People need more details, can guess its a freelander. But is it a K, L, Td4 or a freelander 2. Year etc

Try ringing Rimmer bros

dependng on your expertese levels you can get a new cartridge of ebay for £100 ish. I haver fitted one so cannot guide on how easy or hard it is. I only know as I bought a spare td4 engine as it was cheap at £100. The guy gave me the duff Turbo, I keep meaning to buy an insert and recon it.

what you need is some Irwin vice grips, in my humble opinion no other grips come close. They have got me out of many a sticky situation. I have had several makes, thrown most in the bin and gone back to these. its a must have tool for a diy mechanic

There is even a list of oils required and capacities, you can tell this guy is a LR nut.

Advancedfactors site is simply brill. A well thought out easy to navigate site with good pictures and diagrams. thats going to damage my bank balance.

Glad to help, garages are so expensive today. any savings are always welcome

thats ok, that why we are here trying to help fellow hippo owners

The pedal should go down in a couple of seconds. looking like a servo problem. That could be a lack of vacuum via a leaking pipe or the servo is defunct, rare but can happen.

I have a snap on ratchet and breaker bar through work for my 3/8 drive Teng set. The rachet gave up years ago but the sockets have been faultless for over twenty years and they have had some serious hammer over the years. 6 point sets are a god send. Snap on are fantastic tools but expensive.

could be servo issues, might be as simple as a hose leaking. I f you go sit in the car and press the pedal without the engine running you will find its hard. Keep your foot on the pedal whilst you start the car and you should feel the pedal go down as the servo kicks in.

I have 3 thoughts. 1 pedal mechanism 2 master cylinder. 3 servo issues Cannot think its likely to be anything further on in the braking system.

Was there any braking at all when the pedal locked.

I dont know for sure but I would expect the shocks are different too. If they are the same shocks then yes you would get the lift.

I have read on here several times its best to replaced the slave cylinder, but some makes are pants and only a year or so. Hopefully someone can tell you the reccomended make. Will be interested in your blog as my clutch is mega heavy and I think it needs replacing.

Glad you got it sorted. The best thing about this forum is when people come back and let us know what fixed the issue. That's always the best info on the threads so thank you for coming back and letting us know.

You kind of need two people, one with hair dryer and one putting on the wrap. Once you add heat it becomes super stretchy. I think it cost me a fiver to do all four, A few months on I found its pretty hard wearing. When I read the OP question I remembered we used to put clear film on the side of...

You could used wrapping material. I used it to cover the door handles that had been scratched. Just use a hair dryer to put it on, then same to remove. Cheap and easily replaced

I would put the raised ridge touching the part you are fitting.

I was taught by a mechanic never to put any type of copper slip or grease any where near brakes. Build them dry as the grease/slip or what ever will only hold the brake dust and make them seize faster. Also whe they get hot the grease/copper slip becomes very liquid and runs into places you dont...