Hello again and thank you for replying, if this works ok I might do it for other owners as in France for the cost of sticking it a garage you might as well buy another car. so here's hoping. I already have the electric motor mounted in a frame that will bolt onto a 3" thick oak plank and a vice...

When I do it I will be using an electric pump and an old stepped washing machine motor (variable speed} to turn it, I will try and do some pix and video to post. I am going to do a test as you recommend and see if it is urgent. warm regards Paul

Hi Rob, well apart from the above I have changed all of the lights to LED. Wow it now looks like a cross between a UFO and a discotheque. I have been posting on the VCU forum as that is or will be the next DIY challenge. Clean it out and refill. Paul

That is a great link, thank you, it is pretty much the same idea. Do you think that once you have cleaned out the gunk and have mainly solvent you could spin up the discs with an electric motor or drill to give them a realy good clean out? Sorry to ask such basic questions but I have zero...

Great minds think alike, the post you sent is pretty well exactly what was thinking. I was going to find out about the flushing when I found out what solvent to use so you have answered all of my questions except pehaps for 2. 1,could I drill out on the circumference of the VCU rather than the...

Hi, I have just purchased a pair of realy nice silver ali roof bars, with locks and keys from wish.com they cost me 28 euro including delivery to France, they arrived in a courrier van in 3 days.

Guineafowl21 suggested that you are the VCU guru. I was thinking about the VCU. I saw a guy that took them apart and refilled them, I was wondering whether you could drill a hole at the bottom and tap it out for a grease nipple then do the same on the opposite side at the top, drill it and tap...

Greetings from France Thank you Pintade (Guineafowl in French) I shall give him a shout Paul

Thank you M'Lord, that is what I was hoping for, that there might be a bearing problem, If not it must be the guts of the pump which I assume must be a pump replacement. On an altogether different subject I was thinking about the VCU. I saw a guy that took them apart and refilled them, I was...

Thanks for that I shall give them a try, sounds better than 600 even with the cost of sending it to france. I have a friend in Glasgow who will be arriving here next month so I may be able to have it sent to him and he can stick it in the car when he drives over.

Dear Lord Hippo, I have just had my aircon gassed up here in France, it tested No Leaks but when charged up and switched it on there was a horrible clanking noise coming from the pump, so they took back the gas and sent me on my way with a quote for about £600 for a new one. Was the sound the...

You really have a "go anywhere" vehicle, it looks great, makes mine look like a hairdressers suv, not wishing to offend any hairdressers of course

Thank you Paul that is quite a relief.

It has been a hot sunny day here in France so instead of lounging around by the river with a glass of rose wine I decided to get under the TD4, change the diff oil and soak my hair and arms in some smelly liquid, I had a peep last week and it looked a bit like a greeny grey molasses. A few weeks...

SORRY I MADE AN ERROR IT IS A 2003 TD4 1 BMW DIESEL NOT 2013 Being new to this site I hope that I am posting in the right place. In my introduction I posted that I had been gifted a Freelander TD4 1 2003 manual BMW diesel with no service history and a list of annoying problems but my first...

Merci and thank you for the contact, it is always usefull to have an extra arrow in your quiver. I have just emerged from under the Freebee following the final stage of oil changes which I shall recount on the Members Vehicles/Projects. Warm regards from Indre, Paul

Getting ready to go to Borneo in September.

Hi Frenchdame, I have been here since 1989 so I know where you are coming from, I have only once taken a car into a French Garage and was returned to me in a worse state than when it went in with a bill that would have paid off the French national debt. As with many "mechanics" today they have...

A friend gifted me his freelander 2003 td4 1 BMW engine manual gearbox. It is in fabulous cosmetic condition, black leather seats etc. There was a host of quite minor problems, he took it to a couple of garages here in France who gave him quotes that closely resembled his telephone number so he...

Greetings from France. I am now th proud owner of a 2003 TD4 gifted to me by a friend who found the cost of the minor repairs required to pass the MOT here was not worth it, plus it was loosing power and black smoking when going up hills. He had taken it to 3 garages who could not find the...