Hi Looking for advice and any tips on how to change gearbox and IRD oil

Have a look in the main Freelander section. If the gearbox is an auto then there's a special way to change the oil and check the oil level. When changing the ird oil make sure you undo the filler/level plug before the drain plug. The filler/level plug can be a sod to get oft if the head has been damaged. There's no drain plug on the rear diff, only a filler/level plug. Search fer hipporamps if you don't have any ramps.

A friend gifted me his freelander 2003 td4 1 BMW engine manual gearbox. It is in fabulous cosmetic condition, black leather seats etc. There was a host of quite minor problems, he took it to a couple of garages here in France who gave him quotes that closely resembled his telephone number so he decided to buy a Rav and as the garages were not interested in PXing a RHD LR with a list of notes on the MOT he gave it to me. I have managed to fix all of the problems for about £75 and quite a bit of labour which was a large proportion of his quotes. She runs realy well now after following tips from this excellent forum, running ATF in the gearbox for 100 mls has given it a new lease of life, changes are now much smoother, Mineralised T2 oil in the diesel has, for some reason, given it an amazing boost and quietened down most of the knocks and clicks that you get on diesels. Cleaned out rear brakes and hand brake, changed all fluids, oils filters, and updated the the engine breather filter Changed all of the bulbs to led's from whish.com. Someone had put the sump plugs on with an air hammer and no washers so they were difficult to remove but I worked out a system that I will put up on the gearbox forum. I recently took the Freebee for an MOT and passed with flying colours with no notes or warnings. I took the old owner for a drive who remarked that " it never run this bloody well when I had it". So thanks guys for all of your tips and advice. As you all say there is no substitute for regular maintenance which had been sadly lacking on the little beauty.

Paulindre said:

A friend gifted me his freelander 2003 td4 1 BMW engine manual gearbox. It is in fabulous cosmetic condition, black leather seats etc. There was a host of quite minor problems, he took it to a couple of garages here in France who gave him quotes that closely resembled his telephone number so he decided to buy a Rav and as the garages were not interested in PXing a RHD LR with a list of notes on the MOT he gave it to me. I have managed to fix all of the problems for about £75 and quite a bit of labour which was a large proportion of his quotes. She runs realy well now after following tips from this excellent forum, running ATF in the gearbox for 100 mls has given it a new lease of life, changes are now much smoother, Mineralised T2 oil in the diesel has, for some reason, given it an amazing boost and quietened down most of the knocks and clicks that you get on diesels. Changed all of the bulbs to led's from whish.com. Someone had put the sump plugs on with an air hammer and no washers so they were difficult to remove but I worked out a system that I will put up on the gearbox forum. I recently took the Freebee for an MOT and passed with flying colours with no notes or warnings. I took the old owner for a drive who remarked that " it never run this bloody well when I had it". So thanks guys for all of your tips and advice.

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always good to hear of the success stories

Hi

U mentioning ATF oil, you’ve got a manual gearbox haven’t u

as the ATF is for automatic gearboxes, unless I’m reading it wrong , lol

Hi gstuart. Sorry about the late reply but we have been visiting family in Borneo You are right about manual gearbox and ATF. I used the ATF only as a cleaner for the box, run it for 75-100 mls then empty it out and fill it up with the right oil for your manual gearbox. It does a great job of cleaning out all of those gunky bits between the gears.
Paul