Over here they would fail it for a bad tyre but I've never heard of them failing a car because of a belt. I don't think it's even on their list of things to look at.

Take the top off the steering column (three screws from below) then take out the 6 screws as shown and when it's out you'll see how to take off the painted bits. I sprayed mine satin black as they were a bit scratched and the result was great.

I think GG is referring to a 2nd spare tyre which given the miles you'll be doing makes sense. As the others have said looking awesome! :D Have a great trip.

F1 Freelanders are very well proportioned beside stupid looking fat modern SUV's. Every time I park mine in a carpark I glance back with a little pride while walking away.

Yes mate, paddles might be a project when I run out of other things to do. With my levels of procrastination ever increasing I'm not sure when that will happen. 🤣

I wouldn't fuss too much about the type of bolts or corrosion. Unless your a sucker kinda guy you'll be removing at least once per year for servicing anyway.

Extra 5hp!

Nice find mate, they look like fun. My MG gives around 100kW on full regen and maybe even more with the brake but I'm trying to be sensible and start out with a bit less with this setup. However as I have the attention span of a nat, I've flip flopped back to the charging issues and have built...

A Whine from the engine or transmission? Does the sound change when revving or driving?

Point it at the sun next time it shines.

Very in Very interesting. I haven't had a chance to look at this yet but my car is controlled by Open Source hardware and software. In fact the VCU is basically just an Arduino Due with some additional components to control 12V outputs and inputs. ;)

Don't muck about with crusty old calipers on the front. These things cost less than a tank of diesel. Ebay linky https://ebay.us/lfAHAj

Older cars cost more to maintain but virtually zero on depreciation so in the end they are much cheaper to own. Sometimes (not always. ;)) it's better to stick with the car you know than to buy something totally unknown.

I think he mentioned he sells or designs or maintains (or maybe all three) machinery for balancing drive shafts and prop shafts.

If you did inform them you would probably be the only one. 1. You would need to be aware it should be 4WD. 2. You would need to know that to be 4WD it would need to have a propshaft. 3. You would need to know what a propshaft looked like. 4. You would need to know it was missing. The...

From what I've heard from MOT inspectors and used car dealers, the majority of Freelander 1's in the UK do not have the propshaft so it's not a big deal with them any more. The most common reason for it being missing is the previous owner or the dealer didn't want to pay for the maintenance of...

It's a very entertaining channel where two Germans make fun of just about everyone, especially themselves. They started by documenting the maintenance and repairs of their Disco's and now buy broken Disco's to repair. The latest is a Disco 4 with a melted piston caused by neglect and no oil.

Yes mate, that's a good call, I rarely use the channel change buttons for the radio so could try them. The only issue that springs to mind is finding another input on the VCU to use but I'm sure there would be some way to manage it. In the meantime I've spent more time playing with the settings...

Thanks mate, You're right about this but it isn't as easy to implement as I hoped. I took the car out for a drive tonight with 4 passengers and found there are several issues with the brake pedal regen. All the testing I had done was on a small country road where it seemed OK but on a main road...

I considered that and even bought an immersion heater timer as my car only ever draws 3kW, but that doesn't resolve the issue of the car being turned on at the ignition switch right through the night. What I do at the minute is start charging by turning on the ignition after plugging in, then...