doing it if I wish.
It'll save me a fortune on repairs.
Mind you I could buy a bicycle and save even more.
Who in their right mind is going to buy this.
Wait a minute - if I had a Freelander with a duff VCU or rear diff I could fit one of these, and sell it as though it were in perfect nick.
Wizard idea - what, Biffo!
How many people will believe this cr*p.
Singvogel.
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I can see nothing in the UK VOSA MOT Tester's Manual that would warrant an advisory for having no prop-shaft.
Personally I would not want to run at all in 2WD except in an emergency (waiting or saving for a new VCU for example) - but there is nothing in the Law or MOT rules preventing me from doing it if I wish.
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Do not touch this **** with a bargepole! If you want to throw money away, send it to me.
The bodger has been subject to a few investigations on here
The bodger has been subject to a few investigations on here
Nodge68
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They don't fail the Mot with props removed. Although if the propshaft is fitted it then becomes an Mot test item so must be in good working order so UJs and the front joint boot must be ok.
Of course without the VCU/prop you can test the brakes on the rollers!!
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WLJayne
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I think they have some kind of G force reader, it has to slow down fast enough from 30 to produce the required G reading to pass or something.
Sarahfoxy
New Member
Yep! Can't remember the technical name but they put a box thing in passenger footwell, drive, stop then use the reading to assess whether braking is even and sufficient. Working opposite an MOT garage teaches you all sorts
Singvogel
Well-Known Member
For Freelanders and other permanent 4X4s UK MOT testers use a piece of kit called a Tapley Decelerometer.
Its a gismo in a portable wooden box which sits on the floor of the vehicle.
They take it for a test run and brake hard to get a 'G' reading.
Singvogel. :cool2:
teddywood1
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has he been using his other user names to get the feed back freelander spare are at it again
