AndyFLandy

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Hi all

Just a quickie to introduce myself.

Not so long ago the better half wrote off our second car, a Shogun Pinin. It was a nice little truck, but useless in the wet and unfortunatley Claire forgot to engage the selectable 4WD a month or so ago. No one was hurt, but the car coming the other way was totalled too. :eek:

Anyway, after some crafty negotiation with the insurance company I ended up with 30% more than what I paid for the vehicle - a recommendation for Admiral Insurance here I might add. The mission was to purchase a 'well weighted' truck (we are out in the sticks a little here) with auto 4WD.

A few weeks ago I ended up with a 04 TD4 Freelander SE (oh no not another one!). It's alright actually, I did the usual checks on buying it - 125k miles, one owner from new - FSH no expense spared, VCU seems good (does not heat up) although no paperwork to suggest it has been changed - I managed to shave some pennies from the sale price as it was due a service and MOT.

I am a very amature mechanic, but after buying the Haynes manual set about my way on servicing it and came accross a couple of issues - but I will post a thread on the correct section to look for some insight here. :confused: I have looked to do 'sensible' things - the EGR mod to fit and have already chucked in the BMW crankcase filter too. I have the inlet manifold off at the moment trying to devise a plan of cleaning that - research on here is invaluable.

Over all I am very pleased with the vehcile - it certainly is a lot safer and more stable on the road than the Pinin pile of poo. Interestingly my company car is a Skoda Yeti 140 TDI 4WD - the grip on that is incredible despite my best efforts I cannot get it to slide! :p That's the point I have questions on tyres too, but will continue to research before posting pestering threads.

Anyway, greetings all and thank you all in anticipation for your help and advice.

:tea:

Best regards

Andrew
 
Hi all

Just a quickie to introduce myself.

Not so long ago the better half wrote off our second car, a Shogun Pinin. It was a nice little truck, but useless in the wet and unfortunatley Claire forgot to engage the selectable 4WD a month or so ago. No one was hurt, but the car coming the other way was totalled too. :eek:

Anyway, after some crafty negotiation with the insurance company I ended up with 30% more than what I paid for the vehicle - a recommendation for Admiral Insurance here I might add. The mission was to purchase a 'well weighted' truck (we are out in the sticks a little here) with auto 4WD.

A few weeks ago I ended up with a 04 TD4 Freelander SE (oh no not another one!). It's alright actually, I did the usual checks on buying it - 125k miles, one owner from new - FSH no expense spared, VCU seems good (does not heat up) although no paperwork to suggest it has been changed - I managed to shave some pennies from the sale price as it was due a service and MOT.

I am a very amature mechanic, but after buying the Haynes manual set about my way on servicing it and came accross a couple of issues - but I will post a thread on the correct section to look for some insight here. :confused: I have looked to do 'sensible' things - the EGR mod to fit and have already chucked in the BMW crankcase filter too. I have the inlet manifold off at the moment trying to devise a plan of cleaning that - research on here is invaluable.

Over all I am very pleased with the vehcile - it certainly is a lot safer and more stable on the road than the Pinin pile of poo. Interestingly my company car is a Skoda Yeti 140 TDI 4WD - the grip on that is incredible despite my best efforts I cannot get it to slide! :p That's the point I have questions on tyres too, but will continue to research before posting pestering threads.

Anyway, greetings all and thank you all in anticipation for your help and advice.

:tea:

Best regards

Andrew

try turning off esp and when it falls off road collect p45
 
try turning off esp and when it falls off road collect p45

Yes that would make it a bit hairyer! I am a sensible old fart most of the time to be honest. :p

Just a quick question - I set up a thread on the Freelander part this morning which when submitted advised that it would need to be approved by a moderator. How long does this process usually take?
 
Yes that would make it a bit hairyer! I am a sensible old fart most of the time to be honest. :p

Just a quick question - I set up a thread on the Freelander part this morning which when submitted advised that it would need to be approved by a moderator. How long does this process usually take?

