Good advise and happy to pay a bit more now and suffer less later...... will try and track down individual parts and make an updated list. I want to get it right before ordering. Thanks

Ok got my parts list slowly coming together but could do with a recommendation for shocks. I drive this vehicle on a dirt track with lots of pit holes and loose gravel on the hills, i mostly use it for towing a twin axle Ivor Williams trailer often with 2 to 2.5 tons in it. At present I think...

Argyll and Bute, Oban being The closest place that most folk have heard off.

Ok I ordered the stuff yesterday. Next. 1. Wait for the Haynes manual and cam locking tool. 2. Wait for the parts to arrive. 3. Research changing the camshaft seals. 4. Review various threads on the water pump and tensioner replacement and print of an a-z process 5. Replace camshaft seals...

Ok I will make this order within the hour !

This looks to be about.... right but hard to see the ridges in this photo....

Good call there @Alibro ....... some good savings to be made, i will order as soon as I have tracked down the “other” belt and do a second order when it’s all up and running again.

[11QUOTE="Colthebrummie, post: 4314007, member: 135159"]While you're ordering bits, you need to replace those ancillary belts. Ok so I now have a growing list of parts, carriage is £19 so I will need to make sure I get all I need in this order. Would anyone like to comment on the camshaft oil...

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Still waiting on the locking device so am on “hold” until it arrives, however I would like to get the parts ordered and with the information you have all provided I have been able to ascertain that its a 26mm belt and probably an auto tensioner. I have included a photo of the tensioner for...

Could you please tell me wht a VVC is ? I hate not knowing stuff as I go forward. Thanks

P.s there are two of us called “Col” I am the original poster and the other col is the brummie ! I will put a pic up on my profile !

I will wait for the cam locking device and then take the pump and tensioner off and have a good look. I am in a situation where if I don’t fix this car then it’s at the end of its days, I have made the decision to get on with it, tentative steps, research each move and try and not get it wrong...

Sorry (still green) what is VVC and how do I identify the belt I need. Do I 1. Take the belt of and count the teeth 2. Look for an identification code on the old belt 3. Some other magic trick Thanks

Ok that’s some great info, I just measured the timing belt and it’s definatly 26mm so thanks for saving me there.... assume nothing ! So now I know what I need. 1. 26mm timing belt 2. An auto tensioner (boo hoo) 3. Water pump and associated gaskets and a bit of gasket sealer to hold it in place...

Yes they’ve had there day and will add it to the list. Looking at the timing belt tensioner iit looks like the older manual type.

Ok so the history. I noticed that the back window was down and not wanting it to get wet I hopped in the car and wound it up, but when I switched off the ignition the window went down....... I messed around for a bit and eventually I got it to go up and pulled the keys out of the ignition before...

Ok so if that’s the pump (thanks). Then that does not look good as the water is not leaking from there....... but from the behind the big double belt wheel. I suppose I will need to take off the belts, that big wheel and have a look behind the lower timing belt cover....

Ok thanks, an oil seal I can deal with ! Managed to find an old lock nut socket and got the wheel of. Managed to get a photo from below now I can see a bit better. The water is coming from behind and slightly higher than the big double belt wheel, hidden by the said wheel and the lower case of...

So got the side cover off and was going to take the wheel of for the first time in six years and there is a locking nut ! There is another Freelander of the same ilk on the island so I will go and raid it for the correct socket as the one I have did not come with it........... So there are two...