Thanks I will give that a try, would be great if that’s all it needs, do you think an airlock would cause it to run cold at speed though?

hey guys hope someone can shed some light here, just got a 2005 freelander for ‘the wife’ it’s the 1.8 k series :eek: all seems well and it drives great however it runs cold, when your going slow it will get up to about 1/4 of the temp gauge but at 60 it drops right back down to near nothing...

Thanks Phil! That’s great i will text you to arrange coming down and doing the rebuild, I can’t believe how clean the casing is now! Would you recommend replacing the steels or clutch plates from The A clutch etc as they have been so badly overheated? Thanks again for putting so much time in on...

Ok... got my hammer out and gave it a good beating... got the torque gun on it and managed to get some out but as you see most just stripped :oops:, apologies for taking so long been mad busy with work! Grrr!!

Yeah just normal wear really and after a good clean the old girl looks great just two minor rust scabs on the rear of the back arches and a leaky joint on the exhaust, but for 150000 miles she ain’t a bad old bird and for £90 I’m well happy!

yeah I think I will just bang in a new hub in as I have to remove the hub to do the drive shaft seal anyway and I don’t know how long the bearing has been loose as there is a good 3/4” play in it, steering shakes like f*** probably not helped by the prop tho! if @Grrrrrr or @biketeacherdave...

Yeah I put new discs on the back as well the pads as they were deeply scored and ooohh yes they were very noisy, that kind of grinding that makes you cringe! I was amazed at how cheap the discs and pads were and they are mintex, Are the bearings diy possible? I seem to remember something about...

ok if you have seen my l322 gearbox thread you will know I picked up an M reg p38 4.0 for the incredible bargain price of £90 as the previous owner was scrapping it because it is tatty and couldn’t be arsed with people coming round and pulling it to pieces but it ran and had mot.... so yes I...

Hi Phil sorry for the late reply, I had to wait for my new tools to arrive they finally arrived today so will have another go at them, there is one I am pretty sure I won’t get out as I chewed up the head on my last attempt, thanks for the videos will try the hand tool way and fingers crossed...

The envy is definitely not over my naff tools.... I meant the fact that I get to take my gearbox to the guru himself... in person!! Oh yes, feel special I do!

I think they will need drilling out, I attached a locking monkey wrench onto the handle to get more leverage but the handles shattered then I used the wrench on the justvthe metal bar and that snapped, fair play to the hardened head.. that’s unmarked... perhaps they should have hardened the...

My torx set has hardened tips it was actually the handles that shattered from the amount of torque I applied, the actual heads didn’t strip!

Yeah the silver ones came off no probs but the counter sunk ones are having none of it!!!

Thanks Phil I am glad they can be drilled I was a bit worried as I have slightly chewed one of the heads up! If it comes to drilling them I will definitely leave that up to you as I’m about as delicate as a baby elephant! Will give it another go tomorrow and see what happens, I was pretty sure...

Hi Phil @Bemble i have got a little further but have got a bit stuck it’s with the countersunk screws.... they will not budge at all!! I have broke both of my T40 tools trying to undo them, I’m not sure how to carry on I managed to get the snap ring off and remove the shaft but Cylinder F is...

Sorry don’t have any of that but just wanted to say welcome to the mad house! :D

And that someone definitely isn’t me!!! It’s a big step up from flat pack furniture! I’ll tell you that!

666 components... that proves it!! these things are the work of the devil!!! I must admit I am quite enjoying doing it... I have no idea what I’m really doing or what the bits do... but I’m having fun nevertheless! It really is an amazing thing to take apart! I just think it’s a shame that when...

Ok... that was slightly terrifying... the next step is complete I removed the rubber guides and then tried to remove the clutch packs... they didn’t want to budge! Had to tip the gearbox up and the weight pushed them out a fair way but they seemed to get stuck and I had to waddle them out with...

It really is like something from an alien ship, I often wonder how someone designed it.... like who sat there with a blank piece of paper and thought that thing up!!! Seriously! Auto boxes came from some sort of higher power I’m sure of it!