Looks like a nice one. Welcome back to the misery!

It wouldn't hurt to do the head gasket and belts before you install it. That would give you a good idea of the condition and would get it in good shape for the next few years service.

As we don`t require rear fog lights here I have rewired the taillights to improve their visibility/brightness. I have also repurposed the rear fog light switch to operate the relay to my front driving lights. Works very well! OK Here's a better picture! :)

This stuff may do the job http://www.dowcorning.com/DataFiles/090276fe8018f114.pdf

Took the Hippo for a nice long test drive now that it's running again. Of course after all the work it's running better than ever. :(

I`m not gone yet! I agree, it was an unlucky failure. I do still have my MGF. As a matter of fact I had to reinsure it to get me to work when the Hippo packed it in. It`s no fun driving through a blizzard white-out in the smallest car on the freeway-Scary! By the end of December I had had enough...

And it happened so innocently. I was just accelerating into a left turn from a standstill and it started misfiring. I thought it had popped into limp mode but it didn't respond to switch off/switch on. And that was the start of 3 1/2 months of diagnostics and repairs.:eek:

I'm feeling Relieved! You are right, I was never 100% sure that the ECU was the problem so it was a combination of a leap of faith and last resort when I sent the ECU off for the data transfer. In the end the whole performance cost me the equivilant of 1000. quid. (possibly more, I don't want to...

I have finally got my V6 Facelift Freelander working again. It was running on 5 cylinders and giving a code that Coil F secondary or primary circuit was faulty. Over the last 3 months I have replaced the spark plugs, the coils from the rear bank, the wiring from Coil F back to the ECU, and for...

It's a different situation here. Freelanders are just about extinct here. V6 Freelanders are considered specialty vehicles and are being scrapped for minor reasons, cam belts, VCUs etc. There are few independent shops to work on them and as they have a reputation for grenading engines and no-one...

That makes me wonder how many poor suckers have scrapped their Freelander or bought new $1000.+ VCUs not knowing that a couple of plugs, a gallon of solvent and 20 bucks worth of fluid would put their unit back into action.

But what does Bells do in the way of a refurb? Is it just a drain and fill or do they open them up, inspect the plates and recondition them somehow? For us here in the colonies it's a moot point as no-one here refurbs them anyway.

It seems too easy that the two units would be basically the same in spite of having different part numbers and a massive price difference. I know these things often don't make sense but it does leave me wondering why. On one hand I wonder, like Nodge does what detail differences there may be...

That would be interesting, Less 3 Holes- Plus Four Hundred and Fifty Quid. I would hope it's not that simple!

The V6 VCU does have a different part number and at least in pictures appears larger than the 4 cyl version so that may be worth keeping in mind re: volume.

For example Rimmers advertise 3 grades of parts: LR or MGRover factory"parts, Original Equipment Manufacturer parts, and Aftermarket parts. Genuine LR parts are labelled LR no matter where they were made, OEM parts were made by the same manufacturer-wherever, and aftermarket aren't necessarily...

That would be challenging...Yellow turn signal and a clear backup light in one bulb? Not unless there is some high-tech LED solution!

You use dual filament bulbs, holders and connectors to get two functions in one bulb. It does take some rewiring though.

This will make the Tratterers sit up and take notice

You would think that given the price of the things they would work! I am thinking the link led is a dud. It's the first auto part I have bought (or anything for that matter) that was made in Egypt. I have another lead on it's way so I will know soon enough.