Fortunately I have a mate who's a mechanic, so it'll be mates rates to get things sorted. The specialist explained everything as we walked around underneath. He did however make a small charge for diagnosis! Fair enough. He turned one of the rear wheels whilst the car was on the ramp. VCU was...

Took it into a 4x4 specialist today. Seems the clunk, with transmission heavily loaded (reversing round corners/uphill etc), is likely to be a CV joint on its way out. Sounded nothing like other CV problems I've had, which have all been in 2wd cars, totally different with the 4wd. The good news...

Thanks for the replys. I've been looking around for info on the whole situation, and found the bellengineering 'common problems and symptoms' site has a useful summary of VCU/IRD problems. As the VCU has not been replaced and the car is on 80k+ miles, it would seem that this is the problem. My...

Hi guys, my first post on here. I've done a quick search of the forum looking for someone who has had a similar problem but cannot find any threads, so here's my problem if anyone can help... We have a 2000 1.8 petrol manual Freelander. When reversing slowly, there are no issues. When you have...