About as long as it takes for someone to notice :eek:

Just approved it. The software seems to pick on random early posts it suspects as spam for some reason :confused: Doesn't happen often and annoyingly doesn't give any notification that it's hidden a post :mad::rolleyes:

Sorry about that and :welcome:
 
Hi all

Just a quickie to introduce myself.

Not so long ago the better half wrote off our second car, a Shogun Pinin. It was a nice little truck, but useless in the wet and unfortunatley Claire forgot to engage the selectable 4WD a month or so ago. No one was hurt, but the car coming the other way was totalled too. :eek:

Anyway, after some crafty negotiation with the insurance company I ended up with 30% more than what I paid for the vehicle - a recommendation for Admiral Insurance here I might add. The mission was to purchase a 'well weighted' truck (we are out in the sticks a little here) with auto 4WD.

A few weeks ago I ended up with a 04 TD4 Freelander SE (oh no not another one!). It's alright actually, I did the usual checks on buying it - 125k miles, one owner from new - FSH no expense spared, VCU seems good (does not heat up) although no paperwork to suggest it has been changed - I managed to shave some pennies from the sale price as it was due a service and MOT.

I am a very amature mechanic, but after buying the Haynes manual set about my way on servicing it and came accross a couple of issues - but I will post a thread on the correct section to look for some insight here. :confused: I have looked to do 'sensible' things - the EGR mod to fit and have already chucked in the BMW crankcase filter too. I have the inlet manifold off at the moment trying to devise a plan of cleaning that - research on here is invaluable.

Over all I am very pleased with the vehcile - it certainly is a lot safer and more stable on the road than the Pinin pile of poo. Interestingly my company car is a Skoda Yeti 140 TDI 4WD - the grip on that is incredible despite my best efforts I cannot get it to slide! :p That's the point I have questions on tyres too, but will continue to research before posting pestering threads.

Anyway, greetings all and thank you all in anticipation for your help and advice.

:tea:

Best regards

Andrew

this would be a good set for you

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f9/need-tyres-255314.html
 
Great intro mate! Welcome, seems like your one of the first who says tyres and search/research in the same post, ull get little abuse here! :) do your search and ull soon find all the info on most things :) especially tyres!!

See you around :)
 
About as long as it takes for someone to notice :eek:

Just approved it. The software seems to pick on random early posts it suspects as spam for some reason :confused: Doesn't happen often and annoyingly doesn't give any notification that it's hidden a post :mad::rolleyes:

Sorry about that and :welcome:

Great stuff and thanks for that.
 
Great intro mate! Welcome, seems like your one of the first who says tyres and search/research in the same post, ull get little abuse here! :) do your search and ull soon find all the info on most things :) especially tyres!!

See you around :)

Cheers. I'll see what happens at MOT time in a couple of weeks... lucky I have a friend in the tyre (and MOT) trade - but the wear on the inside of the OSF looks a bit iffy to me. I suspect Mr MOT tester will reveal something before I have time to investigate...

Shame I'm on 17" rims, although perhaps for the worst looking at the prices. Even the difference between 215/55 and 235/55 17s is pretty considerable, but I guess I'll look into recommendations a little more (and advice from Mr MOT man) before venturing much further. Always best to be prepared I guess - although the other half might have a shock when a big wedge of the holiday fund is spent on new boots! :decision:

I'm feeling quite welcome and thank you all for your responses.

:eek:
 
Best of luck with the land rovers enemy (Mr MOT man), could I ask what you use the freelander for? :)

Hiya. It's our second car. Wheels for the better half to get to college when I'm working away. At this moment in time I work from home most the time so the Freelander is a second jobber against the company Yeti, which gets most the trips and general wear and tear.
 
Not a million miles away from the plains. Home is just off the edge of the Quantocks so we're alright, although the roads to get here can be fun sometimes.

I think all the other elephants would laugh at a hippo with a bamboo cane... :D

Nice, I do like the Quantocks, despite being there when the storm hit in '87 :eek:

Can't help with your question I'm afraid. I drive leafers, if I can't fix it with a hammer I try a bigger hammer :eek:
 

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