1. fredi250

    Series 2 What price

    Hello chaps I have been offered a LHD 69 2a diesel fully restored with galvanised chassis and salisbury rear end (is this original) genuine 84327 Klm Its immaculate and has been professionaly stored for the last 4 years So whats it worth is 4000 euro a fair price
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    Freelander 1 1.8 Overheating in Spain

    Sorry that your in the middle of rip of Spain. We live further north Valencia generalitat near Peniscola and its a different story here , mind it does help that we all speak fluent idiomatic Castellano and Valenciano. We had to at one time we were the only brit family in 30 miles ,The average...
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    Freelander 1 1.8 Overheating in Spain

    Up date spoke to the Husband Jim last this morning, there back in Basingstoke never needed to top up the cooling system car never missed a beat all the way home. Personally never had anything to do with Barrsleak and the like, but doing some reading this new generation of sealents has no fiber...
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    Freelander 1 1.8 Overheating in Spain

    To late he has. and was of early monday morning wife spoke to them they were just the otherside of Lyon last night at 20.00 , car has lost no water and eng temp has stayed steady so fingers crossed for them.
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    Freelander 1 1.8 Overheating in Spain

    Its a very nice 2006 facelift Targa 2 door allmost mint, the couple have come up from the south through 41c temps there staying with me overnight and will then have to bite the bullet, spares for the k series seem to be in abundance and garage charges a third of what they are in the UK. I am...
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    Freelander 1 1.8 Overheating in Spain

    I have just towed a tourist of the N340 and he is parked up on my drive little cream on filler cap intermitent bubbles in header tank so head gasket gone, they have very little money and are due on a ferry in three days time. Another expat has just turned up with two bottles of Elliotts...
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    Disco 3 (LR3) What Do I Look For

    Just been offered a late 2004 2.7 td6 manual LHD for silly money Its lived all its life in Spain 160000klm, What do I need to be on the Lookout for excluding rust, I have it for half a day tomorrow and have access to a lift. Any advice warmly welcomed
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    Freelander 1 Over Fueling

    EGR was blanked over 2 years ago, if it was a split boost/ turbo pipe would i not hear turbo whistling ? As i am going to be helping thought I would ask the question
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    Freelander 1 What mileage is your Freelander 1 on?

    The wife 2002 td4 181000 just had the factory fitted VCU changed
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    What have you done to your Freelander today

    Superglued rear doors back on.
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    Tired

    Tired
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    DEFENDER TD5

    Tried your sat phone not available
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    A special thank you from Sorea

    Hi all I have been asked by Sorea to say a big thank you to everybody on the Freelander Forum who helped her with her problems. She has posted a goodbye on the Anything Goes thread that you might like to look at. Shes in Nairobi waiting for an internal flight to Kigali so cant say thank you...
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    How to recondition a VCU yourself.

    The guys that were trying to set up a commercial operation refurbing VCUs in Spain, weighed them and when adding the new silicon filled till they reached the same weight.
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    Buyin a freelander.

    You should get Sorea to post some of her pics of her Freelander in the Congo and Cameroon epic, Shes not talking to me .
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    Freelander 1 Overfueling

    No you have it wrong I pay other people to be mechanically adept so no way would I employ someone that was so behind on modern technology.
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    Freelander 1 Overfueling

    So would everybody else
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    Egr Blanking Mod

    Can you use euros or cents would not like to blow smelly exhuast gas into our Queens face
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    Egr Blanking Mod

    Just a quick update on the 22m end cap way of disabling EGR end cap now been in place for 30000 m no corrosión of end cap EGR and manifold only a light coating of oil residue cleaned in 10min in a parafin bath intake ports only needed a wipe out, all for the princley sum of 31p
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    VCU Torque test results

    New vcu fitted 500klm ago custom refurbished with 60k silicone fluid WUT done after 180klm journey mixed driving Vcu temp at start 15c at time tested 18c. 15 sec for 45deg to horizontal. Old vcu was the Factory fitted unit mileage at change 172000 virtually all motorway with just a Little beach...