Just picked my car up.... they changed the MAF sensor and the hesitation is now history :) (I know they changed my sensor.... there are oily fingerprints all over the plastics!!)

I'm not sure if this has already been mentioned, but I had my FL in at a main dealer today for what maybe the same problem. When I picked it up, the service guy said that there had been a technical bulletin issued to cover the problem, and that a modification to the gearbox damper had been...

I've got the same problem with mine ('04 TD4, 28000 miles). It's booked in at the dealers on Thursday, so I'll let you know how I get on. My first guess is the MAF sensor, as it matches (exactly) the symptoms of a failing MAF (see roverron!).... are you sure they changed it and didn't just...

Thanks for all the advice (espcially G13SJC!), I didn't realise how simple split charge systems were! The following site has LOADS of info: split charge I wired mine in today. I put a sealed leisure battery in the boot (you don't want it venting gas into the loadspace when it's...

I'd not thought of one of those.... I didn't think that they'd be powerful enough. I'll have a look-see, it might just be a cheaper alternative. Ta.

At most I'll be drawing about 6 Amps. It's intended to run my rally radio for long periods of time (and occasionally my eberspacher) whilst in the depths of a forest. At the moment I'm paranoid about running my engine every hour or so to keep the battery topped up. (A 2nd aim is to make it...

I'm thinking of fitting a slave battery to my FL. I can't see any space in the engine bay, so after talking about it with a guy at work we thought of the following (this may qualify for 'two half wits don't make a full wit'!): Fasten a battery box in the boot. Into the battery box put a...

ok, ok, I was kidding..... I am into Bent sh*t!! I know what you're all getting at, and I am taking the point. If you clobber a wheel it can knock out any aspect of the geometry... just 'cause everything is still connected and looks right, doesn't mean it's pointing where it should. I...

Fair point... having only owned my Freelander since Dec 23rd(!) I've had 3 exposures to LR bits: the vehicle, a genuine LR driving light kit, & the bearmach rubbing strips. The vehicle seems really well put together (touch wood), and the standard of the light kit is excellent (although I've...

That's a good point about the style of the rest of the plastics. With that in mind, and having looked at them in the daylight (rather than under strip lights... which always make stuff look worse!) the only bit that really needs sorting is the bonding on the end caps. Two of the 4 mouldings are...

First off.... I'm not into 'bent sh*t' slob, and I don't think my garage is either! :D Seriously though, from those diagrams it doesn't look like the camber is adjustable (which seems strange), so I guess I'll just leave it be and see how I get on. As for the KPI... I've got some warranty...

My Freelander was pulling to the left, and the garage have done 4-wheel alignment which seems to have cured it. But.....I've been looking at the print out of the alignment results and have noticed the following discrepancies: LR Camber = -1.12deg (should be -0.3 deg; +-0.45) RF King Pin...

Thanks for that. I've just realised that they're a Bearmach kit, not a genuine LR kit.... I would have expected better of Bearmach. I'm a little worried about buffing the end-caps, as I'm not sure I'd get the right finish back again.... any suggestions on polishing rubber (repeatable...

I've just received some side rubbing strips from lrparts.net; the website makes out that they are LR genuine parts, but the quality of the mouldings is rubbish! The rubber has numerous machining/extrusion marks on them, and the bonding on the round end caps is really poor. Has anyone got...

Ah ha, EMU, Stuart Westbrook and his merry men!! I'm now VERY green with envy.... I dread to think what my missis would offer for a chance to sit in the car, let alone be taken for a spin (she's a bigger rally fan than I am!).... Mk2 escort still wins in the style stakes tho! CrazyLandyMan...

Hi Chris/Stig, I've been marshalling for coming up to 10 years now. I started out life at Oulton park, solely doing track marshalling, I then got involved with a Rescue Unit (Phoenix Rescue) who introduced me to the wonderful world of Rallying. Since then I have been doing mainly rallying...

Hi all, At last, I've managed to track down (what looks like :D ) a decent LR forum. I've just bought on '04 plate Td4 Freelander.... and I love it! Hopefully I can introduce my new car to off-road (it doesn't look like it's ever seen a field!) , 'cause my hobby is motorsport support...