You're right mate, You machined it around Christmas 2020 and the coupler has worked flawlessly with no noticeable slackening over 4000 miles now. All thanks to my perfect drawings and welding of course! 😋 Here are photos a few photos I took in Jan and Feb 2021 I was a bit concerned it might...

LOL, It seems to be OK. TBH I don't know much about syncromesh either except that it helps match the speed of the gears to the speed of the engine (or motor) in a manual gearbox. If it goes wrong it is hard to change gear without a crunch and is probably the reason I can change gears without a...

That's mean Nodge! It'll take him days to read that lot. 🤣 Nodge and me designed and made a connection from the motor to the gearbox so the transmission is completely standard 4WD apart from no clutch. It works great until I try to drive off without putting it in gear which happened today. I...

Yes mate but I built it so I know all the dodgy bits that could let water in. :oops: Thankfully I put one battery box up high where the fuel tank used to go and sealed it up well. The only other box that could be effected by water is above the water line (sills) too so it should be fine up to...

Sunday night I was dropping Mum off at my sisters and didn't realise it was snowing while I was inside. The car was white when I came out and by the time I got home it was lying on the roads, I couldn't help myself and took the long way home on the back roads and had a lot of fun. The car was...

Ah mate, I'm scared to drive through a puddle. 🤣 I'm sure it will be fine. This is the build thread for my EV conversion. https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/freelander-ev.360880/

He hasn't been on Landyzone since Jan and I don't believe his original plan was possible with a Freelander but have you seen mine?

I believe the mechanic should be able to tell if the DMF needs replacing when the gearbox is out according to how loose it is but some will replace them every time. My theory is they should be good for 200k miles so if yours has done 150k or more it should probably be replaced regardless. Last...

If the car was first registered before March 2001 it is free (currently). After 2001 it doesn't change, I pay standard road tax for my car. This is due to an interpretation by the DVLA where two rules conflict, i.e Cars built after March 2001 cannot have their tax designation changed and...

Glad to hear that. If you had gone to kwikfit the screw would probably been in the side wall and the tyre would have been trashed. At least that was my experience of them.

It might be the USB stick itself that is the problem but I thought they were normally formatted to FAT or FAT32

If I were doing it again this is what I would do.

Looking good. :) Do you know the condition of the window regulators? In most Freelanders of that age they either have failed and been replaced or are about to fail. It might be worth taking the door cards off for a peek to check for frayed wires and maybe a spray of silicone lube. An...

I didn't touch the ABS in my car (ex TD4), it seems to be completely self contained and still operates correctly if I brake on slippy ground. Setting up an Arduino to send the packets would be easy but ensuring they are sent at the correct time and making the system work correctly would be more...

Sorry I can't answer any of your questions but I have this if it is any help. I bought it years ago for either an MGF or a K series FL1 but can't remember which. Either way if you can use it your welcome to it.

It is fairly easy to strip down the instrument pack and a little black tape over the led's makes for an invisible repair. Lets face it you're not likely to be selling the car so it's no big deal. I suspect there is a combination of control from the HDC switch/ECU and CAN that turns them off. If...

My tyre fitter said I needed to clean up the rims and paint them before he would fit new tyres. Said I'd probably end up with slow punctures if I didn't because of corrosion. He was probably right.

Made a little change. Can you spot the difference? No I'm not talking about the garage door being open and closed! New boots!! I picked the best 4 wheels from the 10 I had and took them to have new tyres fitted, a fifth was in good condition and had a decent tyre so it is now the spare, the...

Agreed, when I lifted one a few years ago I lengthened the arms by something like 15mm to put the rear wheel back in the middle of the wheel arch but I suspect these tyres are oversized too.

Spare wheel is back on but waiting another day for the lacquer to harden on the others before taking them for tyres. This tyre is good enough for a spare. Unfortunately the alloy wheel paint is never a great match for the original so the centre cap stands out more than I like but it will have...