My springs turned up today so I set about removing the old unit & in the 'there's always one' saying, the top bolt where it mounts to the hub has taken about two hours to remove + two tins of penertrating spray ( I had removed both the nuts yesterday & gave them a soaking over several hours prior to todays work), obviously you can't heat hub or bash seven tonnes of ****e out of the bolt but got there in the end luckily the bottom one only took about fifteen minutes.
On another note has anyone used these camber adjust bolts (see pic)?
I got them when I got the car back in 2017 & had the tracking done (after powerflexing all the suspension bushes & fitting new tyres) & they said the rear camber was out but never got around to fitting them. I've got new std bolts/nuts but thought I might fit these whilst I'm here as I need to have it re- tracked after this lot.
On another note has anyone used these camber adjust bolts (see pic)?
I got them when I got the car back in 2017 & had the tracking done (after powerflexing all the suspension bushes & fitting new tyres) & they said the rear camber was out but never got around to fitting them. I've got new std bolts/nuts but thought I might fit these whilst I'm here as I need to have it re- tracked after this lot.
Typical put the old & new FL rear suspension units in the D2 to take to a mate who's letting me use his hydraulic press to get the suspension units sorted for refitting, fired it up & the fudging battery light come on & it's only showing 11.7 volts on the meter when running 
so with both LR's off the road I've had to use the wife's Mitsubishi to take the suspension to be sorted, better buy a lottery ticket, my lucks got too change soon.
so with both LR's off the road I've had to use the wife's Mitsubishi to take the suspension to be sorted, better buy a lottery ticket, my lucks got too change soon.
GrumpyGel
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It never rains when it pours, or summat like that.Typical put the old & new FL rear suspension units in the D2 to take to a mate who's letting me use his hydraulic press to get the suspension units sorted for refitting, fired it up & the fudging battery light come on & it's only showing 11.7 volts on the meter when running
90 rubble sacks full of bad quality soil / bricks disposed of at the tip over 8 trips on Thursday. My back is still sore, today!
Should have hired a skip, but I was being tight trying to recoup some of the money spent on getting the Freelander running again recently.
Should have hired a skip, but I was being tight trying to recoup some of the money spent on getting the Freelander running again recently.
NICE!!!!
@GrumpyGel - it's basically a K&N Cone filter "induction kit" that boy racers fit, fitted in a housing to keep it a sealed airbox meaning it can be plumbed in to draw in cold air from outside the engine bay rather than the usual big filter sucking in hot air from the enginebay. @htr - have you got a link to the kit you used?
Alibro
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You need to be careful buying K&N filters as there are a lot of cheap Chinese copies out there. https://www.alibaba.com/product-det...rlist.normal_offer.d_image.39c54bfdykNisW&s=p
Where are you losing that much coolant ?Jeepers, that's a strange looking beast of a filter. Did you make it up from a dog collar?
Today I did my weekly top up of the coolant for the week's commute down to Leeston. 1/2 a liter today, which is about the norm.
GrumpyGel
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Heater matrix. The more frequently I top up, the wetter the passenger side carpet gets
htr
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You right. It's just the K&N Apollo filter with the original rubber connection from the A/F to the throttle, The silicone elbow goes down and then out through the engine bay wall to the CAF I made up some time ago. Yes that is 65mm PVC spouting down-pipe! It wouldn't be hard to add a snorkel to that now - not really for wading but to help get clear of the dust...
Nodge68
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Heater matrix? Ouch! That's a job that totally doesn't know who it's father is ( ie: it's right a bas7@rd)... i'd have a play with some of the "radweld" type compounds. Best case, no more soggy carpets, worst case, wasted money and or some coolant lines that need cleaning?Heater matrix. The more frequently I top up, the wetter the passenger side carpet gets
Sorry to hear, I presume you've tried Radweld or an equivalent.Heater matrix. The more frequently I top up, the wetter the passenger side carpet gets
GrumpyGel
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No I haven't. I don't like the idea of putting that stuff in the cooling system.
When I get completely fed up with it I'll sort something out. I won't be taking the dash out as I had a dickens of a job just getting the central console out to replace the cigarette lighter (radio slide in frame jobbie was a PITA that I had to destory to get out - in fact that was only on the parts car to get the replacement, on the road car I simply left the broken one where it was, pulled the wires off, connected up the replacement, plugged in the dash cam, wrapped it all in bubble wrap and tucked it up behind the paneling. I also don't fancy a million squeaks after it all goes back.
I'll think of something else.
