Thanks for the replies I had a nasty feeling it would be the actuator. No danger of the Police turning up I haven't seen them here for @ five years. I'll try and think of a plan trouble is getting the time when the car isn't in use. I don't want to leave it with the door unable to close at all...

Hi. Yesterday as we had to take the cat to the vet the tailgate refused to open. The window drops as normal but the door is locked. I know there are several threads concerning this, and I'm not sure which are specific to the symptoms. So could someone direct me to the relevant thread for this...

Another illuminating conversation with Carole on Friday night. The light came on in my car (04 TD4) last night she told me. "OK, any idea which light?" I think it had T on it, "Was it the traction control light?" Dunno. Ok. So took it out last night TC + HD light illuminated on the way home. Now...

Aah yes Nodge68. I was under it again with waxoyl and I can now see the it was riveted on to the plastic.

Thanks.

We bought a replacement switch the story I heard was the supplier changed the spec without bothering to tell anyone one, after having the two amigos. Since then it has worked fine. The switch comes with a wiring adapter which cost me more than the switch The connector is YMQ503280 on the bag...

Get under the car that is. Last time I got under I noticed all the screws on the front of the undertray were missing. At the weekend after finally getting a set of ramps I was going to waxoyl the car but then the wire brush evaporated. However I noticed on the rear of the undertray there are two...

Thanks Mike . I actually like the car. I don't mind doing a bit of work on vehicles and "sensible" cars have never really been my thing I've had two TR7s and even an Alfasud before. When I did buy a sensible car after being nagged and nagged by my ex wife it broke down and was more unreliable...

As my partner drives the Freelander most of the time at the moment it seems every time I get in it there is an issue I didn't know about. Iv'e got in for 1/ smell of diesel.It was the HP fuel injection pump ,oooch, which lead to discovering the worn turbo pipe and the bodge on the bolts / screws...

Thanks for that . Its always easier when you can see the part numbers and schematics

Thanks for all the replies. I had a closer look yesterday in the gusting wind and squalls when I exchanged all but the top l/h pipe, the one with the wear, with silicone replacements the small pipe between the sensor was very squidgy. Our car didn't have the front acoustic cover when bought...

After having the high pressure fuel pump replaced last week I had a quick look at the invoice which had been put in an envelope and had noted other comments. One of which was boost pipe rubbing on manifold bolt. Looking into the engine this is the curved pipe to the l/h side of the sensor. Sure...

So the Freelander went off to the injection specialist yesterday. It transpires the injector was not guilty but in fact the fuel injector pump was, which of course worked out more expensive to fix. As the car is needed we agreed to let them replace the pump and to be fair it was fixed to collect...

We took it off to clean the whole vehicle but have left it on major reason being there is no where to store it followed by the fact it always rains.es

Oh dear once again I haven't driven the Freelander 04 TD4) for a while I really should drive it more just to check. A few days back I could smell that old familiar smell of diesel just like being back on the tank park with Chieftains. Slight diesel leak from somewhere I didn't have a chance to...

The tyres on our Freelander have had it I got in it after not driving it for a while and said "Err how long has the steering wheel been jerking around like this? Did you not notice?" The front tyre is starting to separate. However when I go in on the tyre sites with the registration number it...

These people are just absolute scum. We live in Runcorn and I have had the non standard dust caps stolen from both my Focus St & my partners Freelander whilst parked in our drive. We now have CCTV up but that didn't deter some **** walking up our drive and trying the car doors at 03:00 in the...

Thanks for that link.

Would it not be easier to fit an electric fan unit. I did that to my 2.9 XR4X4 which had a viscous with a control unit you can then control the fan start temp and also modify it to run on after the engine is turned off.

On Tuesday Carole went out shopping in her TD4 Freelander 1 (3 door 2004). I was doing the washing up when she returned and could see the drivers side door wasn't shutting. Just as well it wasn't when she was out shopping. I had noticed a clicking noise from the door myself and noted it for...