I suppose we Can see the crown from underneath the car when the pinion is removed, but for the rest maybe an oil analysis in lab could spot where the damages Come from.

Grumpygel, sorry to bring up this old thread, but do you now have an answer to your question? I found traces of metal in my ird oil and i'm worried.

Road test 4x2 today, everything is fine. Regarding the IRD : The oil itself is brown color, clean, not black, but with a tiny bit of metal "flakes" at the surface. Really not a lot, but noticeable under the sun. When I plunge a big magnet in, i...

Thanks, Can't find the carlube atf here..

Thank you, Indeed they replaced all the belt a couple of months ago. Not sure the crank pulley has been replaced but probably was not long ago as it looks very clean. Any vérification I could make on the crankshaft bearing ? Or just drive until...

It shouldn't have a hole in the casting, I'm not actually sure why it does, except maybe it was drilled so the flywheel could be locked to undo the crank pulley bolt. I don't think the hole will cause an issue, but putting loads of torque through...

Well well well... Removing the prop was a super easy task. Came out easily and down to the floor with 4 straps. It's not heavy in my opinion... I was expecting 200kg 😂 The afternoon was pretty good, I took it off and the more I looked...

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Hello everyone, I did my research, but couldn't find a pined thread about gearbox oil for our FL, which seems quite an issue for many as Texaco is difficult to find in some places and the only one recommanded by LR in the manual. I live in La...

I use a set of four 3 ton stands like these, although for most jobs two of the car wheels are on the ground with blocks holding them from moving. Quite stable with either the FL1 or my P38 on them. Wouldn't touch or trust those ratchet...

Blocks of wood are far more stable than axle stands, which is why I use them for supporting a lifted car.

Those numbers don't sound too terrible. I'd be OK with driving it for a while but the front Diff mount sounds like it needs replacing You will learn how heavy the VCU and propshaft are when it lands on your chest. :oops: Otherwise it's an easy...

Last time I did an FL1 prop & VCU, we used 4 axle stands. Much easier then to access everything & easy to turn the wheels or prop.

Thank you very much for the answer, Grumpy. The photo might misleading, the plates are bare metal but with a light dark coat of Grease and dust.

TBH, I think someone has been doing stuff with that prop as the plates under the Option 1 bolt heads - the ones each joining 2 bolts should be bare metal - they look to have been spray painted while the bolts are installed, so on the car. Your...

Yes, you remove the option 1 bolts. There is no need for a plate. People only remove the option 2 bolts when the IRD is badly broken and a plate is bolted on to cover the hole - the car will basically be converted to 2WD permanently. This...

Outside of the forums, it appears common that the UJs are replaced. On LZ, after discussing problems, the UJs are very rarely changed. The damper, or front diff mount, is often changed. The 2 rear ones are usually fine. They must take a bit...

You probably want the marks here, rather than on the damper !!

I didn't make the marks on the VCU, they were probably done by those who changed the UJs.

I've been searching for "mondo mode" conversion to remove the rear shaft (temporarily in my case, as I'd like it back to have a proper 4x4) but couldn't find precise information. Maybe my lack of english makes the find more difficult. All I read...

1.20m extension. 5kg : 80 sec 8kg : 35 sec I have no Idea how to interprete these results except that they seem 2 times longer than the measures from the guy in the video. Is it so bad ?

I noticed there was a lot of play in the rear shaft, so I looked. A damper is damaged and allows the play : The damper seems new, but I don't know if it has been changed recently. I just know they changed the rear shaft joins (these things ...

They is the one wheel off test. I didn't know which lenghtof lever and which force to apply, so i made mark at 1.20 m and applied a force by hand thatis a bit less than 17kg (in comparison with 17kg water bottle test I also used, but I struggles...

As all have said above. And worth repeating to do the 1 wheel up test first as you need the props on to do this! Remove it if its to stiff, post your timings on here if you need advice. Actually, you could post them on here...

Thank you :)

Pretty little hippo. Welcome to LandyZone

Prop off is easy, even on axle stands, but do the one-wheel test first !!

Hello and thank you very much for your quick replies ! I've read about the one wheel up test and will do it tomorrow first thing. Although I've also read that if it's stiff it's not significant as the cause may be from different sources. I'll...

Hello everyone, I recently bought a freelander, which is nice on many aspects, but present symptoms of a bad VCU.

Hello everyone, I recently bought a freelander from 2005, and I have a VCU problem. No noises whatsoever, except a little squeaking from rear wheels when I turn fully left (easier to hear for the drivers.. left sided steering wheel). Reverse...